Stynylrez primer v ipa

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Today I was preparing to put some colour on the hull of a boat. Said hull was primed with Stynylrez almost two weeks ago, so has had more than enough time to cure.
I gave the hull a quick wipe with IPA to remove dust, fingerprints and the such. After the first pass with the tissue I found that the primer was rubbing off! It didn't remove it totally, but if I had carried on it would have.

Has any other users of Stynylrez experience of this happening?
I normally use alclad primer but thought I would give this highly praised Stynylrez a try.....
 

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I've never wiped neat IPA on stynylrez primer, but paint over it with Tamiya acrylic thinned 50/50 with IPA and never had any problems with the primer lifting.

Saying that, I do clean the airbrush with neat IPA and it cleans the primer straight off.
 

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I've used IPA to strip Stynylrez from parts where I've messed up the acrylic paint work. It needs to soak for quite a while but the IPA will remove it completely. And as mentioned above I also clean the airbrush with it.
 
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Agree with Bob, neat IPA is probs a tad hot for any acrylic surface. I usually blow mine down with an empty airbrush, after dusting it with a big soft brush. Glad to hear that there are other modellers
who let dust gather on a build!! ;)
 

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Agree with Bob, neat IPA is probs a tad hot for any acrylic surface. I usually blow mine down with an empty airbrush, after dusting it with a big soft brush. Glad to hear that there are other modellers
who let dust gather on a build!! ;)

Dust is one thing, bloody cat hair is another! My own fault for having 4 of the little buggers. :smiling3:
 

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Dust is one thing, bloody cat hair is another! My own fault for having 4 of the little buggers. :smiling3:
We only have two and the model room is a cat free zone, but still the old hair turns up.
My normal go to primer is Alclad and that stuff is almost bullet proof. I think I have also used IPA on Vallejo primer without problems...I 'spose I'll just have to stop eating chips or bacon sandwiches before doing model work... .... :-p
 
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You could use gloves when eating the chips and bacon butties. Just a thought.
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I always use the Mr Hobby surfacer 10000, thinned down as a primer. Since it is lacquer based, it is basically bomb proof to whatever acrylic paints I put on it after.
John
 
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