Primers

This is good to know,sometimes I couldnt find Mr Surfacer

Srpuln10

My question is the bottle of brushable primer any count? I've heard you could use it in places where you may need a little bit of putty. I just wanna know what everyone thinks before I buy any. 

 

I have used the brushable and I love it. I wish I had bought the stuff sooner. It's great for filling minor gaps or imperfections. Brush it on, let it dry, then wet sand it. The edges feather very nicely. I use 2400 grit for sanding. It's part of my arsenal of tools that I would not want to be without.

 

My two cents. 

Usually primer is used to increase adhesion of paint.  However, there are some thick full-bodied primers that also cover up very fine scratches.  I do know some modelers who do brush on one of those thick primers to fill minor scratches or gaps.

I use Testors enamel, which gets very thick if you do not stir it occasionally.  I just use whichever of my enamels that have gotten really thick to fill those scratches.

 

Sorry I've not gotten back sooner than now. I've gotten a bottle and have used it a couple of times. It's thick but it works. I've not tried thinning it yet but it's on my list. Got a few pieces that's no good I'll try it on. Thanks for the info and thanks for the welcome to the forum 

I use the bottle of brushable Tamiya primer when I need to sand out seems. Spread a little on the seam, let it dry, and sand the seam out. Not sure if it would work on anything larger.

Srpuln10

I've used tamiya spray primer and I like it.

Well, you have good taste then. Good primer, that.

Srpuln10

My question is the bottle of brushable primer any count? I've heard you could use it in places where you may need a little bit of putty. I just wanna know what everyone thinks before I buy any.

My : Mostly when I've used Tamiya primer, I've used the rattle can versions. But I do have a couple of bottles for shooting through an airbrush, which works fine.

I have used a product by Gunze called Mr Surfacer to spot brush little areas as you describe, and though I've not tried it with the Tamiya primer in a bottle, I'm relatively certain it would work fine. I'd think you'd want to use the regular rather than Tamiya fine or super-fine, though.

If you try it, it'd be great if you could report back how it worked out for you.

to the forum, BTW.