Hello all.
I’m about to paint the insides of my Plasticville buildings, and was wondering what color works best to prevent the interior lighting from bleeding through to the outside. Also is brushing/rolling better than spraying for minimal light bleed?
I’m using LED’s of various sizes and postwar Plasticville pieces, nothing “modern”.
Thanks
Tom
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To prevent light bleed, I use first a coat of flat metallic silver or aluminum, then, once dry, flat black over that (just the inside of the structure). Don’t forget to mask the windows so overspray on the interior doesn’t get on the outside of thestructure. The silver undercoat serves two purposes, first, the metallic particles block the light very well, and it also helps keep the black second coat from changing the apparent outside color (or darkening) of lighter plastics, which may be translucent. You can also line the inside with tinfoil, no light will get through that!
Bill in FtL
You could also use card stock and an exact knife, to make cutouts for the window areas. Just another thought.
I find tin foil does the trick and is easily removed if desired.
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