How to paint rc car body - PRO tips

[@pieterolivier792]

It's funny I didn't even look when this was posted. I'm painting my rc body today and started watching your video. Then at the end you mention about making a video about the lights. I went to go find it. Then only realised this was posted today. Great video and some cool tips. Will definitely try some of these on the next body as I had already started by the time I found this.

[@skin-knee.design.222]

lol that is funny, also thx dude I've been up all night editing that Night Rider video. I took a lot of footage cause I wanted to break it down and make as simple and easy as possible so anybody and everybody can build it with no problems. It'll be uploaded this evening.

[@skin-knee.design.222]

Took 29 hours to upload lol went through and finished 10mins ago.

[@RCRoads]

You did a great job painting this body. The colors all work well together and the stickers really helped to dress it up. Thanks for sharing the details of how you accomplished this. 👍

[@skin-knee.design.222]

Thank you, I appreciate it RCRoads.

[@lenadial4678]

This video has helped me out a lot, your car are beautiful👍

[@skin-knee.design.222]

Thank you, I've been building, customizing, & racing RC. Cars for over 40 yrs.

[@Livlifetaistdeth]

Beautiful paint job

[@skin-knee.design.222]

Thank you!

[@scottslyter1566]

thank you for the details!

[@skin-knee.design.222]

@@scottslyter1566 you're welcome, if you have any questions let me know

[@Jarhead1313]

I've been airbrushing RC bodies for a little over 7 years now, and I don't know why,but I could never get any kind or any brand of masking tape to work well with me,but you and alot of others make it look so easy lol. I'd be lost without liquid mask. I started using Bitty Design liquid mask and HVLP sprayers, and the rest is history. Honestly, I don't see how guys like you and Hemi Storm make it look so simple.

[@skin-knee.design.222]

Its been a couple years since I used mask mainly because I stopped doing off road & moved to on-road & drift. As far as tape I use 2" & 1" by 3m - painters grade. There's always going to be mistakes & this video is to help reduce & recover from those mistakes. Also to help make it easy for beginners just getting into the hobby, they can get the best results they can going forward. I've been doing this a long time dude & the biggest things for me are the trimming & all my cuts are perfect. Punching the holes & or the magnets are lined up to mount the body. The tape, making sure it's smashed to the body real good along all the edges, even in between coats too. That's where the runs come from plus if your roll falls over on it side it collects dust, lint, ect. the paint lines won't be straight even if tapes itself is perfectly straight. What are you running, on-road, off-road, both?

[@skin-knee.design.222]

I just seen you had a question something about the curved scissors but it didn't come through dude.

[@Jarhead1313]

Yeah, I had seen your tool for getting a perfecr cut on the wheel wells and wondered what it was called. I just used curved scissors and my trusty dremel. But I'm thinking I may have to get one of those tools. ​@skin-kneedesignsskd269

[@skin-knee.design.222]

​@@Jarhead1313 It works great. I bought it on eBay $15 Brand: Olfa-compass circle cutter. Comes with 4 or 5 extra blades to. It's worth every penny dude.

[@RCcardadz]

Super nice paint job. I just myself a rcarlos Toyota Yaris wide body shell. But these colors give me some good inspiration. Great tutorial btw.👍🏻

[@skin-knee.design.222]

@@RCcardadz Thank you, it means a lot!

[@RCcardadz]

@ it is more than deserved👌🏻

[@skin-knee.design.222]

@@RCcardadzthank you , thank you, if you have questions dude, don't hesitate to ask. I'll help out anyway I can!

[@RCcardadz]

@@skin-knee.design.222 thx mate, will do. As soon as I start the paint job on the car I will ask you some question about the build up with the colors.

[@skin-knee.design.222]

@@RCcardadzYeah man, hit me up

[@joshuajkoplin]

That’s a good idea keeping your tape standing up. I store mine in zip lock and I’m very careful about where I set it down while I’m working.

[@skin-knee.design.222]

Thx dude. I pealed the tape off & my lines looked like something was growing in the paint, & that's when I started using the pin striping lol

[@dolobrolic6066]

Decal King…….damn!! 😉👍🏾

[@skin-knee.design.222]

Thx Bro!

[@TallieWills]

Very good information, very useful tips, i only was here for right when you was cutting the wheel cuts, and got like three useful tips that fast, i can only imagine the rest of the video, how many more useful tips gone come or came, i was searching for something so i wasnt really here for the whole video, but i did stay longer do to all the good information i was hearing, just couldn't leave in the mist of learning something i could definitely use , so thank you for that, its like once you know, you know, so knowing is the best for doing , its the math to that equation, when it adds up , it can equal to so many different good things , when you know what you know, and then its your turn to teach someone else, which in this subject, now i can , thanks to you .....thanks again

[@skin-knee.design.222]

I appreciate it, & you're welcome! Glad I could help. There's tips from beginning to end, step by step put in order to get these bodies looking as close to perfect as I can everytime. Been doing rc for 42 yrs. & I've messed up a body or 2 really bad as a kid, but the way prices are going now days mistakes can be costly. I had to make this video for everybody.

[@grantrenzhofer9619]

Good info man. Sounds effects had me rolling at one point 😂

[@skin-knee.design.222]

Thanks! I can be goofball sometimes lol

[@kevinwalker7102]

Boy got skillz!!

[@skin-knee.design.222]

@@kevinwalker7102 Thx dude, been doing this since I was 4

[@parchedpixels5804]

Love it. And I picked up some great tips 👍

[@skin-knee.design.222]

Awesome, glad to help!

[@richieaustin1604]

Can you show the colors used and how you did that other body with the green camo type look? Awesome work!

[@skin-knee.design.222]

Thank you, I appreciate it! The brand spray can paint: "Spaz Stix" - Candy Apple Green, Mirror Chrome, & Black. You can find it on eBay & Amazon cheaper than the hobby shop. I painted it the same way I did in this video, but I used the Candy Apple Green instead. I did 2 coats of Candy Apple Green on the Gallardo, that's why it turns out a lime greenish color, & 3 coats on the hood of the Countach looking more like a forest green. Same green, same spray can, just one extra coat. The thing about Candy is the more coats you spray, the darker it gets & if you do to many coats the mirror chrome & black won't show through the candy. Definitely do a test sample to get the right shade. Hope that helps you out dude. Maybe watch the video again when you get the paint & go step by step using the candy apple green instead, with mirror chrome , & black. Pause the video & rewind it if need too.

[@richieaustin1604]

@@skin-knee.design.222 thanks! I have some SpazStix, i'll give it a try!

[@skin-knee.design.222]

You're welcome.

[@skin-knee.design.222]

Hey dude, I just uploaded a video step by step sample with the candy apple green Camo in a little more detail.

[@richieaustin1604]

@@skin-knee.design.222 awesome! Thanks, i'll watch it now

[@TallieWills]

That paint scheme came out so good, just professional grade work , you the best ...

[@skin-knee.design.222]

Thank you very much Tallie, it means a lot to me! I thought it turned out looking really cool considering I never used those colors together before. It's got that poP.

[@TallieWills]

@@skin-knee.design.222 yes it did, and yes you did, and thanks even for teaching me some things to never remember, thank you from me , your newest fan liker and subscriber, I'm here ok....

[@skin-knee.design.222]

@@TallieWills You're welcome & thank you Tallie, if you have any questions about anything, hit me up.

[@TallieWills]

@@skin-knee.design.222 ok cool thanks

[@kennysilvers-z4x]

Dude, you're an artist. You will definitely be switching to liquid mask and airbrush in the near future.

[@skin-knee.design.222]

Thx dude, I'm an artist & I do appreciate it big time tho dude!

[@michaelg.5936]

Awesome work. That blue mineral body on the video thumbnail... is that also done by you? A tutorial for that would be great.

[@skin-knee.design.222]

@@michaelg.5936yeah man, I did everything in this video & thank you! I also did another video where I explaining the breakdown on how to get different patterns. It's called the "New candy camouflage, not your traditional camo" 2 samples

[@michaelg.5936]

@@skin-knee.design.222 Great. Which colors did you use for the blue camo? It seems so bright as there is no black used. I usually use bright neo colors and backlight them with white. So I would love to do the same with the camo from you.

[@skin-knee.design.222]

@@michaelg.5936 I used candy blue by spaz stix 3 coats, Mirror chrome & the black actually kinda looks like a dark blue in the picture but it's black though. I did a video on how to build a led light kit using the UV black lights for neon colors.

[@skin-knee.design.222]

@@michaelg.5936my bad, I should've got back to you sooner dude, my computer took a dump. I got a new one & now the software doesn't match up. The videos done just don't have a way to edit it yet.

[@FarmerFpv]

My toolbox always looks faster than my RC cars. Thanks to this video it should help remedy that issue. lol

[@skin-knee.design.222]

LoL, that's good to hear & glad you got some kind of pointer or trick to pimp up your rides.

[@maciekm.4169]

this is sooooooooooooooooooooo cool

[@skin-knee.design.222]

Thank you, glad you like it!

[@idiosinkratik]

How did you do the pinstriping? Would've liked to see that process. Airbrush and masking or gold tape on the outside?

[@skin-knee.design.222]

I used a roll of pin stripping on the outside of the body. It's cleaner & quicker than tape & painting. A roll cost a couple bucks & you can get just about every color known to man. I'm doing that video tomorrow. I might be able to get it uploaded too, if not it will be the day after tomorrow. I'm going to go over cutting sticker/decals, placement, & pin stripping.

[@busajockey]

nice work dood.

[@skin-knee.design.222]

Thx

[@figuresix]

Questions for ya>> Paint what are you using in this one? was Red candy or just normal red? I tried this today with a regular red, light coat, and mirror chrome, but came out nothing like your red... I will keep experamenting and see if i can get it down, but was just wondering if ya have to use candy, like you did in the samples>> Thanks in advance.

[@skin-knee.design.222]

You're welcome. Yeah man, you gotta use the candy. It's transparent & you can see through it as to other paints that are solid & cover really well. I used Candy apple red by Spaz Stix. I got it on Amazon for like $12 buck a can. Spaz Stick has a few different color candy's & there all beautiful. I did 3 good coats of candy red on the Lamborghini Huracan & 3 light coats on the Lamborghini Aventador. They don't look the same even though it's the same paint. The more coats you spray, the darker the candy gets. Hope that helps & gets you started!

[@figuresix]

@@skin-knee.design.222 Thanks man, appreciate the info..

[@skin-knee.design.222]

You're welcome, glad I can help

[@JoshuaElliott-lo5jv]

When you go to dab the chrome over the other colors, do you do so while the primary color is still wet?

[@skin-knee.design.222]

@@JoshuaElliott-lo5jv hey dude, I let it dry or hit it with a blow dryer. I did a video in more detail, "New candy apple camouflage" & got another one I'm doing on the pin stripping/decals placement.

[@JoshuaElliott-lo5jv]

⁠​​⁠thanks a ton! Trying this out on my kiddos car. Does the primary color have to be a specific type? Or can “plain” orange, for example, work?

[@skin-knee.design.222]

The brand is spaz stix & you wanna get candy colors. It's transparent/see through but the more coats you spray the darker the color gets.

[@JoshuaElliott-lo5jv]

@@skin-knee.design.222 thank you so much for answering my questions!!

[@skin-knee.design.222]

@@JoshuaElliott-lo5jv your welcome, glad to help!

[@joshuajkoplin]

You ever use liquid mask? I tried and didn’t like it. The stuff I bought was trash though.

[@skin-knee.design.222]

I used the liquid mask before with an airbrush. A lot time was spent switching colors & cleaning the airbrush in-between plus making all those cuts in the designs too. Idk dude, it's not as technical doing it this way but it's simpler/easier & I can blast it out in a day. I did this video the way I did step by step in hopes to save ppl time, money, & frustration from butchering up an expensive body. Rc is really fun & there's nothing wrong with looking good having that whole "WOW" factor going when you break it out in front of everybody.

[@TallieWills]

Now im your new fan liker and subscriber, im here to stay .....you got me lol

[@skin-knee.design.222]

Awesome! Thank you, & welcome aboard!

[@TallieWills]

Learning is for teaching, learning is never for forgetting that you know , so to show it, is to then teach someone else, then you have paid and earned your credits for knowing,

[@skin-knee.design.222]

I started at age 4 back in 1982 & learned on my own cause my parents told me if you can't fix it, you can't have it lol Honestly, I don't know how anybody made it through life back then without KZbin or the Internet!

[@TallieWills]

Shes perfect.....

[@skin-knee.design.222]

Thank you, thank you!