Which primer do you use?

Tools, Techniques, and Reference Materials Painting and airbrushing
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My primer is coming out with a very rough texture in some places and I would really like to switch to something better. What are you guys using? I have heard of Kryolon I think, but thats all.

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For primer I think you could use any paint, I have heared that you don’t need to prime but I do it anyway. I use Testors primer, the one that can be found at Wal-mart (it’s a light grey) I have also heard of people using car primer.

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Once you try TamiyaFineSurface Primer, you will never use anything else. The drawback is the price.

Dean

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[#ditto]
It’s just wierd that we can’t get any right now because of that customs problem

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What Customs problem? This is the first I’m hearing this.

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It’s been posted in other places but something about the cans being mis-labeled and the whole shipload not allowed in the US because of it. I don’t primer everything but I haven’t been able to find the tamiya primer anywhere.

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I find primer to act different than regular white or grey paint. its kinda chalky IMO. it goes on smooth; dries really fast from a rattle can. but it feels rough; like 12000grit sandpaper rough. so it is smooth; but not shinysmooth… lol is that normal? as I say it; it doesnt sound good.

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I have found that Gunze Sangyo Mr. Surfacer makes a very nice primer coat. They offer three varations 1200, 1000, and 500. They act as both a base coat and a “filler”. For a primer, I use 1200, thinned 50/50 with lacquer thinner. I run this mixture through my airbrush. The finish is very durable with a light grey color and sands well. By the way, I use the 500 variation as a “paintable” thin putty that fills “pits”.

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Tamiya Fine Surface Primer for me as well. I’d like to try some Mr. Surfacer but nobody locally carries it and I never think of it when I’m ordering stuff.

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A primer isnt supposed to be Shiny… It needs to be a little rough so the paint can grab on to it better!

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thanks for the help guys! I 'll see if the LHS has the Tamiya stuff.

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i like using citadel primer from games-workshop it comes in a fairly large can that lasts for FREAKIN ever and paint sticks well.

hope this helps