Acrylic and Enamel paint

[Guest]

Hi

I understand that people are now moving over to Acrylic paint for many reasons but I have lots of enamel paints as well, my question is.....

Can you paint over enamel paint with acrylic when its dry and vice versa?

Thanks

Tim.

[Guest]

You *may* run into problems putting acrylic over enamel - the simple reason being that enamel is oil-based and just as oil rises to the surface when in water, enamel paint can react in a similar way when covered with another type of paint. Like you, I have more experience of painting with enamels so I'd be interested to hear what the more seasoned acrylic users here have to say on the subject.

[Guest]

Oops!

Hmmm, seems like I got it wrong regarding the incompatibility between these two paint types. Just found this and it's a mine of info:

http://www.rcboataholic.com/faq/painting.htm

Hope the link helps

[Guest]

I've done it both ways round (oooer missus) and found that as long as each coat is dry fully there are no problems!

I regularly use Tamiya acrylics and Humbrol enamels.

[Guest]

You can use any type of paint over acrylic without any problems, just make sure that the acrylic has dried properly first, 24 hours to be safe.