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Hi,

Purchased some of this during the week......

I primed a blood angels drop pod in this earlier today using my airbrush. It looked nice and I left it to dry.

I was packing the item away and I noticed the primer is just rubbing off. I have since painted a section of another model in this "primer" and it just rubs off.

I alway de-grease before painting and I am at a loss as to why the primer wont stick.

An internet search yields other people who have had this problem. is it me? Or am i Missing something? Does it have a 1 day + cure time? Or do I need a new primer?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Regards,

Adam

It could be drying before it hits the mini? What pressure and what distance are you spraying at?

I am spraying about 4 to 6 inches away. I cant adjust the pressure because I have a fixed compressor.

My setup is below:

http://www.air-craft.net/acatalog/Harder-_amp_Steenbeck-Airbrush-Starter-Set.html

I thought it might be down to airbrush however I painted (with brush) another plastic model and left it to dry for a few hours and it also just "comes away" the same as the drop-pod. Therefore this brushed on approach leads me to think it isn't "air-brush related".

I am tempted to try another primer, although I am very surprised because the Vallejo Primer seems very popular.

I am at a loss really...thanks for responding....any more thoughts?

Hmm, thats the only thing i could think of really. I use the same stuff through an airbrush and it sticks to metal like glue.

I guess it might have been sitting on a shelf somewhere for ages? You could try taking the lid right off and giving it a really good stir.

Yer, I will....i have set up a couple of overnight test models to see if it needs a substantial curing time. If not then I will see if I can get a replacement sent to me asap.

Thanks for your help man

If you have no luck I can only really think its either a bad batch, or its got too hot or cold at some point in its life.

Good luck with it, its a good primer when it works!

Yer will drop a line to the supplier....luckily it was "just" a drop pod and not my other "toys" lol - Thanks mate

least itll come off easily before you reprime

yer..I ordered some acrylic paint remover....thats next sat morning sorted then lol.

Incidentally.....what is your "dry" time on your primer?

well they appear dry in a couple of mins, but i leave them for an hour or so just to be sure

Yer I thought as much. I just tested everything I had painted again and it all just comes off upon contact. I have dropped a mail to the supplier...hopefully I will get another or might give Alclad a go.....although I just read that the primer has a 3 day cure period on plastic???

I can only find mentions of things like "quick drying time" worth seeing if it hardens up over the next couple of days, but that seems like a very long long time!

Yer..I will provide some feedback on Wednesday lol. Speak soon brother

24 Hours later and it's hard as nails...I cant scrape the stuff off any more lol. Seems it just takes a while to dry properly :-)

Good to know. I had similar issues and just chalked it up to airbrush primer not being as good as aerosol primer, something I had heard claimed before. I'll have to try letting one cure overnight.

Yeah it's just the time it take to fully cure. I always leave overnight and it's rock-hard the next day.

I will have to start leaving it longer, I've only used it on metal so far and it seemed to dry pretty quickly.

Yer it's nice to see a good end to this thread....now to spend some time removing the primer from the drop-pod. Sweet :-)