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fox
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Posted by fox on Sunday, March 22, 2015 10:38 PM

Ditto on the rubber-like coat.  It's the only item in the Vallejo line that I don't use.  Still rely on Dupli-Color sandable grey for all priming.

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Posted by Chrisk-k on Wednesday, March 18, 2015 7:00 PM

The reason why you can't sand Vallejo primer is that, when cured, it turns into a rubber-like coat.  You cannot sand rubber.  Having used Vallejo primer, I see no reason to use it when other primers do an infinitely better job.

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Posted by CN Spots on Wednesday, March 18, 2015 6:26 PM

It's more of a sealer than a primer.  There's a guy on youtube hitting vallejo primer with hairspray minutes after spraying and he claimed to be able to sand it like normal primer in about 10 minutes.  I found it easier to just use something else.

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Posted by Jon_a_its on Wednesday, March 18, 2015 10:00 AM

VJ appear do two primers, 'normal' (!) in small bottles.

And the Polyurethane in multi-sized bottles, I like them for the the range of colours they have, even using the US OD undercoat as 'topcoat',  but not the grey for any purpose!

You are right, It doesn't sand well, if you still need fettling, you should use Tamiya, Mr Color, Halford's or similar, & only .

My 'soup de jour' is VJ cut with about 25%-50% old style Future/Kleer, which helps a lot with workability/sandability.

VJ ahem 'recommend' a higher pressure for spraying, which helps.

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Posted by Tojo72 on Wednesday, March 18, 2015 9:37 AM

Tamiya Fine or Mr Surfacer 1200 in the rattlecans for me.

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Posted by RESlusher on Wednesday, March 18, 2015 9:23 AM

I use good ole DupliColor primer or Rustoleum primer in the rattle cans.  I've never had any problems!

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Posted by BlackSheepTwoOneFour on Wednesday, March 18, 2015 9:16 AM

Yup - Tamiya thinner don't play nice with Vallejo. Stick with Vallejo thinner brand to Vallejo paint.

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Posted by Chrisk-k on Wednesday, March 18, 2015 8:11 AM

I've stopped using Vallejo primer.

1. It frequently clogged my ABs even when thinned with Vallejo Thinner.

2. It is NOT sandable.

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Posted by Tojo72 on Wednesday, March 18, 2015 6:39 AM

Vallejo Thinner

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Vallejo primers?
Posted by scottabe on Wednesday, March 18, 2015 5:28 AM

I'm using Vallejo gray primer for the first time thru a Nero airbrush and had issues with it clogging up multiple times. I thinned it out with tamiya thinner but seemed to help but continued to give me grief. I was able to finally lay a half way decent coat but seemed like a lot of work for the results. Can you recommend a good thinner for vallejo primers? Any other advice would be greatly appreciated. Btw- psi was at 20 

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