Question on Glueing

[Moochie]

I am in the process of doing a little kit bashing to create a skeleton log car. I have a question on fastining a metal part to a plastic part. Everyone says "Paint the plastic before assembly" My question is "Will painting the plastic before I glue the metal part to it, reduce the bond of plastic to metal? Should I paint before or after gluing?

FYI: The plastic part involved in the gluing is not on a sprue. I can easily paint before or after the gluing. It will be airbrushed.

 

[jim currie]

as long as one color is used I'd paint after.

 

[isboris4449]

Whenever possible, paint after construction. That way you can fix any flaws, rough spots or glue marks first and not mess up the finish. I usually pre- paint only what would be hard to paint after assembly.

Tom

 

[Gil Finn]

Glue first paint later.
The glue will remove dried paint and make a small mess.

Also smeared glue can be fixed with a coat of Testors Dull coat, hides it well.

I always finish builds and cars with a liberal coat of Dull Coat.

Metal to meatal and joints with stresss I use 5 minute epoxy. It is esential for glue broken couples and meatal parts on engines of any gauge.

Now these are things I do and that work for me.

Others may have better or differnt tricks.

 

[60103]

Don't paint the surface to be glued.
Think of the following:
-Try to paint flat surfaces before assembling into boxes.
-paint before assembly if the colour changes at the joint.
-paint after assembly if the colour goes around the corner.
(yes, I know I've contradicted myself!)