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Priming metal bases
Posted: Sun Dec 29, 2019 10:46 am
by Count Belisarius
I always spray prime my steel bases with a proper metal primer. Do peeps do anything when using coins? Had a discussion about PVA not sticking that well to bare coins?
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Re: Priming metal bases
Posted: Sun Dec 29, 2019 11:04 am
by Essex Boy
I've never primed metal bases of any kind. In fact I've scraped the primer off the upper surface of those pre-primed metal bases because I don't like the idea of sticking anything onto a coat of primer.
I mix PVA with cheap filler for the first coat on my bases. That's never come off yet without some persuasion.
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Re: Priming metal bases
Posted: Sun Dec 29, 2019 12:07 pm
by goat major
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What’s this spray bare metal primer you mention ?
Re: Priming metal bases
Posted: Sun Dec 29, 2019 12:10 pm
by Count Belisarius
Just Halfords primer. Nothing fancy.
Re: Priming metal bases
Posted: Sun Dec 29, 2019 12:15 pm
by Paul
Count Belisarius wrote: ↑Sun Dec 29, 2019 12:10 pm
Just Halfords primer. Nothing fancy.
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Re: Priming metal bases
Posted: Sun Dec 29, 2019 12:21 pm
by goat major
Is it the etch primer ?
Re: Priming metal bases
Posted: Sun Dec 29, 2019 4:05 pm
by Essex Boy
Merry Christmas to you to. And a happy New Year.
Re: Priming metal bases
Posted: Sun Dec 29, 2019 4:37 pm
by Paul
goat major wrote: ↑Sun Dec 29, 2019 12:21 pm
Is it the etch primer ?
I just use the standard primers. Black, grey or white depending on what i'm using it for and how I feel on the day
Sometimes...…..sometimes....I even use the red primer :o
Re: Priming metal bases
Posted: Mon Dec 30, 2019 12:05 am
by tim.w
My shinys are stuck on steel washers. I'm just undercoating in humbrol enamel as normal. Am I doing it wrong?
Re: Priming metal bases
Posted: Mon Dec 30, 2019 7:22 am
by Jeremy
I used to stick the figure on with contact adhesive and then the base would receive the same spray coat as the figure