Duplicolor lacquer with Tamiya primer?

[CEKPETHO BCE]

Hello.

I am wondering whether I can use tamiya fine primer underneath duplicolor perfect match lacquer.

I've heard that perfect match lacquer can ruin plastic if painted without primer, but can it ruin tamiya primer, which I assume are made for their enamel paint?

Thanks

[Jantrix]

As always it's best to experiment on a plastic spoon in these cases, but I've heard this combo should work for ya. However.......your best bet will always be to use like brands when it comes to primer and paint.

[Olskoolrodder]

They didn't play well together on a cast resin hood I used last year...I dunno if that's due to the resin,or the paints (I was using Duplicolor lacquer from a rattlecan,the ckind you fin at auto parts stores). The Tamiya primer is (unless I'm mistaken) a synthetic lacquer,not nearly as "hot" as some lacquers,it works well under it's own type,and enamels (don't ever spray lacquer over enamels though...never done it,but I remember the lecture we got in auto-body shop class way back in '90 in high school about that,LOL ).

Like Rob sad,ALWAYS best to try it out on scrap or spoons first anyways

[High octane]

I've "mixed & matched" primers, colors, and clears with no problems so far. And I just "wing it" with NO spoon tests.

[Olskoolrodder]

That's what I always did...until I sprayed Dupli over Tamiya on hand cast resin,LOL!

[gtx6970]

Been duplicolor OR Brite Touch primer on my builds for years .(I've been told Brite touch is a re-labeled Duplicolor brand)

and Duplicolor rattle cans for quite a while with no issues.

I just make sure to put a light primer coat on 1st,,, then followed by a heavier coat, sand and paint with the desired top coat color. But I use a U-POl urethane rattle can clear.

EDIT,

I have NOT used this on a resin piece yet. I just got back into the hobby in the past 6-7 months and a resin project has not come up in the lineup as of yet.

Edited August 2, 2012 by gtx6970

[Olskoolrodder]

With proper prep,this is what I got with Duplicolor rattlecan over Tamiya primer on a hand cast resin hood (it's happened more than just here,on different days with different parts,so itisn't just a case of improper prep or a one-time thing)...

And with Duplicolor sandable primer underneath (all rattlecans from auto parts store)...

I'm not saying "DON'T TRY IT!"just to test shoot it on a part/place a mess up won't matter

[Big Daddy]

Tamiya fine primer is all i use, and i have done 3 bodies so far with dupli color with no problems

[Olskoolrodder]

Like I said,I'm speaking of RESIN parts,not styrene (for the fourth time ),your kit bodies are styrene...

[Guest G Holding]

I've had the SAME result on styrene 2 or 3 times. Mostly when bodywork was done, duplacolor filler primer dried, blocked and reprimed with fine white, then shot with duplacolor right from the rattlecan...about 5 minutes is all it took to wrinkle. I have not had the issue when fine white was the only primer used. No pictures as the purple pond worked wonders.

[Longbox55]

Now that I think about it, I've had the same thing happed using Tamiya primer, but with Tamiya laquer as the topcoat. I'm not 100% sure what the plastic was underneath, as it was a GI Joe figure rather than a model kit.