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I had previously been using Chaos Black for my models as it gives a nice finish to start on. However I recently got Corax White to have a brighter finish and noticed flocks of paint building up on the minature, which I tried to wash off with water, but the primer just came off with it, so that's no good.

Can anyone recommend good primers for both light and dark colours that are suitable for indoors? I'm not totally immersed in the fumes, I do have a window open, I just can't do it outside as I live in a student accommodation flat.

Do you live alone? In which case a mask and short bursts of priming should work, just make sure you get a mask that'll filter the nasties in the primers.

Another option is to use an airbrush with something like Vallejo's brush-on primer. Obviously a more costly and extensive option, but an option nonetheless. If you're just going to use it for primer you can get away with some cheap gear.


Also, white aerosol primer is going to be a pain, so it's better to get a light grey one instead of white.

I live with five others, which may change to three others next year.

So something that works better than GW primers, but isn't too toxic haha.

And yes, light grey from now.

Spraying indoors is usually terrible because of the epic cloud of paint that is created which then settles on things (and in lungs). If I needed to spray inside I'd probably do it directly in to a fan that's blowing the fumes outside, and do it on a day that isn't windy otherwise the wind might just blow it all back in to the house

Unless you use a paint-on primer, I would really find someplace outside. In most cases, sprays + indoors = bad idea.

You could make something like a spray chamber. Get a large-ish cardboard box, reinforce it with some tape and something stiff. Replace the top with a sheet of cheap acrylic so you can see inside and make some arm.holes on the side with whatever materials you have available. Gloves, some plastic, tape. Boom, you've got some fancy hazardous material handling box right there.

Not the most elegant solution, and you'll need space to store it.
Once you're done priming, just put it near a window and let it vent out.

You can always decant the paint from the spray can into another container and use that with a brush, or just buy non spray can primer and use it sparingly so it doesn't get all goopy.