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here some idea's i wil post as soon the robot are fully painted.am painting one , yellow and one blue.a awesome brand of paint is the motip.it dry's within 1 hour, covers averything in one layer.here are some pics.the yellow is a diff brand, sencys not very good.it takes 2 days and nights to dry.

blue excelent paint motip

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When you said "bag" and "paint" my first though was "Shake'N Bake", which would probably be bad for painting, so I'm glad that was not your idea! ;)

Did you have to prep the plastic before painting by doing any sanding to help the paint stick? I try to find a plastic spray paint and primer all in one and have good luck with it. But that craft spray looks pretty good Patrick!

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Looks good Patrick!

When I made darth Vader, I first prepped the plastic with an etching primer. A very light coat of the etching primer before the paint. It seemed to hold up well.

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i used pads from the farmacie chop to make the parts clean and paint it. it looks very good.hopes it stays on.

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i will make a video tomorow how i painted and make the parts clean. these are the alcohol pads from the pharmacie store.you can clean the parts ,

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Good job...and thanks for the info on the brand, one hour is very fast for drying! Nice!:)

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hi mickey

it dry in about 30 min,but i take 1 hour for sure.

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here's the video for painting.aldo the parts are dry in about 20 to 30 minutes, it would be good to let it harden for a day or so.you can assemble and calibrate the, robot after 30 minutes.try not to overpaint the parts.the drying proces can be hard.