painting on platinum silicone with psycho paint 5 days after demoulding?

[jacobzking]

i know the best case scenario is to paint silicone within 2 days of demoulding, but I have someone demoulding the parts, then shipping them to me for paint.

so it will likely be closer to 4-5 days between demoulding and painting. any tips?

 

[Yodajammies]

Scrub the parts down really well with alcohol before painting. A lot of the issues I've had in the past with painting silicone came from surface contaminants.

 

[tonykch]

Make sure you let each layer thoroughly dry before painting the next one. But I'm sure you knew that already. I've found that after about 3 days, it will cure, but it takes forever to do so. I use Fuse FX paints.

 

[jacobzking]

Scrub the parts down really well with alcohol before painting. A lot of the issues I've had in the past with painting silicone came from surface contaminants.

sounds like great advice. thanks guys!!!

also, i'll check out that fuse fx.