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7/3/2025, 5:00:05 PM
>>11477787
>usually i do 240 grit -> 600 grit -> surfacer 1000 -> finishing 1500
Do you usually paint large 3D printed nude figures? Because that looks almost exactly like my workflow for Rei (except I started at 180 grit).
240 grit is way too rough for plastic and Surfacer 1000 will fill/soften surface detail, so you want to avoid it unless you are dealing with large smooth _heavily_scratched surfaces. For 99.9% of plastic kits Surfacer 1500 is all you need.
If you do end up using Surfacer 1000, you spray a good coat, then you sand it down smooth. At that point you probably have patches of bare material, so you spray a thin coat of Surfacer 1500 to cover the bare patches. If you don't have any bare patches after sanding, you have no reason to spray any other Surfacer.
>usually i do 240 grit -> 600 grit -> surfacer 1000 -> finishing 1500
Do you usually paint large 3D printed nude figures? Because that looks almost exactly like my workflow for Rei (except I started at 180 grit).
240 grit is way too rough for plastic and Surfacer 1000 will fill/soften surface detail, so you want to avoid it unless you are dealing with large smooth _heavily_scratched surfaces. For 99.9% of plastic kits Surfacer 1500 is all you need.
If you do end up using Surfacer 1000, you spray a good coat, then you sand it down smooth. At that point you probably have patches of bare material, so you spray a thin coat of Surfacer 1500 to cover the bare patches. If you don't have any bare patches after sanding, you have no reason to spray any other Surfacer.
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