Ive been asked to repair a wooden toy that belonged to my sons and now my grandson.
A couple of bits will need repainting when its finished and the only paint the right colour that I have is a Tamiya Acrylic. It seems a waste to but a tin of paint for such a small touchup job but is it safe to use this when at times it might end up being sucked by youngstersand when dry will it be 'wash proof' oris there a way round the problems?
I just tested a spot of overspray on my layout that i used tamiya acrylics on, by licking my finger and trying to rub the paint off...
The paint came off - probably not the best paint then... :no:
Humbrol enamals are very good when dry, just take a while to dry properly though :thumbsup:
Just for the record, i've just switched to Tamiya acrylics as i've found them a lot easier to work with than humbrol and especially the awful revell paints. In this case though i think humbrol would be the best for the job. :thumbsup:
Once you have completed all the repair and touching up with paint, you could always give it a coat of varnish that is safe for human consumption ;)
cheers John.
Hi Jon,
Cant be sure how child friendly Tamiya paints are but i do know the thinners are IPA so i would imagine the paint will have an element of IPA in them.
It brought to mind using IPA as a thinner hence my thread here
http://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?topic=10778.0 (http://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?topic=10778.0)
Back to your problem i tend to agree with 4X2 contact Humbrol to confirm their paints are child friendly http://www.humbrol.com/contact-us/ (http://www.humbrol.com/contact-us/)
& use this paint conversion chartt to hopefully match things ;)
http://www.paint4models.com/ (http://www.paint4models.com/)
If it isn't biniding I'd start by cleaning the surfaces very carefully. There isn't any particular reason acrylic shouldn't bond as well as any other paints.
Thank you everybody. :thankyousign: I have some spray varnish 'in stock' so will try that course of action over the Acrylic paint :thumbsup:
Next visit to us isSunday so there is a slight rush to get this finished :doh:
The only child safe paint brand I know of is International Paints.
I think B&Q, Wilko's etc... stock them.
http://www.international-paints.co.uk/index.jsp (http://www.international-paints.co.uk/index.jsp)