Was just browsing Testors new website and it doesn’t appear that they offer 1/2 oz. bottles of enamel primer anymore. And to top that off I couldn’t find any spray can primer on their website except by going to their special search bar.
What’s going on here?
~Dave
I noticed that too. Have you tried emailing the company? They’re pretty good about answering emails. Personally, I don’t care for Testor’s enamel primer. I love their paints and use them exclusively, but I just don’t like their primer. It doesn’t sand very well and always seems at little glossy or satin to me. I think Tamiya’s spray can primer is great but has to be decanted for airbrush work.
Let me know if you’ll be contacting Testors. If not, I will.
-Jesse
USMC,
I contacted Testors last night but have not heard from them yet. Perhaps because today’s a holiday?
Their primers are hard to find on their new website. Before, you could find the 1/2 oz. primer under the automotive enamels. To even find the spray can primer you now have to do a special search on their new website. I didn’t notice any primers in their regular listings.
If I hear from Testors I’ll let you know what they say,
~Dave
I just got a reply from Testors and they said their new website is still under development but they are still making the 1/2 oz. bottles of gray and white primer[8D]
~Dave
I figured that their new website was the cause of the missing primer. Is there a white enamel primer? I know they make a white acrylic primer but I’ve never heard of a white enamel primer.
-Jesse
Jesse,
Go to Testors website and find “Car and Truck Enamel Paint”. Then click on “Primers”.
I just ordered a bottle of white so probably next week I can verify if it truly is a white enamel primer.
This might be a new product as in the past I’ve only been able to find gray primer in the 1/2 oz. bottle in the auto section.
~Dave
http://www.testors.com/category/136587/Primers
To find 1/2 oz. bottles of primer you have to go to the top left under “Shop by project”, then select “Model Car Projects”, then select “car and truck enamel paint”, and then “primer”.
~Dave
What works for me is simply to use a flat paint as a primer; flat white for light colors to a flat medium-to-dark gray for black and other very dark colors. If the plastic itself is a dark color or even black[:(!], a coat of flat light-to-medium gray paint helps to cover the dark color.
Jim,
That’s pretty much what I do. For models I only use primer if I really need it especially so I don’t build up too much paint and ruin surface detail.
I also paint miniatures with enamels and it’s really nice to have that bottle of primer that you can apply with a brush.
~Dave
I just got my Testors white 1/2 oz. primer. It is indeed enamel but it is the Boyd brand which I believe is affiliated with Testors. I ordered from the Testors car & truck section but the brand I got was Boyd. Since I’ve never seen them offer white 1/2 oz. primer in the car & truck section before, this makes some sense to me.
~Dave