Primer Advice Needed Please

USSARCADIA · Post by **USSARCADIA** » Sat Nov 11, 2006 7:50 pm

I highly recommend Mr. Surfacer primer. I use the rattle can version and love it. It goes on smooth with little or no sanding needed and goes easy on details. If sanding is needed get some 500 grit or higher wet/dry sandpaper(sand wet) and use light pressure. I find 3M brand to be the best. Hope that helps.

rpauly · Post by **rpauly** » Sat Nov 11, 2006 9:29 pm

If you're going the rattle-can route and can't get Mr. Surfacer, go with the Tamiya. It snuggles down very nicely. Use several light coats instead of a heavy one, and if you get a pebbly finish, you're spraying too far away. It shouldn't muck up your fine details if you keep the applications light.

BERT aka MODEL MAKER · Sat Nov 11, 2006 11:03 pm

thanks for the help,

Migmaker · Post by **Migmaker** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 12:02 am

Mr surfacer is just rebottled and higheer priced Dupont Primer 131s, D.M. confirmed this in a discussion we had a while back
Best,
Will

BERT aka MODEL MAKER · Sun Nov 12, 2006 1:10 am

isn't it funny how much more expensive stuff gets if it is sold in a hobby shop ?

Peagis · Post by **Peagis** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 3:20 pm

Ive found that there is several Mr. Surfacer Primers' ie. 500 and 1200 spray on an then the brush on. which works the best on a resin kit???

DX-SFX · Post by **DX-SFX** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 9:15 pm

If you sand a primered surface with fine wet and dry paper, use it wet and you'll get far better results. The paper won't clog so easily and edges can be feathered in invisibly. A little soap on the wet paper also makes things go more smoothly.

Jonas Calhoun · Post by **Jonas Calhoun** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 5:25 pm

Peagis wrote:Ive found that there is several Mr. Surfacer Primers' ie. 500 and 1200 spray on an then the brush on. which works the best on a resin kit???

None of them. Mr. Resin Surfacer primer. It's basically a hotter version of 1000, to etch the resin slightly to get some tooth.

That said, of the Mr. Surfacers, I use 1200 as a primer, but I know 1000 is also thought highly of. I'd think that 500 as a general primer would be a bit thick, but if you've got a lot of pinholes, it'd probably be worth filling those with 500 before you give a full coat of primer.

Dan

CaptainHawk1 · Post by **CaptainHawk1** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 4:43 pm

Save your money and use Rustoleum or Krylon primer for plastic (about $4 a can for huge can).

Don't kill yourself over the sanding. You don't have to do that much of it.

That Tamiya primer is nice and lightwheight but worhtless for light colored models and if you are trying to cover up putty.

You get those little dinky that cost what, $6-$8 a piece and it takes too many of them to get the job done.

I find Tamiya incredibly overrated in many areas when it comes to their sprays.

-Sahwn

Less Than Super Ostrich · Thu Feb 08, 2007 1:12 pm

i tested Rustoleum vs. Krylon... there was no contest. The Rustoleum worked well... not as well as Tamiya or Mr. Surfacer, but very well for the large scale model I was painting. The Krylon was horrible... dripped no matter how much I shook it. Tried warming it up... still horrible. Lesson: Stay away from Krylon.

PetarB · Post by **PetarB** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 4:15 pm

It really depends on your model size and expectations. The Tamiya rattlecan primers really allow detail to stand out, and are fine for smaller models (ie 1/72). However, for modellers who stick to larger scales, the level of detail may not simply be there for Tamiya to be worth it, as it IS rather expensive. YMMV.