What brand of paint do you use to reverse paint your blanks?

[pianomanpj]

There are numerous posts extolling the virtues of reverse painting one's non-wood blanks before gluing in the tubes. (And yes: I reverse paint ALL mine!:biggrin And, just like anything else, the different brands of paint used and methods of application range GREATLY!

What brands work best for you?

 

[Ruby pen turning]

I have not reverse painted to many yet but the ones I have painted with enamel turned out just fine. I have cheapo and good and they both seem to work.

 

[76winger]

I've been using whatever I have available. In some cases it's leftover spray acrylic and Rustoleum and in other cases it's old leftover bottles of Testors model paint.

 

[warreng8170]

There's a hobby shop right down the street from my office, so I always pick up up a bottle of Testors when I need a new color. I have a pretty good rainbow going now. They seem to work well and one bottle does a lot of blanks.

 

[hilltopper46]

I use cheap spray enamel to paint the inside of the blanks. Or, at least, that is my favorite. Recently my wife bought be a selection of nail polish at the dollar store in some of the primary colors. I have used that for a couple sets of tubes, but I prefer a spray can for painting the inside of the blanks.

When I use spray enamel, If I'm not in a hurry, I wait until I can no longer smell 'wet paint' when I place the blank near my nose, before using epoxy to glue the tubes in.

 

[juteck]

Other - India Ink.

 

[Lenny]

Delta Creamcote was recommended to me by Andy (PenMan1) who had it recommended to him by Curtis. I now use it exclusively and haven't had any of the problems I had previously. It gets my vote!

 

[Brooks803]

I also voted for ceramcoat! That's what I've been using lately in my vintage blanks. I've used testers as well as some enamels, but have had my best results with ceramcoat

 

[MarkHix]

whatever is within reach....usually a rustoleum product but could be just about anything.

 

[PenMan1]

Ceramcote, almost exclusively. I just got a new powder coating system and will be experimenting with powder coating the tubes with various "reverse" paints as I can't imagine powder coat sticking to wood or resin.

 

[Bree]

Testors and Model Maker Enamels. I like Model Maker best but Testors is EZ to find and buy.

 

[BSea]

I've used Testors enamels, another enamel sold at hobby town (I think that's the place) called Colors by Boyd. And cheap acrylic paints from Michaels. I put the blank in front of a small fan, then test with a q-tip to make sure it's dry before gluing the tube. Just recently, I started sanding the inside of the tubes, and that has really helped.

 

[Chasper]

Recently switched from Testors enamel to Creamcoat. I was happy with Testors enamel but Creamcoat is in about 100,000 more colors. There are 3-4 colors of Testors I'll continue to use.

 

[pianomanpj]

I've always used Testors enamels, sometimes with mixed results. Based upon this poll, and many other threads I've read, I will definitely be trying Ceramcoat. I happen to be browsing the web and I found their color chart. Here's the link, if anyone is interested. :biggrin:

http://www.deltacreative.com/uploads/media/documents/Ceramcoat_Color_Chart_0411.pdf