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So it seems I've made a fairly classic error. I saw a cool Schleich wolf miniature that I wanted to make into a gigantic wolf for First Age LOTR wargaming.
https://www.schleich-s.com/de/DE/eldrador/produkte/schattenwolf-42554.html

I cut the rubbery crystals off and milliputt'd some fur to cover them up. Then I spray primed it.

It's been months, and the model is visibly shiny and sticky to the touch - tacky paint sticks to my hands if I move it.

Atm, I don't really want to deal with isopropyl alcohol to strip it, I have a one year old crawling around the house and not many safe storage options. If it's the only option I will do it but does anyone know anything that can be done with this sort of issue? Can I "save" the prime by painting over it with black acrylic or anything like that?

Lesson bloody learned though - hand primer for toys all the way.

You can wait out the chemical reaction to see if it clears up and stops reacting with the plastic.
I’ve seen it fix itself in a couple months, and I’ve also seen models that are still tacky after several years.
It’s either patiently wait or strip, with waiting being uncertain in how long it will take to complete the reaction.

Yeah doesn't some of the early Reaper Bones material also do this if you use primer sprays on them?

You might be able to clean it off with alcohol but the surface of the model might be forever tarnished from the experience; even if you then come at it with brush-on primer.


If you're aftre some big wolf models if you've got a 3D pritner I can point you toward some

Thanks. It has been a good few months already (can't quite remember how many, but more than three) and it's incredibly tacky. Looks like stripping is my only option so. I'll see about bringing it into work and doing it there.

Overread: Thanks for the offer, no printer here. It was more of a strike of opportunity than a much sought after piece, so I'm not too bothered if I have to trash it I suppose.

Primer solvent reacted with the plastic, I don't know if stripping it would even help at all. I had the same issue with the dracolich from the Castle Ravenloft boardgame I primed with Floquil, tried painting it and still tacky. Tried varnishing and still tacky. It sat on my shelf still very tacky after 3 or 4 years until I read somewhere about brushing on a coat of PVA glue and that mostly worked, still had a little stickyness to it but you could at least handle it

Thanks, I'll try that. If it doesn't work, I'll just chuck the wolf. I decided I don't wanna deal with isopropol alcohol anyway.

I had 2 Reaper Dwarfs go sticky on me few weeks ago. I covered them in varnish, and stickyness is gone.
Seal in varnish, and hope for best.

I used Rust-olium gloss varnish to seal in the model (stickiness was gone) and after used Testors dull coat to matte it back.