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I've just finished stripping the paint of an Aspiring Champion (Plastic) and I've noticed that along the edges the black primer has come away. However the majority of the mini still has primer covering it. Should I give it a new primer coat, or will I have to strip it completely of primer first?

If the primer is on thick probably best to get that off. (Iv heard that brake fluid will remove primer off plastic compared to other detergents.

If it is primer stain it shouldn't matter at all.

It's not that the primer is on thick, it's just that it's rubbed away at the edges when I removed the paint (With Fairy Power Spray) so I was wondering whether I should re-apply the primer. Brake Fluid doesn't remove primer when I've tried, so I'm at a loss as to how to remove it should I need to.

Use acetone free nail varnish remover from Superdrug, gets anything off

I can't agree with james more, I currently have a tub of it on my window sil and it's removed EVERY bit of paint from a lot of models so far.

Acetone free nail varnish remover gets another vote from me, the cheapest I've found is in Boots at 79p. Just look for the green variety with the black label

If you feel that it only needs a touch up around the edges I would suggest simply washing the model in lukewarm clean water to get rid of any Power Spray residue and using Chaos Black or Black Undercoat to touch up your base layer.

So does the Acetone free nail varnish remover remove the primer as well? I should maybe have clarified that I'm not wishing to remove paint as thats' all gone, but the primer probably needs a touch up or a whole coat again.

Mostly an issue of primer thickness and how smoothly it's been removed from those bare edges. If you've got a thin coat and smoothly abraded edges, you're fine to either respray or just touch up the bare spots by hand and get to painting (after a good cleaning, of course). If the paint has flaked/chipped off, though, you may end up with noticeable steps if you leave the remaining primer in place, especially if it's on the thick side.

It's a fairly smooth transition from bare plastic to primer so I'll probably be ok to prime it again. It was an eBay model, and I had to remove some pretty horrendous paint from it. If you can imagine this guy:



But painted up in Black Legion colours. However, these aren't your standard Black Legion colours - oh no. These are sparkly, gooey, almost nail varnish-y colours - which inevitably proved to take a full afternoon to get rid of. On getting past the hideous experience, I find myself confronted with this very thin primer coat. Normally I don't suppose a thin primer coat is bad, but a bit thicker coat would have meant that a) I wouldn't be asking you guys if I could re-spray it and B) They wouldn't have had to use such gooey paint to keep it on the plastic. Rage over.

Eh, I'd personally just start from scratch and re-prime it.

REASONING is because, what type of primer did they use? Is it resilient? Is it primer at all? Is it the color that you need it to be to properly accentuate your planned color scheme?

STRIP IT!

I agree with fenrir1997, I'd strip the model fully before adding primer, that way you won't fill up any of the detail.

Always strip fully. You never know if the primer has absorbed your stripping material or not.

Thanks people, I guess I'll have to get on and strip the primer fully. Any ideas how to go about that, as my previous methods of Fairy Power Spray or Brake Fluid have not had good results with removing primer...