West End Workbench

[drmditch]

Looking excellent, as always. Would you mind I asked about the colour?
Is a 'teak undercoat'?

[jwealleans]

Colour is just Halfords Red primer. There will be a teak undercoat on top but I thought this would help give it an orange tint.

[drmditch]

Ah - didn't recognise it, although I use Halfords Red and Grey primers all the time!
Just goes to show what a difference lighting, cameras, and possibly my monitor make!

[Atlantic 3279]

So the standard Halfords primer with its included solvents goes on satisfactorily over your yellow filler primer - which foggy memory (if correct) suggests to me to be acrylic?

[drmditch]

So the standard Halfords primer with its included solvents goes on satisfactorily over you yellow filler primer - which foggy memory (if correct) suggests to me to be acrylic?

I use Halfords primers as my standard base for painting over metal, plastic, and remnants of other finishes. I paint over them with acrylics. So far, I've had no problems! (Usual disclaimers apply). The only problem I've ever encountered was when I tried to use a Windsor and Newton Artists picture varnish which says on the tin that it is safe to use over acrylics. It was my first attempt at a Kirk kit, and I was quite pleased with my attempt at a grained teak finish until..... It went all bubbly and wrinkled and I've never worked out how to salvage that coach side or attempted a teak finish since!

Moral is of course always to practice on a scrap piece first.

I'm a rubbish painter and I've never mastered enamels, which is why I stick with acrylics.

[mick b]

Halfords primer can lift enamel paint .

[jwealleans]

Looking at the cans, the yellow filler primer doesn't say acrylic, but the grey and red both do. I can never remember what you're supposed to be able to apply over what, but I use either the filler primer or etching primer on metal and the Halfords on plastic and I've never had a problem up to now. The only paint reaction I can ever remember getting was between Precision Track colour (which I use for coach brown) and Games Workshop varnish and I think that was because the brown take sages to dry and hasn't cured properly before the varnish went on.

[mick b]

Games varnish is aggresive and will always lift Precision and other enamels (in my experience). I always use a barrier coat of Acrylic varnish first before using Games Satin as a final finish.

[Atlantic 3279]

My memory must be at fault here then. I was tempted to think that the yellow filler-primer used by Jonathan was from a different maker's "definitely acrylic" range.

[jwealleans]

All Halfords.

[LNER4479]

Blimey Jonathan - you must not go to Warley more often Fantastic progress.

[D2100]

...take sages ...

Listen to the words of the wise...

coat ... gone

[Dave]

Good to meet up today Jonathan at Wakefield, a very enjoyable chat, always nice to put a face on a name.

A great show as always.

You tempted me with your talk of GNR carriages and I got one too later on when you were having lunch.

[jwealleans]

Oh dear, Dave, did I lead you astray? Never mind, I'm sure Andrew was very pleased. Thanks for coming round and saying hello - as you say, it's always nice to put a face to a name.

[Dave]

Yes I'm afraid you did, I got a GNR Dia 248A or 248E open 3rd from Andrew, I did not know he
did Ruperts old kits.