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Topic: We have smoothing, now how about painting?

Has anyone played around with painting a finished print?  I'm thinking testers paint but wondering if anyone has come up with a good method yet.  I'm painting the rough part (.3) not smoothing first.  Works fine for my application but I do need a stripe of color in one spot. 

I really wish what I was doing wasn't for an invention so I could show it off a little bit, I'm doing some really cool things with mixed colors and different joints and such.  I might have to make some dumbed down samples just to show the features and ideas.

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Re: We have smoothing, now how about painting?

Nobody painted?

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Re: We have smoothing, now how about painting?

i would try Krylon Fusion, its made for plastics.

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Re: We have smoothing, now how about painting?

I haven't received my printer yet, but I've researched the topic a bit, and it looks like you can use hobby/model paint, but you have to use a primer first.
Apparently, the pocket tactics guys seem to paint their stuff with acrylic (thingiverse.com/thing:30463) which is what is used for instance for warhammer 40k. I'm assuming they're using a primer first, but maybe you can ask them
If you just want a uniform color you can use spray cans or an airbrush.

5 Reply by jooshs

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Re: We have smoothing, now how about painting?

I have actually had luck with this paint and primer in one after some sanding...

http://www.thepaintstore.com/Rust_Oleum … /24519.htm

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Re: We have smoothing, now how about painting?

I was leaning towards testers model paint which should be designed to work on plastic without a primer since that's how it's used in hobby car model building.  I just want to paint a stripe on something, but life has been busy for a week or so and my hobby is taking a back seat for the moment.