Automotive primer on Resin!

[my 70 chevelle ss]

Good morning,

I'm putting a Resin scoop on a plastic hood & was reading on a web site that you should use automotive primer on resin instead of model primer (I use Tamiya primer paints & clear) but is this true that I should use automotive primmer on resin instead?

Thank you!

[ratnasty]

I use Duplicolor self etching primer . It seems to have the best adheisen

Chuck

[astroracer]

Dupli-color or PlastiKote gray sandable primers will work well on both resin AND model car plastic. If you clean and prep the resin well I see no reason any primer would have an issue with it.

Mark

[Modelmartin]

You can paint resin with anything you paint styrene with. My advice is to thoroughly wet sand the surface of the resin part and use very light "dust" coats of paint on it. Automotive paints are better all around. I use lacquer primer and colors on everything. I don't know if the self-etching primer will attach itself to resin like it does to metal. That would be a good thing to find out.

[dimaxion]

Caution , I never paint anything resin without Adhesion Bonder for Plastic under all paint . This is available almost anywhere primers are sold . It is ment to be placed as the first primer on flexible body parts for a vehicle . It is the first primer . I didn't when I was starting with foiling chrome on projects I was building . I removed excess foil and lifted irreplaceable (the exact match color) patches of the finish , down to the substrate resin . Yes I do soak in Whesleys . I did every resin since the first back in the day . I am now confronted with another removed portions of a failed paint job after removing the masking for trim . This was another perfect finish from a long ago project . This is my year to finish stalled projects . I am going to try decanting and touch uo . A new experiance for me . Experiance will teach you the right amount of time and what materails you should use . This is what is refered to as a learning curve . Thanx..

Edited March 15, 2010 by dimaxion

[Steven Zimmerman]

As with ANYTHING you paint,you need to clean the surface you will be paint/primering,then you need to sand it before you primer(I use 600 grit wet or dry) You need to then sand the primer before paint; here I use 1000 grit. I know many here have great results using other proceedures,but this works for me. I did custom paint on 1/1 vehicles for 30 years,and these are the same techniques I was taught to use there. Steve Zimmerman aka the'Z'man.....