This video is misleading. Not all "acrylics" are water-based. "Acrylic" may refer to (1) pigment, (2) vehicle, or (3) binder. There are acrylic lacquers and acrylic enamels. Tamiya "acrylics", for example, are really solvent-based enamels having acrylic pigment/binder in a mild vehicle: alcohol. It just happens that, in this case, the vehicle is miscible (mixable) with water.
Hello there. I'm kinda new to modeling and i noticed that putting a model together, using Testors plastic model glue. if i prepaint the parts with Enamels, like the Testors Gloss Enamel, while I'm gluing the parts, the paint "melts away" and looks like ....... I Don't know if i'm doing something wrong. if i should use a different glue, or paint all, when done gluing it together.....Can you please advise me if you can? Someone suggested Acrylic paint, but i was told that it doesn't look as good??? (Though it does dry faster and has easier cleaning, being water based....) Thank you for your time.
i saw in another video about the order of paint types, using the wrong order can melt the previous layer or original paint job. there’s also a gunpla subreddit
Anthony, perhaps your question has been answered by now (a year later). I struggled with the same issue when I first started getting into models (childhood). My recommendation is GLUE FIRST (if the step will allow it) then add paint details after the glue has successfully cured. With glue and with paint, time is ALWAYS your best friend (paintience paintience paintience)!!!! For example, when I airbrush enamels, I usually wait 7 solid days for curement before messing with it.
@@P51Ryan Thank you Ryan for the reply. I guess i'm a bit short in patience, though i do wait for a day or two... I guess that's not enough...The problem is that once you glue things together, you can't get into the inside surfaces that easy. (or at all...), to paint. I guess I should wait more.....
I've been using enamels for years and I also use testors tube glue. I always paint the parts before assembly.. Experience will teach you where you can apply the glue.. If you want to paint the parts before assembly dont paint the areas where the glue will be and you won't have the problem with the glue melting the paint. You dont have to cover areas with a lot of glue, just enough to hold the parts together. Certain areas may need to be touched up with paint after assembly but that definitely beats having the glue melt what you've already painted
YOU’RE LITERALLY THE FIRST PERSON THAT SHOWED A DEMO OF THE COMPARISONS INSTEAD OF A CHART. SEARCHED ALL DAY, TYSM!!
Gracias, muy bien explicado
You’re using a solvent/lacquer based acrylic…is you’re comparing why not use the normal water based acrylic…
This video is misleading. Not all "acrylics" are water-based. "Acrylic" may refer to (1) pigment, (2) vehicle, or (3) binder. There are acrylic lacquers and acrylic enamels. Tamiya "acrylics", for example, are really solvent-based enamels having acrylic pigment/binder in a mild vehicle: alcohol. It just happens that, in this case, the vehicle is miscible (mixable) with water.
Thank you for sharing
Je penses que tu peux faire partir la peinture acrylique avec de l'alcool.... J'en suis même quasiment persuadé
Hello there. I'm kinda new to modeling and i noticed that putting a model together, using Testors plastic model glue. if i prepaint the parts with Enamels, like the Testors Gloss Enamel, while I'm gluing the parts, the paint "melts away" and looks like ....... I Don't know if i'm doing something wrong. if i should use a different glue, or paint all, when done gluing it together.....Can you please advise me if you can?
Someone suggested Acrylic paint, but i was told that it doesn't look as good???
(Though it does dry faster and has easier cleaning, being water based....)
Thank you for your time.
i saw in another video about the order of paint types, using the wrong order can melt the previous layer or original paint job. there’s also a gunpla subreddit
Anthony, perhaps your question has been answered by now (a year later). I struggled with the same issue when I first started getting into models (childhood). My recommendation is GLUE FIRST (if the step will allow it) then add paint details after the glue has successfully cured. With glue and with paint, time is ALWAYS your best friend (paintience paintience paintience)!!!! For example, when I airbrush enamels, I usually wait 7 solid days for curement before messing with it.
@@P51Ryan Thank you Ryan for the reply. I guess i'm a bit short in patience, though i do wait for a day or two... I guess that's not enough...The problem is that once you glue things together, you can't get into the inside surfaces that easy. (or at all...), to paint.
I guess I should wait more.....
I've been using enamels for years and I also use testors tube glue. I always paint the parts before assembly.. Experience will teach you where you can apply the glue.. If you want to paint the parts before assembly dont paint the areas where the glue will be and you won't have the problem with the glue melting the paint. You dont have to cover areas with a lot of glue, just enough to hold the parts together. Certain areas may need to be touched up with paint after assembly but that definitely beats having the glue melt what you've already painted