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AK Acrylic fans: To prime or not to prime?


Gazzas

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HI everyone,

     I've bought my first set of AK acrylics and I'm wondering about priming.  Can I get by without it, or will I suffer terrible paint lift everywhere I paint?

 

Thanks for your thoughts,

 

Gaz

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I can't speak for the AK stuff but when I use the Tamiya primer and the testors acrylics they seem to stick a heck of a lot better than they did not having used primer on the plastic. I would imagine AK is probably going to be the same result.

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Guest Maxim

From my experience I find a primer helps.One reason I returned to enamels as I don't like using primers as it hides detail and I like to spray very thin coats of paint.

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i used AK air with Badger stylrenz primer (black).  Works pretty well for me.  Had a bit lift on one spot once (I think the plastic wasn't clean when i put the primer down) lifted all the way to bare plastic (using maketar masks).  Everywhere else was perfect.  Two builds that was the only problem I ran into.  

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Gaz

I'm old school and never ever shoot color cotes without primer. The paint will bond way better to primer then to plastic and lessen of a tendency to lift when removing any type of masking tape. I will admit to shooting without primer on interior parts and assemblies such as the front office as I'm careful not to build up the layers. I've gone the full route over the decades from enamels to acrylics to lacquers, which I now shoot 90% of the time and always use the appropriate primer.

Peter

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Guys,

   Thank you for the helpful replies.  I don't generally buy paint sets, but I decided to take the plunge as a few of the colors are ones that I really have trouble getting right.  I was hoping that they might rival Tamiya for strength and adhesion.

 

Gaz

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Guest Peterpools

Gaz

Having shot both AK and Tamiya, I would rank Tamiya right behind true lacquers in strength and adhesion and ahead of AK in the same departments.

Peter

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