Akhor

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recently I purchased some small stencils. I tape them to the body and just spray the stencil. However they have lots of small designs within that seem to stick up a little off the body. So when I spraw paint goes under. This creates a real disacter paint job.

What is the best way to paint an intricate stencil?

chris81076

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lower the air pressure

Akhor

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Thanks I will try that.. What is appropriate, around 15 psii?

chris81076

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just depends on how close you are to project i dont use much at all like 5 psi slow and steady

Akhor

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Well I ended up using 20 and it turned out great! Still working on my painting but this was a big help!

I think you are right though, even less pressure and work close.

Z-Man.

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i have a small stencil i use that says "Z-Man Paint" and what i do practice on a piece of paper or something very thin lines. i tape it down as flat as possible and what ever part of the stencil im spraying i hold it down with my finger to make sure it doesn't bleed through.
and before i take off the stencil i turn over the body and check to see if it bleed through and if it did, i quickly peel up the stencil and spray denatured alcohol on a soft rag and wipe off the paint and do it again. if it didn't bleed through i use a hair dryer or something to dry the paint a little bit when i peel up the stencil it doesn't leave any extra paint anywhere.
be sure to not use big gulps of paint coming out or let your finger slip, over spray is a pain.
here's the one im talking about

R/C Lidz

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like this

http://www.rctech.net/forum/11465830-post21313.html

Akhor

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Looks good. But what was your technique for painting this?

newera152

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1+ I would say the same, they all are right.

R/C Lidz

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oh, I didn't do it. B4James did. Click the link- it'll take you to his post. You can pm him from there.