primers?

I rarely use primers but yes, you can use any type of primer and coat it with any other kind of paint if you let it dry enough.

kp80 wrote:

Do you use a specific primer, or do you just use an ordinary flat paint, say flat gray?  Is there a difference, or is the main thing just to have a flat prime coat that is not the same color as the finish coat?

I rarely prime,  but when I do, I would use a medium gray.  Some people who paint a lot with acrylics find that priming with an enamel primer gives the acryrics something better to grab than bare plastic.  I usually paint with enamels, but I do a lot of scratch building using Evergreen stryrene plastic which is white.  So when getting ready to paint my vehicle, it will oftentimes be the base plastic color covered by all these bits of stark white plastic.  In such a situation, priming will give an even color to the vehicle before painting with the regular color coat.  As far as the color, gray seems to do a really good job of evenly covering in such situations, and at the same time other colors seem to do a good job them evenly covering the gray.

Andy