Washing Parts

[uncletony]

i have never washed an injection molded kit. when i started fooling with my karaya ansaldo balilla resin kit it looked a bit greasy so i washed it, ive never had any problems except a few times when i tryed to mask a something the paint lifted off in a couple spots. maybe it is because i didnt wash them but i dont really know. i find that enamels stick better. most of the time you can scratch off acrylic paint with a fingernail but i still use it sometimes for certain things.

This goes to the heart of my original post as I have switched to acrylics exclusively -- just cuz I don't like the idea of maintaining two systems (brushes, thinners, etc) and cleanup is a little more friendly with acrylics.

Here's what I've found, your mileage may vary: a primer coat of Tamiya flat acrylic thinned with lacquer thinner and sprayed on well washed WNW plastic sticks extremely well after allowing a good 24 hour cure. Fingernails just leave a shiny spot and do not take the paint off at all.

[Rizzo]

I did for the first few, now I'm not bothering- by the time the parts have been handled when you're gluing the first stages together, they just need to be cleaned again. So I do as much as possible before painting, then wash the parts immediately before priming.