Model Master Acryl Gray Primer

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Model Master Acryl Gray Primer

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I usually use the automotive spray can primer for my models..... but I have a bottle of this stuff hanging around and was wondering....does anyone out there use this and what do you think?

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Well, in my case, the stuff had poor adherence.
I used it about twice and each time, i was lifting both the base color and the primer layer right to bare plastic while unmasking. :roll:
Iwould say; if you have to mask something, stay away from the stuff.
(And yes, i washed the kit previously.)
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It's just a flat medium gray acrylic paint with the same chemistry as the regular acryl paints.

I'd stick with hotter primers like you've been using.

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Post by starmanmm »

Thanks all.... that is what I figured.
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Post by WolfRayet »

I am just getting started in all this. Can someone list some brand names of good black primers to use on Styrene? Automotive and/or otherwise.
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WolfRayet wrote:I am just getting started in all this. Can someone list some brand names of good black primers to use on Styrene? Automotive and/or otherwise.
I can't recall seeing a high-build black primer like you get in gray, if you need a solid black undercoat then I'd use any flat black spray paint. If there was a lot of putty work involved that you needed to cover up I'd shoot a gray filler primer, sand it smooth then shoot the black over that.

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What Ken said.
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