Review Testors Color Shift Spray Cans - Great Results !!
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- čas přidán 5. 10. 2021
- Today I test out Testors Color Shift Spray Paints. There's several colors to choose from and they even have their own black base spray paint to go with them. I got very good results with these, I was pleasantly surprised.
I purchased these at my local Hobby Lobby.
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Thank you once again Mr. Rex for another informative video. So many of my decisions in purchasing my modeling paints have been based on your reviews. Better to watch your reviews than spending money on products I had no idea of. I use to try stuff just to try it that I eventually just tossed.
That's the point of it all my friend, Thanks for watching 👍👍
I agree! Your videos are extremely helpful.
As always great video and information. I always enjoy watching your paint testing content. When I went on looking for a good chrome, your test videos saved me quite a bit of time, money, and heartache lol. Keep up the great work my friend!!
Thanks buddy 👍
Dang some of those looked better than I expected. Thanks for the test!
Also, congrats on the paint line. Looking forward to seeing them!
Just picked some up! Didn't know I needed a base so I'll go pick some up when I'm ready to paint my build
I don't know how you have the time to keep pumping out all this info, but it is much appreciated. I'm not a great fan of color shift paints however I'm looking forward to your upcoming tests of the SMS chameleon range (gotta be good coming from Aussie). I've used a few of their lacquers and a couple of their color shifts and pearls and they spray really well. Their support here is also fantastic. Congrats on your own range coming soon so good to see how far you have come from when I first subbed and you had like a few hundred subs.
Although I enjoy and find all of your paint and product comparisons very instrumental to the hobby community in general, I would love to see you do some productions on Gunpla or model building and painting. Also how using certain products would benefit such builds and which would be the best accessories to use.
I cant wait to see some of those color shifters and chameleons. I'm definitely interested to see that freakflex paint.
Your own paint lineup?! Congrats! That would be awesome! Can't wait to hear more about that!
Got a good laugh from the Deep Purple, "Smoke on the Water" comment! Saw them live in '85 on the Perfect Strangers tour. Thanks for all of the videos you post; they have really helped me.
Perfect Strangers was a good album 👍
Thanks man, these reviews are excellent and invaluable
You're welcome buddy and thanks
@@barbatosrex9473 I'm not sure how pm ing works here, but if you'd like I'd be interested to see what you're working on.
That's it I'm sold. 🌈❤️ Thanks for testing!!
Anytime buddy
thank you for this, this is the most common one i find for the color shifts but i haven't seen much vids of it when i looked it up in the past and these all look great even the black base lol
especially surprised how much i like that pink champagne because i dont usually like either of those colors
Been eyeing these for awhile now. Nice reviews
Same here.
great video, didnt waste any time got to the point and answered all the questions that came up
Thank you my friend
That purple is really nice. Thanks for posting.
Awesome demo!!!
this was exactly what I was looking for thank you! deep purple..lol...I said it too lol! im glad you did them on different colors..thats what I needed to see. that purple and galaxy are amazing! I gotta go check out the sms vid next..chameleon color..thats sounds kool!!
Real nice work really still waiting for the gundam markers and alternative video
I had some good luck with these. I used the copper green on clear green parts on one of my kits. It worked nice.
Another GREAT vid, thanks for sharing!! 👍👍👍
Glad Testors are still around, it has nice products witch I would love to try but they are not easy to get in Norway.
Hi mate
I actually met the owner of SMS paints here in Australia and I was blown away with the colour variety that they had in the demonstration Rack that was on display at a model expo. I am very happy with the outcomes of the paint and I have used them on many of my builds. The finish is awesome and I recommend anyone to give them a try.
Cheers Rick
I have about 40 colors by them. I've been waiting for the retailer I got them from to get me a discount code for you guys before I post a video test on them.
Florescent bulbs over your head shows the shift difference.. phenomenal 🤝🏽😎
I did the purple on my 24 inch rims and Its lovely I get comments all the time on them
I personally have used these paints, awesome results, used pink champagne, turquoise waters and green copper, sprayed them over Rust-Oleum gloss black,👍 worked great, glad to see an in-depth review of these paints! Thanks!
What are you painting?
Have you tried them on aluminum?
Thank you so much for sharing!
Anytime my friend 👍
Thanks for the video. I'm building a plastic diesel truck and going with the purple fog.....
Mr. Rex, As always very informative video, thank you Sir. Is there a way you can get more information on the VMS material. Yes, the varnishing product is awesome but hard to find. Kudos to you Sir I look forward to your weekly messages. Thank you...
When I used the Blue Galaxy to paint my RoboCop figure I had to put on 3-4 coats to get the full colorshift effect. Spraying only 1-2 coats is too dark but 3-4 you get the full blue to green metallic colorshift effect.
I lucked up a little while back in Michael's and found some of those in 4oz craft paint type bottles on clearance. The spray can version you got looks like it goes down a little better.
Great video sir!
How well do these work over a normal black basecoat, or do you need the color shift base coat for it to work?
Can't wait to see the zero metal chrome and the sms chameleon. And maybe even the combination of the two!
Excellent vid! As a follow-up vid, could you throw some clear options on top? I'm looking to shoot some Green Copper on a bike, want to know if a matte clear will work, specifically the Testors Dullcote in the can.
This is exactly why I'm stsrting a Patreon. To take requests like yours about Dullcoat. I will test it for you personally with a video demo.
Love those paints
Thank u for this
I use a lot of color changing paint. This is really good
Smoke-on-the-water/“deep purple” = Pink champagne (on ice)/Eagles?
Thanks for showing the paints on the butter knives and kit parts,to show effects on various surface shapes.
Apparently there's a bottled version of it and if I recall u can thin it with water but I'm not sure if u can thin it with anything else (preferably leveling thinner). I do remember using the blue green spraycan for the unicorn cause it just make sense for that suit
Also after a bit of research, rustoleum used to have a similar paint called "rustoleum color shift". Since we all know testors is now owned by rustoleum, I'm wondering if this paint is just the old discontinued rustoleum paint under a new brand.
Do you recommend 2 coats of the color shift or is one enough
How would a matte topcoat/finish look on these?
Maybe it's just because it's over video, but the metal flakes seem to be not just heavy but big as well. Vallejo, Greenstuff World, and Turbodork color changing paints seem to have finer grain flakes.
The secret is that you really need large, curved surfaces to see the color shift well. Something like a motorcycle gas tank or fender seen under the sun is about perfect to see the shift in color. I've used all of the Testors color shift paints and am generally happy with them. The flakes are larger than some other brands of paint, so they can look out of scale for a small model. I think putting them on a little heavy is much better than too thin. If the paint goes on too thin, the flakes don't have time to settle onto the base surface at the correct angle, and that makes the color shift less obvious.
Are they as good as the Japanese ones from Tamiya or Mr hobby?
@Barbatos Rex: Only just came across your channel, but noticed that in this video, you missed out on showcasing 3 color shift paints from Testors. Iridescent Shimmer, Emerald Turquoise, and Turquoise Waters. I will say that of the options seen here, and from personal testing on my BattleTech miniatures, Pink Champagne, Emerald Turquoise, and Blue Galaxy are my favorite. I plan on getting the Iridescent Shimmer, Purple Fog, Green Copper, and Turquoise Waters to finish off the collection for testing and future paint jobs.
I wonder if those testors basecoat cans would work with chrome over it??
Wasn't following your channel at the time of this vid but I was sure it had to be here.
The purple sunrise is the same name and shift as the Rust-Oleum Imagine line of color shift w metal flake. It throws exactly the same as well. Interesting.
I’m looking for purple and black, or similar. Have you found anything like that?
What is a SAFE clear to use over these?
where did you get those clear/white drawers with the tape in them?
Any black or blue works good
Hi Rex. Just some thoughts. I really do like your channel & I'm subbed. But I can only watch so many plastic spoons being painted. Most experienced modellers will generally have one or two paint ranges they use, often just based on chance or availability initially, and on inertia after that. (And here in Ireland & Europe, the available ranges aren't are broad, even online. Few will order supplies from US and have to pay additional customs. Also spray cans don't ship between countries usually) . So I personally don't watch most of the paint tests, unless I want to know something specific (eg Vallejo or AK Metals compared to Al-Clad, which isn't available). However, there are many other areas that I think people would be interested in. Like your great 1 hour review (my wife thought I was mad) of cutters. Modelling putties, fillers, primers, polymer clays, maybe some tools (eg. I personally think based on work experience also, that Dremel are an inferior brand & Proxxon are superior). Of course, I'd hope you didn't have to pay for any of that stuff and would get it from the manufacturers! Anyway, this is intended to be helpful and constructive, because I'd love to watch more of that type of content also ( I don't model gunpla at all myself btw).
I'd recommend working on your audio levels there, maybe a different mic setup. Good video though! I had good result from the Emerald Turqoise, and I picked up the Blue Galaxy later to experiement, and WOW the Blue Galaxy sucks! I'm glad you had the same issue. It's so dark and very little color saturation, mostly just glitter!
Did a hot rod truck in these. Love the way they look
Where did you pick up those clear plastic drawers from? They are exactly what I am looking for.
The Container Store
This video has helped me save alot of $, so thank you! BTW, I liked the way the paint looked over the Chrome, and wow, did I have a hard time finding it! The black base is all over the place, but not Chrome, so could they have stopped making it already?? Found it on ebay and got pretty hosed, price-wise.
It's hard to say what they've discontinued as its getting harder to find some of their stuff. I'm guessing their website will list what's still available. Glad you got some though, ebay is always a place to fall back on
@@barbatosrex9473 So, turns out Hobby Lobby did have it in the store! Ya can't trust what they show online...lesson learned.
@@qmnnvrdyz8965 awesome 👍
Wish they made a pink one :(
LOVE YOUR CHANNEL!
Big request... Id love to see rit dye airbrushed on wood.. Then clearcoated. A nice fade would be epic! I've heard that an iwatta will spray rit just fine.. but your gun for sure will.
I've never given that a thought. I don't work with wood however, that's more my brother's field. Plastic is my thing. But if it sticks to plastic I will test it 👌
@@barbatosrex9473 actually there are rit variations now. Not just for fabric anymore.
They even make a vinyl dye now.
So the "base" cans are the primer as well? Or do I need to primer , then base , then color shift ?
The Gloss Black is base, no primer needed
@@barbatosrex9473 alright man much appreciated
why wait paint on butter knives in spoons do a bike frame
Did you try brushing the Badger paint?
I will in the test video.i just got in a big box of them. So far early airbrush test show it to be one of the best acrylics I've ever used
Can you tell me if these color shift paints are enamel or lacquer? I’m doing a buddy build and both of us are doing different colors of the shift paint. I want to clear mine to add a high gloss if possible. Thanks
I believe these are lacquers.
@@barbatosrex9473 thank you. I appreciate your videos as they are a wealth of information. And a big thanks for the quick response 👊🏻
@@onthebench-scalemodelswith7739 any time my friend. Consider joining my Patreon, for members in will answer questions like yours in video form. Meaning if you want to know what a certain clear will look like over these color shift paints, I will personally test that for you on video and show the results
Hey there! What primer do you use before using acrylics? I'm looking to airbrush my gunpla. Do you prefer cans or your airbrush to apply the primer?
You can use any primer, I myself use Ammo one shot green primer from airbrush or Vallejo red brown primer and defenceforce sand primer or for the most dureble results its Tamiya fine surface primer and Mr hobby fine surface primer 1000 from spraycans. Mr hobby and Tamiya is the best primers there is on the market, you can airbrush them too its called Tamiya liquid surface primer and Mr hobby primer can be bought in many different grades from 500 to 1500 in small glass bottels that you can thinn using laqcuer thinner and spray with airbrush.
It depends what you want to do. For spray cans you can't go wrong with Mr Surfacer or Tamiya. I also tested Titans Spray can primer and that works great too. As for airbrushing, there's many choices. Mr Surfacer in the jars sprays nice. Alclad primers in particular the black goes on great. Also a favorite of mine is Stynylrez which is also called One Shot. They come in a ton of colors too
@@barbatosrex9473 I have tad problems with surfacer 1500 with airbrush, it came out grindy and not smooth. But I belive I thinned the wrong way. I thinned it like I thinn paint for 0.3 mm witch is thicker. Could this be my issue?
@@statoilbensin2190 thin it at least 50/50. The larger the needle the better. I use a separate large nozzle airbrush just for primers and clears
@@barbatosrex9473 the 0.5 mr procon? I am thinking about buying that as a primer/varnish only airbrush is it worth it?
Hi…. Wonderful channel. I am now trying to get into airbrushing (haven’t started yet, now acquiring the tools) however I find your channel so informative. Anyway, I do have a request if it pleases you, can you test the “Testors Extreme Lacquers” please? Keep up the good work, one of the best channels I am following.
I have some of those in my inventory. I will be doing a video on them 👍
@@barbatosrex9473 I have a question, not looking for a definitive answer as the choices are endless. So give. Your experiences with paints, I would like to know for my lack of experience what would be a good paint to use that would not require thining for an airbrush to paint 1/32 scale model cars?
@@BajanBert I would go with Model Car World Finishes otherwise known as MCW Finishes. Their lacquer line is pre thinned for airbrushing and they focus mainly on auto colors. They also manufacture my Mecha Empire paint line too.
@@barbatosrex9473 🙏
I have a supply of Testors enamels already on hand, how would you thin Testors enamels for airbrushing also their acrylics?
Wow, plans everywere
Can i use this on laxan rc body
I haven't tested that yet but you should be OK I would sand the plastic with a fine grit before applying these
What can you clear over these with?; it doesn't say on the can What kind of paint it is?
Any clear will work
@barbatosrex9473 didn't know if Tamiya clear would or just use testers enamel
While the name 'Testors' still exists, which (if any) colors they actually make themselves is questionable. Did example, the entire "Color Shift" line is actually made by Rust-Oleum. This is not necessarily a bad thing, as Testors it's not the only company doing this. Perfect example would be the spray & airbrush paints sold under the Traxxas & Pro-Line names, neither of which are actually made be Traxxas, or Pro-Line (and, truth be told, the Traxxas-branded spray paints are outstanding).
Testers is made by Rust-Oleum
Did I miss where you sprayed these over a spoon with Tamiya TS-14 gloss black?
I sprayed the Tamiya on the spoon at the beginning when I start at the booth
@@barbatosrex9473 ah ok I thought you were spraying over the Testors gloss black basecoat. I’m guessing there’s no real difference between the two.
@@johnblack9885 no difference. I prefer Tamiya, it just sprays on so good every time
@@barbatosrex9473 just sprayed some TS-14 on some Cylon figures I’m about to re-chrome with Green Stuff World’s chrome. That stuff is the Holy Grail of chrome paint!
@@johnblack9885 it's the one to beat, great chrome paint 👍
Can this be decant and spray on the airbrush?
Yes but I would go with a large size needle, at least a 0.4mm or a 0.5mm
@@barbatosrex9473 Ah thanks!.. Should i go higher psi or remain the same?
It needs to be painted on a flat surface to show the real effects
Way out of scale for a 1/24 scale, metal flakes are huge on most of those colors
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I'm not sure whats going on with your sould mix this video, mate. Your voice is only coming out of my left headphone speaker, the right side is just static noise. It's definitely your sound mix because I hear sound from the right side whenever you move something to that side? Weird, it's not a interest killer but it is weird to get used to, especially when you're at the spray booth!
Edited due to snumerous selling mistakes, bloody tablet,!
I will look into that, thanks
There website states its a craft paint and does not list plastic except for a rc video. Boo 👎 👎 👎 👎 👎 👎 👎
Testors? Never, down with rustoleum
Sorry, Rex, WAY too much waste using spray cans. Or, decant for airbrush use.