What's your experience with Apple Barrel Acrylics

[Bruce Poage]

I have read several posts on (I can't remember which) modelling websites regarding the useof Apple Barrell acrylics. I'm looking to broaden the selection of colors I have for a '37 Ford interior. I tried some blue Apple Barrell acrylic. The coverage doesen't seem to match up to a Tamaya. Any comments?

[Wildrice]

I found that when painting with them I primer the parts first with Duplicolor primer. Unprimered plastic is much harder to paint. I do the same when I paint with Tamiya paints.

[Jerry Steinbacher]

I agree with Wildrice. Priming before using the craft paint greatly improves the coverage. I use craft paints quite often on my interiors as there is a much wider selection of colors.

[Bruce Poage]

I use Krylon white primer on everything I paint. Maybe gray primer would be better under darker Apple Barrel acrylics. It seems that I need to coat at least 3 times to get the depth of color needed with Apple Barrell.

[ismaelg]

I use them for military models. For airbrushing, I thin with a mixture of half water half rubbing alcohol.