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NMF over CA-filled gaps
Posted by hypertex on Tuesday, November 23, 2010 6:37 PM

I'm working on my first NMF, it's for a B-25J. I use CA glue as a gap filler and I am worried about how that will look under a metal finish.  For that reason, I would like to use a finishing technique that uses a primer.

But my concern is that the lacquer-based metal paints recommend a lacquer-based primer.  Won't the lacquer react different to the CA than it will with the styrene? My fear is that the different reactions will cause the finish to highlight the seams because of the varied reaction.  Does anyone have any experience to confirm this? And what kind of NMF can I put over a non-lacquer primer? 

  • Member since
    August 2006
  • From: Neenah, WI
Posted by HawkeyeHobbies on Tuesday, November 23, 2010 8:31 PM

What paint are you planning to use? You can prime with anything to protect the plastic from the effects of the lacquer based paint or primer. If the paint requires a specific lacquer based primer, there is nothing stopping you from even giving it an acrylic pre primer first.

I manufacture two NMF paint lines...one enamel and one acrylic. NO LACQUERS used in these products!

Gerald "Hawkeye" Voigt

http://hawkeyes-squawkbox.com/

 

 

"Its not the workbench that makes the model, it is the modeler at the workbench."

  • Member since
    December 2003
  • From: Indiana
Posted by hkshooter on Tuesday, November 23, 2010 8:40 PM

What Gerald said. In a nutshell it don't matter, just primer it with something. Personally I use Tamiya fine spray primer. The primer won't do weird stuff and show your seams through the paint. Prime, sand and polish, then paint. All will be well with the world.

  • Member since
    November 2009
  • From: Twin Cities of Minnesota
Posted by Don Stauffer on Wednesday, November 24, 2010 9:23 AM

Not to worry. I have never had lacquer based paints affect CA.  And, like someone else said, you can put Alclad, at least, down on enamel. I use black enamel all the time under alclad.  Besides, I put the black paint down on real primer.

Alclad should be used over black not as a primer (for chemical compatibility) but for its reflective properties.  The alclad should go down very thin.  So as long as you have a good glossy black coat, it doesn't matter how you got it, whether over primer or over bare plastic.

Don Stauffer in Minnesota

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