Another all red tailights question
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Another all red tailights question
I just bought some Krylon red translucide paint and Krylon clear coat to paint my tailights. I tested the red paint on a clear piece of plastic and it looks a bit pink. Has anyone tryed this paint before cause I don't wanna end up w/ pinky tailights?<P>thanx
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Re: Another all red tailights question
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Brainless:<BR><STRONG>I just bought some Krylon red translucide paint and Krylon clear coat to paint my tailights. I tested the red paint on a clear piece of plastic and it looks a bit pink. Has anyone tryed this paint before cause I don't wanna end up w/ pinky tailights?<P>thanx</STRONG><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR> I used Testors Translucent paint. I am in the midst of doing my third pair and they will be on ebay soon.
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Re: Another all red tailights question
Where can you find the translucent spray paint? I looked in a couple of stores just for the hell of it, and i haven't seen any. I was hoping I could buy it at a homedepot or Lowes.
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Re: Another all red tailights question
it does look pink but after a few layers you will see that its not
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Re: Another all red tailights question
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Brainless:<BR><STRONG>I just bought some Krylon red translucide paint and Krylon clear coat to paint my tailights. I tested the red paint on a clear piece of plastic and it looks a bit pink. Has anyone tryed this paint before cause I don't wanna end up w/ pinky tailights?<P>thanx</STRONG><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>yea. what you have to do is put more than one layer and itll get red....especially since when you tested it...it turned out pink because you tried it on clear plastic. if you put it on the red/amber taillights, youll notice its red instead of pink. just put around 4-5 LIGHT coats, dont thicken it or itll be dripping and uneven and will be hard to see the brake light. id recommend a clearcoat afterwards too since itll be out in the environment. i used a krylon satin and works REALLY good.
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