Brutalform Posted January 11, 2019 Author Share Posted January 11, 2019 43 minutes ago, High octane said: A "rule of thumb" for me is that I use grey primer on cars to be painted black or any silver, gunmetal,etc. For ALL other colors I use white primer and this seems to work well for me. Yes, me too. The plans for this is a Pacific Green metallic, which is pretty dark, black interior, R Code, with redline tires, and 66 Fairlane 427 hubcaps. Except this car will have the factory hood scoop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 3 hours ago, martinfan5 said: You can NOT use automotive grade primers/paints( from the can for the point of the this post) on most Japanese plastics, you need to either stick with the Japan primers ( Tamiya /Mr Surfacer, etc) or seal the plastic first before use. But it seems you have already learned this lesson. Ive ruined/crazed more kits than I care to count from using to hot primers like Duplicolor or Craployn or even $1 primers from Wal-Mart. So Walmart primer does not work on Japanese plastics. That's good to know but I never thought of Walmart primer as being hot. I have stopped using Duplicolor paints a long time ago... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuces Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 Bingo! ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuces Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 14 hours ago, High octane said: A "rule of thumb" for me is that I use grey primer on cars to be painted black or any silver, gunmetal,etc. For ALL other colors I use white primer and this seems to work well for me. Bingo! ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chariots of Fire Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 Those swirls that were in your trunk lid look as if they were part of the plastic like maybe the primer was not thick enough and the plastic is showing through. I've used Duplicolor a lot and I only had it act up on me once and that was when I put the gray primer on a Jeep Grand Cherokee model. It had to be the plastic and not the primer. It was so bad there was no way to even sand it out or strip the primer. That is the one thing I found about Duplicolor for both primer and color. It does not like to soften up for stripping like other paints. Duplicolor primer works well for me and I have used it on kits, Evergreen stock and resin. In humid weather the gloss paint will frost over but that can be polished out. Let the primer dry well before trying the color coat. Also the first color coat ought to be just a misting so that it will hug sharp edges and not pull away. Sand that first coat down to take the edge off. Then apply successive coats until the full color comes out. That's been my experience and unless something drastic happens I'll stick with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brutalform Posted January 12, 2019 Author Share Posted January 12, 2019 Thanks for the advice Charles. It’s been sitting for a few days now, as I’m working on like 7 other cars. I might knock the primer down, and get some color on it tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brutalform Posted January 16, 2019 Author Share Posted January 16, 2019 Well, Steve... I followed your advice, and the paint came out beautiful on the Galaxie. Will probably clear it in a few days. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenGuthmiller Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 3 hours ago, Brutalform said: Well, Steve... I followed your advice, and the paint came out beautiful on the Galaxie. Will probably clear it in a few days. Thank you. Good to hear Tom. It looks nice! Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuces ll Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 On 1/10/2019 at 9:47 PM, High octane said: A "rule of thumb" for me is that I use grey primer on cars to be painted black or any silver, gunmetal,etc. For ALL other colors I use white primer and this seems to work well for me. That looks like Dupli-Color "hotrod grey" primer.... It's a lot darker that the regular grey they have..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High octane Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 I mostly use Tamiya primers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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