Dye bleeds through piant

I'm 15 and just got into control line this summer. I decided to build a Medic, I dyed the wings red and was going to paint the body white when I dyed the wings I did not cover the body and the dye now bleeds through the white so I was wondering if any of you have any ideas.
Jim Iwema

Jim: We need to know a little more about your process, the steps you took. I'm assuming you dyed the covering (silkspan?) and applied it wet, after already painting the fuse? Is this right? Or did you dye first, paint the fuse, and then see the dye bleed through? (After re-reading, maybe this is it).

If this is so, you can always repaint the fuse over the dye, of course, until the dye is no longer visible.

We just need to know exactly what you did.

Jim,

You came up with a tough combination of materials here. RED has the ability to 'bleed' through many other colors, and the WHITE has one of the least 'blocking' capabilities of any color.

Additional coats of white *may* solve the problem, but it might reappear in the future to haunt you.

One possible solution would be to put down a "blocking layer" that would prevent the red from bleeding through. A good candiate for this would be SILVER. Perhaps even a GREY. I'm not sure how well the white will cover the silver. It might take several coats to cover well, but at least that combination wil be STABLE and won't bleed through in the future to spoil your day.

File this experience away as a good lesson learned. It's lessons like this that make you become a good modeler down the road.

A good thing to keep in mind is, that when ever you are working with new or unfamiliar material, you can avoid frustration and learn a great deal, buy making a few TEST samples and see what the results are before trying in on your good projest.

Let us know how you make out. Post a jpg when you have the plane finished.

Good luck,

In the normal paint world, it should be possible to spray a coat of sealer and coat of primer over the "pink" and then re-spray with white. Since there isn't anything in model dope that has the qualities of primer, I would probably paint it RED! I also would not try to use some other form of primer between layers of model airplane "dope". Don't forget to spray several clear coats over the dyed dope on the wings, or it will probably bleed all over when you get fuel on it. What kind of dye and paints did you use? Snug lines, Steve

I was just thinking the same thing Steve! Paint it all red & file the experience away in your memory banks. Or you could paint the fuse black instead of white, that would look good too. I don't know of anything in the model world that will stop red from bleeding through white & anything you do to try is going to get heavy in a hurry.
Nils

Jim --

At fifteen, you just joined an elite group -- problem solvers. If you are a problem solver, other problem solvers help you. Later, you will help them or others like them. That is the way the real world works.

Building models is a good training ground for learning life essential skills. Note the tone of respect in the above responses. You are getting a little more than a plane that is no longer pink.

I did the same thing. I put about ten coats of white on before I gave up.