Favorite primer for airbrush?

[dawgvet]

I was wondering what primer you guys like to use for priming parts with an airbrush? Do you use a different primer for small parts and interiors to keep the details as opposed to primers for the body? Does anyone decant primers from a spray can to use in an airbrush?

Thanks,

Jed

[935k3]

Alclad primers are pre-thinned and great for small parts.

[Dragline]

Vallejo Acrylic primer. So good it should be illegal.

FP101 Duplicolor sandable primer is also excellent.

[astroracer]

Plasti-Kote or DupliColor Sandable Grey Primer. Decant from the rattle can and spray.

Mark

[Chillyb1]

I use Tamiya's liquid surface primer in the airbrush. You can thin it, like, 10:1 and it goes on dreamily. For bodies I usually shoot Tamiya primer from the can. For small parts and most interior and chassis parts I shoot Walmart's Colorplace brand primer: it goes on in really light, thin coats and is very inexpensive.

[martinfan5]

Mr Surfacer for A/B

[Danny Lectro]

I've been using decanted Krylon primers with good results. It's much more cost effective than hobby primers.

Before I started using the decanted primers, I was using Testors Model Master Superfine Lacquer Primer. It always went on beautifully. However, the stuff came pre-thinned in Testors 3/4 oz. bottles, at the same price as unthinned Model Master paints, so in effect you would get much less usable paint out of a bottle for the same price.

[Snake45]

I normally airbrush my cars, but lately I've been using a lot of the Walmart cheap primer right from the rattlecan. Goes on thin, dries fast, dries smooth, what's not to like? Did I mention CHEAP?

Best airbrush primer I've ever used was from Model Car World. Just lovely stuff, but a bit inexpensive and inconvenient (mail order). I'll use it again next time I order MCW paint.

My normal airbrush primer is Model Master--most any flat color EXCEPT their "primer," which IMHO is awful stuff. I build airplanes too so I have a lot of their military colors on hand. If I can, I'll use one of the flat colors as close as possible to the finish color of the final gloss paint I'll be using. Or I'll use whatever I happen to have mixed up at the time--Ghost Gray, Gunship Gray, Dark Gull Gray, etc.

I'm carefully hoarding a supply of the late lamented Floquil Reefer White for those occasions when a white primer is called for. Outstanding stuff, it was.

[my80malibu]

Scale finishes Grey primer

[DeeCee]

Duplicolor, until i recently sprayed my 1:1, and now i have a bottle mixed up from the left overs, ready to go straight through the Airbrush. ( Valspar )

[atomicholiday]

Mr. Surfacer 1500. Goes on VERY smooth and in nice thin coats so it doesn't hide any detail. Just make sure you get it thinned enough or it will clog up your airbrush.

Edited April 19, 2015 by atomicholiday