RE: resin vehicles - gluing & painting query(ies)

>I know for starters you should probably soak them in warm water with
>detergent to remove the residues from the resin. Painting can be a
>problem too. I would recommend a base coat of an enamel (the Citadel
>Sprays are good) although I used an oil base Humbrol personally. Then
>acryllics on top. For glue I use plain old SuperGlue (that's the brand
>name here).
>
>Anyone remember the chemical nomenclature? I'm sure it is a cyanic
base.
>

Super glue is cyanoacrylate glue.  I also use this for my resins.

For undercoating I use car spray primer. I use this because it is
significantly cheaper than 'model' paint and it provides a good rough
(in
paint terms anyway) surface to paint acrylics onto.

Stuart.

Stuart Murray
Department Of Molecular Genetics
Albert Einstein College Of Medicine
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