MRP drying time?

[Juggernut]

Hey there,

 

I just sprayed my first MRP lacquer color and am wondering how long this needs to dry before I can mask over it?  It seems dry to the touch after about 10-15 minutes but not sure if it's cured enough to mask over yet.  Any advice?

 

Oh yeah, this paint sprays great (not that we didn't know that already but I thought I'd express my impressions too).

[nmayhew]

Pretty much instantly provided you don’t hose it on

 

i was doing invasion stripes last night and taped over them as soon as I had changed the colour in my airbrush from white to black etc - could have been no more than a minute or two

 

 

[Out2gtcha]

1 hour ago, nmayhew said:

Pretty much instantly provided you don’t hose it on

 

i was doing invasion stripes last night and taped over them as soon as I had changed the colour in my airbrush from white to black etc - could have been no more than a minute or two

 

 

 

 

Crazy! I usually let things set an hour or so before masking but not fully sure that much time is needed.

[Zola25]

Their Metallic paints need a bit longer than the others but I have never had any problems taping over any MRP paints after 20-30mins. They are pretty brilliant

 

oh - this does NOT apply to their varnishes. Leave them to dry for a few hours

 

/Niels

[nmayhew]

On 9/15/2022 at 12:44 AM, Out2gtcha said:

 

 

Crazy! I usually let things set an hour or so before masking but not fully sure that much time is needed.

that's me, living life on the edge 

Edited September 17, 2022 by nmayhew

[Woody V]

It depends.

Sprayed over plastic, it dries very quickly. However each successive coat re-wets the paint under it increasing the drying time. This really comes into play if you gloss coat over several layers like any pre mottling, black basing, etc. Keeping in mind that the thinner is absorbed into previous layers I always add additional thinner to a gloss coat to improve leveling. The wetter the gloss coat is the better it levels and with the thinner being soaked up by previous layers the quicker the surface flashes.