Primers

I use Walmart brand Colorplace gray primer. I have tried Krylon and Rustoleum, but Colorplace works best for me. Figure painters swear by Duplicolor filler primer or Duplicolor sealer primer. It seems to be a toss up as to which one. For some reason my Walmart quit carrying Duplicolor, but Advance Auto has it. I will probably pickup a can of each the next time that I'm in there.

Lacquer Head wrote:

I use Walmart brand Colorplace gray primer. I have tried Krylon and Rustoleum, but Colorplace works best for me.

When you say "works best", what it is about the Colorplace that you like better?

dmk wrote:

Lacquer Head wrote: I use Walmart brand Colorplace gray primer. I have tried Krylon and Rustoleum, but Colorplace works best for me. When you say "works best", what it is about the Colorplace that you like better?

I decant all spray paints for airbrush work. I have found Krylon and Rustoleum have a higher content of pigment/filler in them. This is fine for painting large objects, but in small scale modelling we need a primer that will flow well, dry a little slower, provide a good key for the paint and not wipeout the small details.

ColorPlace primer is cheaper so it has a lower pigment/filler ratio to it's carrier. So it meets all the demands that I have stated. I am constantly looking for better primers and at this point ColorPlace is what works for me. At 99 cents a can you can't beat it.

Interesting. Thanks for the tip! I just looked through my paint cabinet and I have three cans of the Colorplace primer. I'll have to try decanting some and spraying in through my airbrush. I have a couple items that need to be primed.

 

 I have two types: Colorplace #20010 Gray primer and Colorplace "Rust control" #21010 Gray primer.

 I assume you're using the #20010?

 

 

Yes, #20010 is what I use. Any primer that is rust control has Zinc in it. I don't know if it will work, as I have never used that type of primer. It may work well too.

Please post with your results, as I would like to know if #20010 worked for you.

 

Lacquer Head wrote:

Any primer that is rust control has Zinc in it.

I wasn't aware of that. I'll save that stuff for metal work then.

 

Please post with your results, as I would like to know if #20010 worked for you.

I have been using  it right from the can and it's worked fine, I haven't used it on anything with fine detail yet though, just stuff like wheels, bombs, missiles, etc (been using Tamiya fine surface spray primer for areas where there's details, panel lines, etc).  I haven't tried any primer though the AB yet though, but I've been meaning to. I like to prime under acrylics to give it some bite, so if I can buy something cheaper than Tamiya's stuff, that's great.

I just have some final sanding and cleanup work, and I'll probably get to a priming session some time this week.

I never thought of using a zinc based primer for metalwork, great idea, I'll have to try it.

Tamiya primer is great stuff, but I'm always looking for a cheaper solution. For the price ColorPlace works just fine for now. I really like how it shrinks down to reveal small details and errors.

I really want to try the DupliColor primers that all the figure painters are raving about. But, in the end I will probably wind up back with ColorPlace, it just works so well.