<![CDATA[Latest posts for the thread "Question on Primers"]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/8.page JForum - http://www.jforum.net Question on Primers GW Chaos Black Primer, the primer went on a little thicker. Where as the GW primer looked like it shrank, hugging the details without adding thickness. Looking on here, I have read that GW primer is not primer at all. Instead it is paint? I know when painting, real primer is a must. But that is from my experience as a handyman painting houses. My experience with GW primer was helping a friend prime his models. I did not paint them, so I have no clue how well they held paint after they were primed. I would like to get a good primer for resin and plastic but was wondering what everyone else uses. Do you use a regular can of paint instead of primer? What brand of primer do you get at Walmart?
For metal models, I found a great primer that goes on like the GW primer and hugs the details with minimal build up. It is also at Walmart, but forgot the brand at the moment. It is a metal primer and comes in light grey. It worked beautifully and wish it worked like that on plastic. I will look around my bits bin for something to test the metal primer on, haven't used it on plastic yet. Your help and insight would be great. Sorry if this is a repetitive topic.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/580797/6557228.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/580797/6557228.page GMT Question on Primers http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/580797/6557492.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/580797/6557492.page GMT Question on Primers
The gesso works remarkably well on soft plastic figures, which are made of high density polypropylene (I think) rather than polystyrene or ABS as is used for GW's figures. (Hard plastic).

Being UK based I use sprays from local DIY shops such as B&Q or Halfords. The formulation is probably the same as USA brands.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/580797/6557694.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/580797/6557694.page GMT Question on Primers
A close second is actually the Army Painter stuff, and it comes in several colours to boot. A lot of people have disputed this, but personally, I think it compares somewhat favourably to Citadel Black in terms of quality (but not in price - Army Painter is cheaper, albeit not by much).

Citadel White Spray Primer was a disaster pretty much every time I used it, it seem to slide off edges of miniatures, no matter how much I washed the miniatures or sometimes even Dullcoted it first. Very disappointing.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/580797/6557869.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/580797/6557869.page GMT Question on Primers
Dax415 wrote:
. I would like to get a good primer for resin and plastic but was wondering what everyone else uses. Do you use a regular can of paint instead of primer? What brand of primer do you get at Walmart?
For metal models, I found a great primer that goes on like the GW primer and hugs the details with minimal build up. It is also at Walmart, but forgot the brand at the moment. It is a metal primer and comes in light grey. It worked beautifully and wish it worked like that on plastic. I will look around my bits bin for something to test the metal primer on, haven't used it on plastic yet. Your help and insight would be great. Sorry if this is a repetitive topic.


Walmart Colorplace black or white primer. Works like a charm in my experience on both plastic and metal. And it's dirt cheap.
Spray 2-3 very light coats and it doesn't destroy any detail.
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 oadie wrote:
I would argue that "priming" has become a significantly muddied term, Redfinger. While you're entirely right, in the stricter sense, styrene kits don't generally require priming if base/under coated with an aerosol enamel. If using spray paint to "prime" (or "primer," used as a verb, as is fast becoming the norm) a plastic kit in the looser sense, even and full coverage is desired. Some certainly may labor under the misconception, others have simply surrendered any hope of distinct terms and assume the broader, (at least seemingly) more common definition is being used.


Oadie you and I are usually in agreement on most things, but on this one I need to stand my ground. I feel better results are achieved (both in durability of the paint job and quality of the finish) with a sparse primer coat, particularly when dealing with the thin airbrushed layers that are so commonly used now. Can results be achieved using the method you are describing? Sure, particularly when using color based primers like the stuff Army Painter has, even with those I still do not so an entire opaque coat. For example I was working on some Dust stuff yesterday. I am doing them in an Afrika Korps finish. I used Armym Painter Deamon Yellow to apply a few thin coats. You could still see the grey surface showing through. But when I applied my Vallejo Golden Brown, it went on smooth, covered in pretty much one coat, and looks great.

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I prime everything black because I like the built in shading it provides. If you are doing something that is predominantly red or yellow and want a really bright color, white might be more your speed.

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Airbrushes just make priming, basecoating, and finishing so much easier.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/580797/6567984.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/580797/6567984.page GMT Question on Primers http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/580797/6568152.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/580797/6568152.page GMT Question on Primers
 gorgon wrote:
I use Krylon primer from Michael's. Not everyplace has their primer...often you see their primer-paint combo on the shelves. But Michael's carries their bonafide primer and it works great and costs maybe $5 a can.


I love Michaels! Nothing better than using a 40% or 50% coupon to get an item ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/580797/6568595.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/580797/6568595.page GMT Question on Primers GW black primer. For me it just seemed to work best!]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/580797/6568731.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/580797/6568731.page GMT