Primer for styrofoam

I'm making terrain again. Anyone have a good primer for styrofoam that won't
eat it? If I find nothing better I'll use watered white glue from a spray
bottle, several coats. There has to be something better though.

> Roger Books wrote:

We use acrylic paint. Just slather it on and you can flock strait to it or
wait for it to dry and put on the hite glue.

> I'm making terrain again. Anyone have a good primer for

I find that simply painting it with a water based paint does the trick. Get a
big jar of a black or green color and go to town with a big brush!

> Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 14:36:49 -0500 (EST)

Several people have mentioned using acrylics here. It's more of a pain to have
to brush on the primer, but it works fine.

I went out and bought a big can of a very cheapo brand of water-based
black acrylic latex house paint, and use that for terrain priming. Works
really well, even if watered down quite substantially. And a *lot* less
expensive than spray cans...

In message <3.0.6.32.20010327234901.00878140@POP2.sympatico.ca>,
adrian.johnson
> @sympatico.ca writes:

I simply painted directly with cheap, house latex paint. It costs US
$5-7 per pint, and can match any color you can come up with.  I've
done several 1'x2' terrain boards and various hills and such, and

adrian.johnson@sympatico.ca <adrian.johnson@sympatico.ca> said:
> >Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 14:36:49 -0500 (EST)

*lurk mode off*

I use an airbrush for most of my basecoating, so water thinned acrylics seem
to work very well with terrain. I usually dont bother with priming terrain,
tho. I have a half gallon or so of some moss green paint i just apply with a
foam bursh. It occasionall takes two coats for good coverage, but once it is
flocked, it looks very well done.

As always, your milage may vary.

--Theron

A very easy option is Testor's model spray paints. They're safe on most types
of styrene (including foam) and they work great. A friend of mine has been
using them for decades.

Bill

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Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 10:11:14 -0500
From: The Mad Dark Elf <drowmage@merlin.albany.net>
Subject: Re: Primer for styrofoam

adrian.johnson@sympatico.ca <adrian.johnson@sympatico.ca> said:
> >Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 14:36:49 -0500 (EST)

*lurk mode off*

I use an airbrush for most of my basecoating, so water thinned acrylics seem
to work very well with terrain. I usually dont bother with priming terrain,
tho. I have a half gallon or so of some moss green paint i just apply with a
foam bursh. It occasionall takes two coats for good coverage, but once it is
flocked, it looks very well done.