I've noticed that when painting metal figures with acrylic paint, the paint dries much quicker than when the same is used on resin figures. So much so that of my 30 or so almost finished figures, the 3 metal ones look noticably poorer in quality, with the blends between colours much more stepped. (will use oils to correct) Has anyone else noticed this? I used the same paint on the same primer...

Richard

Weird!!

I have never experienced this or even heard of it before. One thing that pops into my mind as far as a reason could be that metal will retain heat while resin won't. Acrylic paint will dry fast on a warm surface, and maybe the heat from your house or work bench lamps inpact the temperature of the metal figures. Other then that I would have no idea why it would do such a thing.

Do you clean and prime your figures before painting?
Do you paint resin figures form more than one company?
Maybe there are release agents on the resin that are affecting the cure time of the paint.

I think Anders has got it right - my work lamp is very hot...