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Best primer for PE?

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Best primer for PE?
Posted by Kentucky Colonel on Wednesday, March 5, 2014 6:56 PM

I'm trying to finish my Tiger I and I used a lot of PE, In fact the Zimmerit  itself is all PE and covers the tank.

I'm trying to find the best primer to use on that to give the paint a good surface to stick to on the PE parts and not fill in the Zimmerit.

I have the Tamiya rattle cans, the AK primer and I think Vallejo primer but if there is a better one out there i'l order it.

  • Member since
    November 2008
  • From: Central Florida
Posted by plasticjunkie on Wednesday, March 5, 2014 7:12 PM

I find that acrylic primers may not adhere very well as I had some lifting when removing masking even with proper surface prep. I like using decanted Krylon primers in my airbrush for excellent results, specially on pe. Tamiya's primers are equally excellent too and their rattle cans have a very fine and smooth flow.

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    September 2006
  • From: Australia
Posted by Blitzwing on Thursday, March 6, 2014 2:46 AM

I use Mr Metal Primer and haven't had any problems with it. It's practically water so it won't fill anything at all.

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    January 2013
Posted by jibber on Thursday, March 6, 2014 1:48 PM

Kentucky, I use Army Painter primer rattle can, it goes on smooth and covers evenly. It adheres very well to PE and is relatively cheap in large cans. limited colors though.

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    October 2013
Posted by Alpha 43 on Sunday, March 9, 2014 11:12 AM

jibber,

Thanks for the tip, I will need to give it a try.

Alpha 43

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