Tamiya Surface Primer Thinner?

[Vladamor]

Hey. Can someone, please, tell me what is the Thinner of that "thing? It smells like Alcohol or something, not regular modeling thinner.

THANKS

[mickbench]

Lacquer thinner. You can make your own surface primer with Lacquer thinner and putty, that is all what surface primer is.

Good stuff, handy for removing bad scratches etc.. And good for sealing mold lines after sanding if you intend on using hot automotive lacquer paints.

[Vladamor]

Damn. So, if it's Lacquer thinner, I can't use it in the airbrush right? What can I use like primer in the airbrush then??

[mickbench]

Surface primer is not a primer as in prime your whole body with it. It's meant to help smooth out small marks etc as it's only a putty thinned down to almost milk like with lacquer.

Best option is to get some Tamiya spraycans, such as the fine surface primer, this comes in a spray can.

The stuff in a purple bottle is OK to thin and use in an airbrush, but I'd not cover an entire body with it, unless you got some really bad resin to work with. Overkill for normal kit plastics.

[Vladamor]

Ok mikbench, thank you very much.

I'll try AGAIN the surface primer can, but... He he

SEE YOU

[mickbench]

You did mean this stuff -



If not, oops.. Sorry but it's still Lacquer in all Tamiya Primers - I think..!!

[Vladamor]

I have both two. That one, and the can of primer. But the finish is like "too fat" and rough. And it's for a chassis of a Skyline Z-Tune, not the body. If I use the can, I'll have to sand later, and the under chassis has many holes and all that...

[mickbench]

Originally Posted by Vladamor

I have both two. That one, and the can of primer. But the finish is like "too fat" and rough. And it's for a chassis of a Skyline Z-Tune, not the body. If I use the can, I'll have to sand later, and the under chassis has many holes and all that...

Erm not sure why you'd want to sand the underchassis smooth.. Primer tends to lay down slighly rough sometimes I give you that, and I do sand primer for the body but not the underchassis.

This would be rough on the real car anyhow, as it will be stone chip and rust protected. The surface for an underchassis is rough.

I always leave my primer for underchassis rough.. Looks more realistic. And I'm too lazy to sand it down.

[Vladamor]

Mmm... interesting. I'll proof "your method" in tahat model then...

THANKS