Hey everybody,
I have a couple questions about using future as a primer. I read somewhere that you can use future to prime polystyrene and the like. Since it is acrylic, can I prime the model with future and then paint it with enamels?
Also, I am sure I can airbrush future, which I am sure I read also, but I am unsure if I have to thin it beforehand, and if I do, will the thinning agent void it’s priming capbility?.
Cheers,
I would not use Future as a primer, because it is glossy. It is good for a final or intermediate gloss coat over paint, but not as a primer. You need to use something flat, to give the surface “tooth” so the next coat can adhere to it, like Tamiya Fine Primer, or Gunze Mr. Surfacer. Testors also makes a flat primer in a rattle can that works ok.
Yes, you can airbrush Future, but there is no need to thin it. Use it right out of the bottle.
I know some folks that use Future as a barrier coat but then prime over it. Mostly automotive modelers. Some car kits were molded in red, blue, yellow, green, etc. Red is particularly bad about bleed through. Shoot some white lacquer over it, or even enamels, and you end up with pink. Shoot a few light coats of Future and then go light with your primer and color coats and the Future will act as a barrier.
Tony
as a former autobody painter, I can tell you, as long as you plan on sanding the Future primer coat, you CAN use it as a primer. It is especially useful when you have a paint problem (lifting, wrinkling, cracking) that you cannot repair with primer. But I am sure that there are much easier to use products for this application.
Justin