Last minute paint job for client - Do I have enough time for primer, base-coat and paint to dry?

I use Krylon primer. It is very full bodied, nice for surfaces with slight flaws. It dries in about twenty minutes.

Curious... what kind of model kit did you give you to build?

Don Stauffer

I use Krylon primer. It is very full bodied, nice for surfaces with slight flaws. It dries in about twenty minutes.

I use ace hardware NOW. It also is fast drying and works great with acrylics.

Hey all,

Thank you for your replies.

I used Rust-Oleum 249279 Automotive 11-Ounce Filler Primer Spray, to great effect. It's pretty heavy on the solids so it filled in much of the print lines on the model.

I gave it about an hour and half to two hours to dry before applying my Testor's enamel. I let that dry overnight and am in the process of putting my coats of Alclad on tonight. So far so good, as everything seems to have dried just right.

BlackSheepTwoOneFour - The print is a robot character/trophy top. It's for a comedy award being given away in Boston.

By the way, I also do 3D modeling (not just post process and painting) for output to 3D printing if anyone has any interest. I'm a 3D artist professionally, and I do the 3D printing in my spare time. It's tricky, but when it works it's terribly satisfying.

Thanks again for your replies!

Cool bumper! Good luck!

Hey bumper. I do 3d too. What program do you use?

I bought a 3D printer kit.  It is almost complete, but I am finding the step up from 2D CAD to 3D CAD is awesome.  Far more difficult than I imagined.

Hey waynec - I use a few packages. For modeling I use 3DS Max and Zbrush. For the little animation I do, I use Maya. I've recently started taking a class in Solidworks. What do you use?

Don - 3D printing can be tricky. Getting your model to be printer friendly is challenging sometimes. There is certainly a learning curve but it's not insurmountable. There are a number of forums with people eager too help. Keep it up! :)

i also use 3DS MAX 2009. got away from it for a few years but dabbling in it again. i do a lot of 2D technical cutaways and P&ID in VISIO, a client driven decision. my detailed cutaways look like CAD dwgs.

hi don

its a different thought process. remember how you started out in 2D with basic geometry; circles and squares? now its basic solids; boxes and cylinders. and when you pot 2 solids together say a cylinder on top of a box, its ok if the cylinder is "in the box" a bit. learned that after my teacher let me spend 2 hours trying to match a complex curve (dive plane) to complex curve (submarine sail).