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May 15, 2020 at 3:29 pm #1526748

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Aye, primer is just good sticky paint to get a starting layer for more paint to stick to. Airbrush primer is just a flowwy primer so you can, theoretically, use it straight from the bottle. Vallejo does good ones either their airbrush or mecha range work well but the 2nd half of the bottle will want thinning a bit as you get through it.

You can use a brush on primer if you thin it a bit, I use a mix of 2pt water : 1pt vallejo airbrush cleaner for thinning everthing in the airbrush, and have a practice spray. DON’T just have the 1st layer on a model be an airbrushed NON-primer as it’s just too thin and not stuck well, it’ll chip and flake. There’s also no reason why if you have a favourite rattle can primer you don’t just prime with that and airbrush the layers.