Questions, Answers & Tips -
good primer and won't break the bank. It comes in five colors.
We like Krylon because it covers in a thin coat and comes with a
good spray nozzle.
Testors 2782 Super Fine Gray Lacquer Primer is also good. Read
the labels or website and look for a primer that is intended for
metal. Scalecoat I paints are formulated to be used without a
primer on wood and metal.
You need to mist on just enough primer to cover the surfaces
and then let it dry hard -- probably one or two days. The idea of
a primer is to create a surface to which paint will adhere, and not
flake or chip (3). Once the primer has set up, you can paint with
your favorite acrylics or enamels.
A couple of items in hobby stores sound like they would work
as primers, but read the labels carefully. Model Master Gray
Sandable Lacquer Primer can build up quickly and obscure fine
details. Floquil and PollyScale lines include paints named 'Gray
Primer' and 'Zinc Chromate Primer' but these are paints formu-
lated to replicate the look of 1:1 primer. There's a link below that
takes you to Testors' primers for metal.
– MRH
Read more at:
Scalecoat:
Testors:
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Q.
Trying to renumber some newWalthers cars and man is
their paint tough! Tried the eraser, tried the eraser w/ alcohol,
and even tried Joe’s Decal Remover and didn’t even smudge
the numbers.
Q.
I need to replace the color Union Pacific logos on several
Pacific Fruit Express reefers, made by InterMountain, with the
black and white logo, to update them to late 1953. I also need
to re-number and change other lettering.
MRH-Mar 2013
