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[Rob47]

Encountered something I have never suffered with before, the paint lifting in skins from my hull, so today hull rubbed down with wet n dry to see if that helps
Fleetscale 1/72 Leander Hull
Main colour BSI light weatherwoks Grey
Hull bottom Halfords red primer
Boot topping Halfords Matt black
Masking tap Frog low tack
I have used all the above for my warships and never had this problem, hull was pushed to remove any release agent.
So fingers crossed as will try again tomorrow
One paint applied left for 24 hours again this is my normal practice


Any suggestions please


Bob

[frogman3]

Encountered something I have never suffered with before, the paint lifting in skins from my hull, so today hull rubbed down with wet n dry to see if that helps
Fleetscale 1/72 Leander Hull
Main colour BSI light weatherwoks Grey
Hull bottom Halfords red primer
Boot topping Halfords Matt black
Masking tap Frog low tack
I have used all the above for my warships and never had this problem, hull was pushed to remove any release agent.
So fingers crossed as will try again tomorrow
One paint applied left for 24 hours again this is my normal practice


Any suggestions please


Bob

HI Bob i think tamyia maskin tape is the best never had any probs with that a you can buy it in a 2 inch wide reel
chrisb

[Rob47]

Never used it never had a need but might try the 10mm as you 18 mm which is enough for 11 boat lengths😀. Think though Chris I used all the above items to paint Victorious at same time and not a bit of paint was lifted


Bob

[cos918]

Encountered something I have never suffered with before, the paint lifting in skins from my hull, so today hull rubbed down with wet n dry to see if that helps
Fleetscale 1/72 Leander Hull
Main colour BSI light weatherwoks Grey
Hull bottom Halfords red primer
Boot topping Halfords Matt black
Masking tap Frog low tack
I have used all the above for my warships and never had this problem, hull was pushed to remove any release agent.
So fingers crossed as will try again tomorrow
One paint applied left for 24 hours again this is my normal practice


Any suggestions please


Bob

What is the hull made from ?
was the keyed prior to the primer beening sprayed ?
John

[Rob47]

John
Fleetscale fibre glass hull and yes it was cleaned and keyed as I normally do, and as I said the other hull I painted had no issues, never seen the paint lift like this in large skins


Bob

[cos918]

what primer did you use ? was it halfords white primer

John

[Rob47]

John


Yes


Bob

[nemesis]

I had this happen to me, a fellow member said always use plastic primer. Gel coat is a plastic and had no trouble since. Halfords do a plastic Primer and garage bodyshop paint supply co as well, the cans are large in comparison to Halfords.

[Colin Bishop]

I have always found the Halfords standard white primer to have inferior adhesion to the grey and red versions. As Nemesis says, the white plastic primer is a lot better. The plastic versions of the grey and red are also probably better than the standard versions but I've had no problems with these. The plastic primers are more expensive.

I have been using the white plastic primer as a top coat with a coat of Halfords matt lacquer over it on my latest models. It looks good and seems to wear OK.

Colin

[cos918]

John


Yes


Bob

Hi Bob
I have had problems with Halfords white primer so have others.
A plastic primer might help ,I use Kunststoff primer by Mipa. In my town there is a shop that sells car paints for car body shops. I find his products that he selfs are cheaper better value for money and better than Halfords .
John

[Rob47]

UPDATE
Today I have successfully got a grey hull and black boot topping with no paint lift


I rubbed hull back to bare surface wit were n dry, sprayed grey and left in warm room for 2 days. Today using Tamiya masking tape thanks Chris (frogman) masked boot topping and once paint looked dry removed all making, hull now in warm room looking good. So in the end a result


Bob

[frogman3]

UPDATE
Today I have successfully got a grey hull and black boot topping with no paint lift


I rubbed hull back to bare surface wit were n dry, sprayed grey and left in warm room for 2 days. Today using Tamiya masking tape thanks Chris (frogman) masked boot topping and once paint looked dry removed all making, hull now in warm room looking good. So in the end a result


Bob

HI Bob glad the Tamyia maskin tape worked ok as ive used this for yrs an never had any probs glad you are makin headway Bob
chrisb