Hello, I wanted to ask all of you a question. I just bought a bottle of model Master grey Acrylic Primer. I have been using Yamiya Acrylic Paints for my painting with my airbrush. My question is this, does it matter that the primer is from another co. In this case Model Master brand. Hobby Lobby does not sell Tamiya paints, wish they did would make life a bit better. But I wanted to make sure befor I used it, I really dont see that it would make much difference to me, but I dont know anything about primer. Thank’s for all and any of your help, It is really appreciated. Lonnie.
Nope, it won’t matter at all. I frequently use different brand paints on a model. Whichever brand has the color I need is the one I use.
Many who use different brand primers, do this partly because most prefer an enamel primer for weak-adhearing acrylics. Enamels will chemically bond to the styrene, providing tremendously improved adhesion for acrylics. As aposed to acrylic primers that may not bond to the styrene any better than the finishing colors themselves. In this case Tamiya, in particular, do have primers available in spray cans predominatley. While they are very usable, high quality primers for modeling however, availability and price are detracting coniderations. More practical are bottled primers from such brands such as Testors Model Master, Floquil, and few home-store brands. They carry primer in convienent 1/2 oz, and 1 oz bottles. Even spray-can primers from say; Home Depot and other department stores, can be easily decanted into small containers and airbrush color cups, ready to spray without having to thin them. And these inexpensive primers work great for scale models. So there’s a little information for you to chew on. Go ahead and grab that $1.99 large spray can of Krylon spray primer, decant it, and spray away to prepare your model for your favorite acrylic paint finishes!
Enamel primers for an acrylic, enamel, or laquer paint finishes…
Hey, I really appreciate it. this is some really great information that I can use. This has answered all of my questions. Thanks allot for all of this. Take care. Lonnie.