Enter keywords or a search phrase below:
I'm building a amt r685st mack and I'm brush painting the rear rims paint run off as fast as I put it on lm using tamiya acrylic black paint I've washed the rims in dawn dishing soap several times and even used 90 percent alcohol still same problem tried paint straight no thinner still same problem.any help would be appreciated.
Thank you
Primer
Modeling is an excuse to buy books.
[quote user="GMorrison"]
Primer won't stay put either
Yikes! They are just plain styrene? I will say that I'm no fan of the Tamiya Flat Black, is it XF-1? Try Testors NATO Black.
It's plain stryene the paint is x-1 I've painted other parts of model with same bottle of paint had no problems with it
Sounds like some kind of contamination is preventing the paint from sticking. Maybe try soaking the parts in a degreaser and scrubbing with a soft brush. Maybe even use some fine sandpaper to rough the part up a bit if possible to do so, this may give the paint something to stick to.
Did you wash the spruces before applying primer and paint? Sounds to me there's still some oily residues from the moldings.
He said he washed several times with Dawn and 90% alcohol. That should've been enough to remove the oily residues.
Bearcat57 He said he washed several times with Dawn and 90% alcohol. That should've been enough to remove the oily residues.
You're correct. I must've overlooked that part. Maybe you over thinned the primer and paint? Did you add the the thinner to the bottle of primer and/or paint bottle? If so, that's never a good idea.
Other than that, I have no idea except contamination coming from somewhere.
Although, you did mention you cleaned it "several times" with Dawn and alcohol. Once would have been enough, not several times. I wouldn't be surprised there's still too much dish soap residue lingering on the parts.
Thank you all for the replies I finally took some sanding paper to them and the paint stuck.
Our community is FREE to join. To participate you must either login or register for an account.