One of the first things I want to do is paint my Phantom 2. What kind of paint is ok, and what should be avoided? I don't want to have some kind of terrible interaction with the plastic. I'm thinking all black or maybe countershading...
Painting your Phantom
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Nice. Love it. I watched a couple videos on Youtube. A little confused on the taping off. Most of them showed taping off a lot of areas. But the final pics looked like every little crack was painted. Did they tape, paint, remove the tape then paint the detail by hand?
I just removed the top shell of the Phantom and taped over the ventilation holes from the inside before spraying the whole of the outside. I wasn't brave enough to attempt the bottom half of the shell, which would have involved a lot of fiddly taping and/or removing the motors and wiring, etc. I'm happy enough with the result.
You could, but use a paint that is flexible once it dries, and then manually balance the props so you don't get vibrations.
Ok il probably just buy black carbon fiber props.
Here's a stupid question. On my landing skids I spray painted them. They look good except for one spot on each at the bottom where I guess the excess paint ran. It looks like a little line of darker glossy black. Can I sand this, repaint, paint over, or just live with it not being perfect?
Here's a stupid question. On my landing skids I spray painted them. They look good except for one spot on each at the bottom where I guess the excess paint ran. It looks like a little line of darker glossy black. Can I sand this, repaint, paint over, or just live with it not being perfect?
Depends on which paint you used. And if it already dried completely, repainting it may create a wrinkle finish as the new wet paint tries to dissolve the dried paint, before the final coat cures. I know Krylon makes a good paint that is flexable and is "repaintable", its called Fusion (by Krylon).
I'm just going to live with it. The paint job is pretty crappy anyway. My taping skills aren't so good, and I couldn't get some areas to not show any white. Oh well, at least it's MOSTLY black and hopefully will fly soon...haha..
keep in mind, if you loose it in the woods, trees, shaded areas, it will be harder to see. Its white for a reason.
Also black is the color that attracts the sun the most (gets hotter), and white attracts the sun the least (stays cooler).
Black is awesome, however I saw some guys paint the shell on their AR Drone all black, only to see the plastic melt at 90 degree weather after leaving it outside for 10 minutes.
I may go with a yellow to easily see it. A white phantom on a cloudy day should be no fun.
Black is awesome, however I saw some guys paint the shell on their AR Drone all black, only to see the plastic melt at 90 degree weather after leaving it outside for 10 minutes.
I may go with a yellow to easily see it. A white phantom on a cloudy day should be no fun.
Just finished a paint job on my Phantom 2 after seeing a couple of F-16 photos based at a Texas Air Guard Base down near Houston. Liked the scheme so thought I would give it a try. Here is how it finished up. I take the gray props off for flight just in case there might be a balance problem with the light coat of paint on them.
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I think we can all agree that hydrodips work the best just due to the flexibility in designs. Attached are a few I have in stock, but others are available per custom request. All sold on http://www.savemyphantom.com or http://www.acesdeals.biz/apps/webstore/products/category/1195690?page=1
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"The best"? I don't think we can all agree with that at all. I haven't seen a hydrodip that I like yet. They're all pretty dang ugly, IMHO.
You get much more flexibility (and a better result) if you paint it.
You get much more flexibility (and a better result) if you paint it.
Ummmm... nope. They look like someone splattered cheap paint on a Phantom.
Like I said... I doubt we can all agree. You like hydrodip, that's your opinion. I don't, that's my opinion.
Like I said... I doubt we can all agree. You like hydrodip, that's your opinion. I don't, that's my opinion.
