Hey Bill,

What brands of primer and silver paints did you use? I've come to the conclusion that Krylon doesn't fill my building "imperfections" well enough to make metallic silver paint look really good. (That's why I painted my 1.00X Wolverine light gray instead of silver, like my 1.36X upscale.)

Anyway, please chime in here. Thanks!


Cheers,

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Bill “Wallyum” Eichelberger re: Estes Flutter-By
03 Sept 2014

Not sure why Krylon silver is "so-so" , had the same problem with their gold on my Polaris ( switched to testors, which came out ok, still a little 'streaky' ).

have not repainted the Wolverine yet, but will use the same paint I used on my Custom Bullet and my Delta Star clone - which is an off-brand ( family dollar ) silver, which is real nice, almost chrome, see photo attached of the Centuri Vector V restoration .

Sometimes the 'cheap' paints are more user-friendly, it seems ?

~ AL

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I filled the spirals with diluted Fill N Finish and applied 2 coats of Krylon gray primer, followed by one coat of Krylon white primer. sanding in between coats with 320/400 grit. Next was a base coat of Krylon semi-gloss white, topped by 2 coats of Bright Silver Krylon special purpose metallic.

Regular Krylon silver bites

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Valspar primer and Valspar silver metallic, both available at Lowe's in my area. YMMV.
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