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To those of you who paint on existing mego heads. Do you seal the paint with a paint on sealer or do you seal the whole head with a spray on style? Do you seal the unpainted rubber or is it just the paint? I painted on a head and want to seal it before it gets ruined. I used delta ceramcoat. Thanks for the help.
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Another question. Can you seal one layer and paint another layer over it without having problems? Thanks -
I suppose anything that will take sealer can be painted on again, although I'm not sure how well a paint sealer would work on the soft plastic.
one thing anyone should know is that sealers tend to yellow with time, not always a great length of time either. I used a flat paint sealer on a resin head I made, he developed a deep tan and yellow eyes within a few months. I can't say that it would be that way for all sealers, but I've used 2 different kinds and they both turned out that way.Comment
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Its stuff like this that makes me tend to leave painting to the pros!
I have never had good luck with sealers on the vinyl heads. It either yellows or clouds up like HapSlash mentioned, or it flakes off after its dried where it has contacted the vinyl. The last couple of years I've switched to scribbles fabric paint for painting the heads. It remains somewhat rubbery after its applied so it flexes with the vinyl and thus doesnt chip or flake. By its nature, it never truly bonds to the vinyl either, so you can literally peel it off later if you want to redo it, or change the color. I'm sure there are better methods, but this works for me."Crayons taste like purple!"Comment
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I'd like to be able to mask off the parts not painted and spray paint it. Some spray works great on rubber like the heads.Comment
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>Can you seal one layer and paint another layer over it without having problems?
It depends on the sealer. Urethane doesn't take paint so good, Testors matt varnish does. But any kind of varnish adds another layer to the piece, so it can obscure fine carved details. (I started painting gaming minis years ago and learned this the hard way.)
As for painting vinyl heads; the material is very soft and pliable; so it'll expand and contract with different temperatures, and squish with handling. So it doesn't take paint OR varnish so good. (The deformations crack the paint.) I use the car interior stuff on vinyl heads 'cos it soaks into the material. (Bonding better than the paint Mego originally used....)
Don C.Comment
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I don't like my custom heads to look too shiney, and even the matte brush-on sealers tend to do so. I usually go with Testor's Dullcote. It's nice and flat, goes on thin, and haven't had any problems with yellowing so far(knocking on wood). I don't know if you'd be able to peel it off or remove it otherwise, but I've never had any problems painting over it.Hey! Where's the waiter with the water for my daughter?
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