Re: Painting question: a bad idea to prime with Gloss enamel?

Jul 02, 2003 2 Replies

Hi Guys,



Thanks a lot! You are right, it is no fun at all to put a whilte coat over a gloss layer. I learned my lessson here. A little follow up: I shelled out 3 bucks for a Testors enamel white spray, wet sanded the gloss prime layer a little, then applied the white coat, the result wasn't the best, especially at the edges, still very poor coverage in those areas. However as long as the other car body area finish ok, I will give it a pass, because according to the instruction, I will draw silver line along the edge anyway (hopefully I won't have too much problem there, just keep my fingers crossed) Anyway, this is my first car model, and first scale model project in more than one year. I just want to finish it ASAP, especially considering I picked it up at ROSS for just 3 bucks.



Ming



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> >Never ever prime with gloss.
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> >The paint has no tooth to adhere to.
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> Unless you're painting with Alclad highly polished aluminum or chrome.
> They recommend gloss black as a primer.
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One recommendation - Floquil lacquer, railroad-range primer or similar color. I used Reefer Yellow (IIRC) for a prewar trainer's wings (again, IIRC - might have been a Kingfisher...) and finished with Model Master Chrome Yellow, I think. The result was very, very good. I didn't find any problem with it and when I brought it to the monthly meeting, only then did I hear of whites and yellows being troublesome for other club members. The other night, I used Floquil grey primer on an International Paystar

5000 (orange cab and sheetmetal) and it covers very well, doesn't hide any detail and can't be lifted by successive coats of enamels. If you're trying to save detail and are looking for thin coats that cover well, Floquil's the way to go, IMHO.

Frank Kranick IPMS/USA 20352

Scott Truesdell wrote:

FWIW I will agree with this 100%. I discovered Flo-quil's primers when making some HO train cars for my Father's model railroad. Very good as a primer. Reason is that the Flo-quil paints have a "hot" chemical base and you get a bit of etch effect when they are sprayed on plastic. This makes for very good adhesion.

Bill Shuey

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