I think I’m done with Duplicolor

[Brutalform]

43 minutes ago, High octane said:

A "rule of thumb" for me is that I use grey primer on cars to be painted black or any silver, gunmetal,etc. For ALL other colors I use white primer and this seems to work well for me.

Yes, me too. The plans for this is a Pacific Green metallic, which is pretty dark, black interior, R Code, with redline tires, and 66 Fairlane 427 hubcaps. Except this car will have the factory hood scoop. 

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3 hours ago, martinfan5 said:

You can NOT use automotive grade primers/paints( from the can for the point of the this post) on most Japanese plastics, you need to either stick with the Japan primers ( Tamiya /Mr Surfacer, etc)  or seal the plastic first before use.    But it seems you have already learned this lesson.

 

Ive ruined/crazed more kits than I care to count from using to hot primers like Duplicolor or Craployn or even $1 primers from Wal-Mart.

 

So Walmart primer does not work on Japanese plastics. That's good to know but I never thought of Walmart primer as being hot. I have stopped using Duplicolor paints a long time ago...

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Bingo! ?

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14 hours ago, High octane said:

A "rule of thumb" for me is that I use grey primer on cars to be painted black or any silver, gunmetal,etc. For ALL other colors I use white primer and this seems to work well for me.

Bingo! ?

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Those swirls that were in your trunk lid look as if they were part of the plastic like maybe the primer was not thick enough and the plastic is showing through.

I've used Duplicolor a lot and I only had it act up on me once and that was when I put the gray primer on a Jeep Grand Cherokee model.  It had to be the plastic and not the primer.  It was so bad there was no way to even sand it out or strip the primer.  That is the one thing I found about Duplicolor for both primer and color.  It does not like to soften up for stripping like other paints.

Duplicolor primer works well for me and I have used it on kits,  Evergreen stock and resin.  In humid weather the gloss paint will frost over but that can be polished out.  Let the primer dry well before trying the color coat.  Also the first color coat ought to be just a misting so that it will hug sharp edges and not pull away.  Sand that first coat down to take the edge off.  Then apply successive coats until the full color comes out.

That's been my experience and unless something drastic happens I'll stick with it.

[Brutalform]

Thanks for the advice Charles. It’s been sitting for a few days now, as I’m working on like 7 other cars. I might knock the primer down, and get some color on it tomorrow. 

[Brutalform]

Well, Steve... I followed your advice, and the paint came out beautiful on the Galaxie. Will probably clear it in a few days. Thank you. 

[StevenGuthmiller]

3 hours ago, Brutalform said:

Well, Steve... I followed your advice, and the paint came out beautiful on the Galaxie. Will probably clear it in a few days. Thank you.

Good to hear Tom.

It looks nice!

 

Steve

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On 1/10/2019 at 9:47 PM, High octane said:

A "rule of thumb" for me is that I use grey primer on cars to be painted black or any silver, gunmetal,etc. For ALL other colors I use white primer and this seems to work well for me.

That looks like Dupli-Color "hotrod grey" primer.... It's a lot darker that the regular grey they have.....

[High octane]

I mostly use Tamiya primers.