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fixing paint cracking
zzez13
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Israel
Joined: November 07, 2010
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Posted: Sunday, December 19, 2010 - 11:28 PM UTC
Hey
I recently painted my LAV25 in MM Sand on top of Vallejo grey primer, I noticed today that there are small cracking in allot of places.
Now I think I know why it is - I didn't let the primer dry for too long before painting it, It had maybe 3 hours to dry compared to my Abrams that I used the same primer/paint combination I let it dry for a day and there are no painting cracking at all.

Now my question is - how do I 'fix' the cracking, in some areas like the top of the turret its pretty significant..can I just paint over the cracked paint or it will make it worst?
Spiderfrommars
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Milano, Italy
Joined: July 13, 2010
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Posted: Sunday, December 19, 2010 - 11:48 PM UTC
Hi zzez13

In my opinion if the paint cracked it means that the primer didn't adhere well on plastic surfaces, so I thinks that adding another paint coat could get worse the problem. I don't know if it depends on the short time that you waited before painting. It seems to me that probably it depends on a not clean enough model surface

If happened to me I'd strip away all the paint and i'd restart

Anyway, just my 2 cents

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