[KensRedZed]

Hi Anthony,

I once made the mistake of picking up the wrong can of paint for a plastic body. I meant to use the Tamiya TS, but instead grabbed a can of Tamiya PS paint for lexan by mistake. I only realized right after spraying the car. Oops.

I went rushing to the internet to find out why I shouldn't do that? Everyone told me not to mix the paint, but didn't say why. I was hoping my nice new car wouldn't melt into a pile of goo or something.

TS is for hard plastic. Has a good shine. But is brittle and will crack when applied to flexible lexan.

PS is for flexible lexan and has flexing properties that make it look semi-gloss when applied to the outside of a body. The only way to get TS paint to shine is spray the inside of the lexan and let the lexan shine, and the colour come through the lexan. It's also mpossible to scratch the paint when on the inside.

This is what PS paint looks like on the outside of a plastic body. I was okay with it, and left it alone.

   

Best of luck with your cars. They look very cool.