After numerous attempts to achieve the great results that some report, I finally gave up. I’ve mixed it with a Badger mixer, shook it with ball bearings, filtered it through automotive paint filters, cleaned the airbrush and flushed any trace of incompatible solvent out and still get spattering and clogging. This is being shot through a wide open Iwata HP-TH (.5mm), at 30 PSI.
My reward was then getting to tear the brush apart quickly to get the gummy crud out before it completely hardens.
There are too many other good products out there to mess around with primer that isn’t consistent. Mission lays down just as smooth at much lower pressure and less overspray. Decanted Tamiya sprays beautifully and cleans up perfectly with lacquer thinner if a solvent based primer is needed.
I know some swear by the stuff, but I just swear at it.
I’ve heard of Stynylrez getting frozen and ruined, I make sure I order mine in before Dec through Feb. I check my stash each Sept. unless I already know I have a fresh bottle on hand. I only stock black and white and mix my own grey from those. I visualize a cold delivery then sitting out on my step on a 10f day in Jan and avoid that. Whatever,something happened to yours apparently. Complaints on that primer are hard to come by.
I probably wouldn’t have thrown it in the trash but called Badger, they might send you a free fresh bottle. I’ve had several companies react that way, from blown out fishing waders sent UPS direct to burnt pot pie free coupons.
So true,life is short and we don’t need frustration from a hobby,just because a product works well for 99 others doesnt mean it’s going to work right for you,stick with what you like to use and have had success
There was other paint in that same shipment that works fine, but who knows where it traveled on it’s way to MicroMark and then to me. It didn’t appear separated.
It just seems like Stynylrez is a bit more sensitive to such things and perhaps inconsistent in its manufacturing.
I once had a can of Krylon red oxide squirt stuff like rubber worms or shoe strings and worse than that it wouldn’t stop even after yanking the nozzle out. Just sayin.
I think you got a bad batch brother. I use the black and the gray Stynylrez and it’s the best primer that I’ve ever used. Someone suggested contacting Badger and that’s some good advice. Give it another shot with a different batch and then see what you think. You may change your mind about this product if you give it a second chance.
I agree with Mustang and some others, it may well be a faulty batch. Stynylrez, (geez, what a name,) is by far my favorite for airbrushing, excellent results and not at all tempermental.
From personal experience, I can tell you that Badger is very responsive to customers that have a problem with one of their products. Call them and relate your issue, I’ll bet they’ll respond quickly with a replacement. If you get a fresh bottle and try it, then you’ll know if was just this batch, or the product simply won’t work for you.
Tojo is also spot on, use whatever works for you. Good luck with sorting it.
I’m always open to trying new stuff, and sometimes I just don’t have the same success as others have had with those things. If I already have something that works for me, I usually move on from the new thing too.
I hadn’t emptied the trash can yet, so recovered all six bottles, mixed them and ran them through DeVilbiss strainers. I think the problem is pretty obvious.
Since you went to the work of that, email them with the pics attached and see where it goes. Only a few more minutes on top of time already spent, might prove worthwhile.
My .05, but a nickel isn’t worth what it used to be.
True, but there are still some companies that value customer satisfaction with their products near the top of the list.
I’m constantly doing little things at work for customers and not charging for it. Drives the boss nuts, but it’s brought them back with bigger things to repair.
Unless they all came in the same shipment, I’d venture they had a contaminated batch of a common ingredient to all of them.
I sent this email along with pictures of the filtered “gunk” that was in the paint a week ago. No response yet.
"I purchased a multi-color six pack of Stynylrez from MicroMark earlier this year and just had the opportunity to give it a try. Unfortunately, I ran into problems with the airbrush blocking almost immediately. I am using an Iwata HP-TH with .5mm nozzle at 30PSI. It had been cleaned and rinsed clear with water to remove any incompatible solvents. On the advice of a post on a modeling forum, I ran the paint through strainers. The problem is pretty obvious.
The primer has been stored in a climate controlled basement since I received it, but I can’t say how it was stored before I got it.
My question today is the viability of the remaining product. Did the straining solve the problem, or has something occurred that permanently altered the properties in a negative way.
Thanks,
Mike"
I deliberately didn’t slam their product or ask for anything, but am a bit surprised they didn’t respond.
Badger emailed me back with a semi-standard response and said they would be forwarding my questions to their paint specialists. Good to see they didn’t completely ignore my problem. I’m interested to see what they suggest.
On the home front: I’ve done a little bit of experimenting with the filtered product. Obviously, it works better than trying to shoot the “worms” through the airbrush, but I was still getting some spitting after just a few minutes. Just as an experiment, I tried it through my Eclipse with .35 needle. It worked MUCH better than the HP-TH with fan head. I’m wondering if the air horns on the fan may be introducing too much air into the paint stream. If so, it might be worth getting the .5mm conversion for the Eclipse.
I don’t know what happened to your paint but you shouldn’t have to go through all this. As a test I’ve shot the stuff straight from the bottle through a .25 on my Badger 200, admittedly better thinned a little bit but it did work. I specifically used that .25 a few times actually, where I needed to cover black primary color edges with a lighter color and used a light grey mix of primer to hide the black, just kind of dusted on . Worked great. My usual brush for priming though is the Paasche H with medium tip, which I believe is either .6 or .7. I’ve been using this stuff for maybe 4 years now, never any issuelike you mention, no filters etc.
By the way it thins great with LT. Badger won’t say that but I am.
