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Quote from: Kazzellin on April 07, 2017, 08:48:40 AMHuh! Interesting. So, am I safe in assuming that if I ever dye a pony, I should count on needing to seal the entire pony and not just the painted symbol/eyes areas (ie, treat it like a full-body repaint)? If I'm reading what you meant with the bombardment of tiny light particles, then the sealer acts as a literal shield to keep these particles from touching the paint (and therefore also the dye), right?Basically, yes. The sealer acts as a kind of shield. However I wouldn't suggest using dyes unless you absolutely have to. Even with sealing, all dyes will fade eventually. Light can break them down under the sealer (because the sealer is light transparent, so you can see through it) and cause them to discolour or fade.
Huh! Interesting. So, am I safe in assuming that if I ever dye a pony, I should count on needing to seal the entire pony and not just the painted symbol/eyes areas (ie, treat it like a full-body repaint)? If I'm reading what you meant with the bombardment of tiny light particles, then the sealer acts as a literal shield to keep these particles from touching the paint (and therefore also the dye), right?
I have a question not entirely on topic here you might know something about so i hope you dont mind my asking.There is an underlying issue when it comes to painting and i've bought some customs that reached the end of their life and the paint had separated from the pony presumably due to leaking plasticizer. So far i have shunned painting any pony until i understand this better, and your ideal view of plastic outliving you is simply not reality because up to half the mass is not stable pvc but a myriad of complex unstable materials including plasticizer, sometimes uv inhibitors and fire retardants and who knows what else, all of which varies from one pony to the next. Sealing in vaccuum doesnt stop these things from oozing out, breaking down and/or combining to form other things etc over time.My question is: what paint so securely bonds to the pvc that it can survive this process without detaching and failing? Is there such a paint?Thanks!
Come to think on it, the only paint I've ever had simply peel off a pony was Glidden's Gripper primer that was supposed to stick to anything, so there's irony for you. I'd bought it to use as a primer so I could use spray paint on a G3 (at the time, spray paint would melt pony plastic; I assume they've reformulated their paints so it doesn't any more, given that LoveLauraLand uses it on many of her customs with gorgeously stunning results).
So the original "pvc industrial paint" is actually made from pvc? Or made for painting on pvc? I assume its toxicity has to do with solvents, surface-preparers (mek, etc) and other such additives...i wonder if its pigments themselves and something less toxic to suspend it in /bind it to ponies might be findable to formulate a less industrial version. What do you think?
Now I have a question, does it eventually fade completely off or just into a lighter shade?