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[Miar]

Got back to priming and realized what annoyed me about it. Every time I spray primer it seems it is running down my hand almost immediately. I try short puffs which works sometimes but sometimes I get more of a splatter. It has done this from the first time I used it and I have shaken it quiet a bit. It's a Citadel primer. Now I'm wondering if I'm just putting up with a can with a bad nozzle or if there is something I can do differently.

[mikem91]

Maybe. Try clearing the nozzle by spraying while the can in upside down. It should spit some paint and then just propellant. It's also a good idea to do this at the end of a priming session before you store the can as well.

On trick I have learned is don't start spraying on the mini. Spray off to one side and then walk the primer over the mini and then stop when the spray is no longer on the mini. This tends to prevent splatter.

I tend to use Armory primers, so I can't speak to Citadel primers specifically.

[Adrift]

$6 Krylon white primer.

It sprays smooth, as thin as you like and is way more cost effective than boutique primers like Citadel, Army Painter, etc.

[buglips*the*goblin]

Brush-on forever! Take that, unfit to spray outdoors weather and humidity! Ha ha! I have defeated your nefarious nature with my noble primer from a bottle and stalwart brush of courage.

[Adrift]

I have defeated your nefarious nature with my noble primer from a bottle and stalwart brush of courage.

(Spray primer coldly directs gaze at your stalwart bottle)

"I am your father..."

[buglips*the*goblin]

I have defeated your nefarious nature with my noble primer from a bottle and stalwart brush of courage.

(Spray primer coldly directs gaze at your stalwart bottle)

"I am your father..."

"No . . . that's not true! That's impossible!"

"Search your ingredients, you know it to be true!"

[Exwilly]

thats why i wear rubber gloves when i use spray primer but i also use paint on primer. so i cheat on one primer with another primer all the time

[buglips*the*goblin]

You two-priming cad!

[Miar]

I'll play around with it some more! I'm also having trouble finding other primers around here. I'll have to try and automotive shop and see if they have anything (small town Korea go figure).

[smokingwreckage]

Small town Australia. I found an ordinary garage brand, "White Knight", which has proven perfectly serviceable for some years now. it's labelled "all-primer" and billed as suitable for wood, metal, the works.

Just test it before each job, The mist should be fine and even. Blocked nozzle or inadequate propellant is what causes splatter. Use a fairly quick, smooth motion starting off the miniature and finishing off the miniature. Holding the button down for too long can cause splatter as well, it beads a bit around the nozzle then *splurt*.

[The Inner Geek]

I find primers to be one of my frustrations. Usually you get what you pay for, but not always. I have a small can of Tamiya gray primer that cost almost $8 and it is like aerosol delivered magic. However, I've also tossed out minis after spraying them with a larger $8 can of Citadel primer as the results were so bad as to not be worth trying to salvage. So in the end, I use DupliColor from the local auto store. Under $5 and, though not as good as Tamiya, better than most of the 'boutique' spray primers... for me anyway.

[Furongian]

It sounds like you have a bad can. I used to use Citadel primer and that is definitely not the way it is supposed to spray.

I'd like to second Adrift's motion that you consider switching to Krylon. I use Krylon Dual paint + primer and it excellent quality and has a very smooth finish. Moreover, whereas Citadel primer sells for about $20 CDN for a 278 g can (7.19 cents per gram), Krylon Dual retails for about $8 CDN for a 340 g can (2.35 cents per gram). So Citadel costs more than three times as much as Krylon for a similar quality primer.

[Miar]

Well my mission for the weekend will be holding the primer can upside down and see if that cleans it out any and trying a few more stores to see if I can find primer.

[Hellcow]

For those using Krylon primers - I thought they were all oil-based products - does this not affect the adhesion of acrylic paints? Is there a special acrylic Krylon primer I should be looking out for? There are several places where I live that sell Krylon but all the primers I have found are oil based.

[Frankthedm]

For those using Krylon primers - I thought they were all oil-based products - does this not affect the adhesion of acrylic paints? Is there a special acrylic Krylon primer I should be looking out for? There are several places where I live that sell Krylon but all the primers I have found are oil based.

Once the primer dries it won't matter.

Well my mission for the weekend will be holding the primer can upside down and see if that cleans it out any and trying a few more stores to see if I can find primer.

The Holding upside down routine does help. Also if you are doing a lot of spraying, one of these make things easier on your hands...

However, I've also tossed out minis after spraying them with a larger $8 can of Citadel primer as the results were so bad as to not be worth trying to salvage.

Propellant ate the paint into the plastic? I had that happen to an old Epic Titan.