How Do You Paint Toy Plastic Cars With Automotive Paint?
Hobbyists can buy specially formulated primers for plastics to prime toy cars and finish them with just about any type of paint, including automotive finishes. Plastic primer and automotive touch-up paint come in aerosol spray cans but liquid paint is cheaper and infinite color mixing and better looking results are possible by investing in an air supply and an airbrush or two to apply them. Airbrushes come in different sizes and configurations with some best suited to painting complete bodies of toy cars while others are so accurate they can spray pinstripes on them. Construct a spray booth large and sturdy enough to hang your plastic cars with enough room to work around them. Wardrobe moving boxes are great for hobby spray booths because you can unfold and assemble them and then collapse and store them flat. Secure the booth to a flat-top surface with duct tape so it does not slide around. Stretch and secure a strong wire to support the cars you are painting across the top and down th
