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Paints & Supplies, recommendations on what materials to use for customs!
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07-20-2008, 12:10 AM
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I tend to wipe mine down with isopropyl alchohol, before I paint. It also cleans any oils and mold release agents off, and there's no fear if it damaging the plastic.
Is that bonding primer similar to the plastic adhesion inducer sold for autobody work? I'm always on the lookout for anything that will let paint stick to the handrails on my model train stuff.
you gotta look it up. its a sherwin williams latex bonding primer. it adheres to pvc metal anything, some stuff may need an additional buff for bite thats mostly things wit a sheen! if that sticks then any paint will bond to that. it hit me one day. cus i know bout paints, an some things are hard to get paint to adhere to. an plastic is one, a slight buss wont ever hurt jus make sure the object your sandin is hard enough for the paper you use. like i would use if was to sand a item, somethin in a high number where it sands but dont eat the material you're sandin. it would be light an the primer will bond better an fill in imperfections. the ruffer the paper the lower the number will destroy the surface. so always go for a finish sand paper, an always wash off the dust, cus that will stop adhiesion. like it said thinner or some light solvent nuttin strong like zylene thats for sure to melt the poly or whatever they are made out of, or bleach water, an yes you said some sort of alchohol. any solvent that is light will deminish oils. so thats the best way in my opinion to prep before applying paint. not soap an water. an no finger prints. use surgeon gloves to handle clean items. go to your local sherwin williams, an take a look at the gallon of primer., it should be in a isile near the cash register or jus ask to see it, an read the can, qts are gonna run ya some money it always pays off to buy a gallon in my line of work but for this i would jus pay the loot for the qt cus that will last a long ass time, they got it in a spray can aswell, but another thing you can do is they got this lil jar an spray nozzle an maby a co2 cartridge or somethin an it sprays a lil jars worth, thats something to think bout as well, im not to up on air brush but would like to learn bout that, an that primer might beable to be sprayed through that, might need to be cut though. but like i said go to your local s.w an check it out, an any paint will bond to that oil, latex,fusion, whatever. an always do thin coats, thin coats are better then thick ones, thick ones dont cure right. as thin ones do an very quickly. better bond. bonding primer is my only solution to bonding paint to plastic,. other then that you can say model master or whatever an testors all you want. it will chip! an great paint adheision comes from great prep work. no oils no sheen no dust! an thin coats!
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