by NEST SOLDIER Question about primer |
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05-05-2012, 09:32 AM
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| IRONHIDE'S DRIVER  Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 966 Location: ON THE MOVE WITH MIRAGE AND SIDESWIPE Collection Count: 47, and counting! | Question about primer I noticed that after applying several mist coats of primer that small gray spots appear when it begins to dry. Is this normal?  "There'll be no more Hail Megatrons from you!" |
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05-05-2012, 11:23 PM
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| Disguise: Check. Robot...  Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 8,923 Location: The Emerald City Collection Count: Call me Luthor because it's never too much, never too much, never too much... | Is the primer you're using not supposed to be grey? Because most are light grey, some are white. They're supposed to be a neutral base for you to paint over, covering up any color underneath, aside from being a better way for having paint adhere. |
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05-05-2012, 11:50 PM
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| IRONHIDE'S DRIVER Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 966 Location: ON THE MOVE WITH MIRAGE AND SIDESWIPE Collection Count: 47, and counting! | Quote:
"There'll be no more Hail Megatrons from you!" | |
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05-06-2012, 11:29 AM
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| Disguise: Check. Robot... Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 8,923 Location: The Emerald City Collection Count: Call me Luthor because it's never too much, never too much, never too much... | Oh, hah. I've... never had that happen. |
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05-07-2012, 02:34 AM
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| Banned   Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 1,074 Collection Count: 300 | Is it old? |
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05-07-2012, 03:38 AM
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| Constructicon  Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 765 Location: Over there, next to that... Collection Count: Almost too many, almost... | Quote:
If it is, chuck it in the bin.  Want one? Please click below: http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/commis...grade-kit.html | |
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05-07-2012, 01:06 PM
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| The Chaos Bringer  Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 2,859 Location: GA Collection Count: TONS (from G1 up to Prime  | Did you wash the figure well before applying the primer? If not, the oils left on the figure can make primer or paint do that. |
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05-07-2012, 01:09 PM
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| ))<>((   Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 17,109 Location: Lancaster, PA Collection Count: Eleventy Billion | How does it feel when dry? Does the primer seem tacky or sticky to you? If so, the air temperature might have something to do with it...or it's just old.  |
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05-07-2012, 04:57 PM
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| IRONHIDE'S DRIVER Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 966 Location: ON THE MOVE WITH MIRAGE AND SIDESWIPE Collection Count: 47, and counting! | Quote:
I can't think of anything else that I should have done. "There'll be no more Hail Megatrons from you!" | |
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05-08-2012, 08:39 PM
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| Desert Dog  Join Date: Apr 2012 Posts: 88 | Quote:
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