Priming resin...

[Mikai]

"Increasing reports at dishwasher companies about strange molten materials at the exhaust pumps causes revival of regular sinks. Children in dismay. Will this mystery ever be solved?"

[HerbertTarkel]

And Oliver cried, those heavy tears that only those that could be of no parents could produce; he wished - and not for the first time - that he had not met the Dodger and his magic washer of dishes!

[mikedemana]

They went on a 50° Eco wash. I'm pondering if they might stand a hotter wash?

I tend to do the "quick wash" setting with low heat. Of course, every dishwasher is different. I don't recall any of my resin ever being bent by the heat, but Acheson Creations stuff is pretty thick.

Mike Demana

[SgtSlag]

I know that you do not wish to use spray primer, but I've had the best luck with inexpensive, gray automotive spray primer:  it is sandable; it sticks to pretty much everything; it dries with a matte surface which takes acrylic paints really well.

If you want thin primer, worrying about small details being filled in by the spray primer, I would suggest Artist's Acrylic Gesso:  it sucks down to the surface of the figure, as it dries, into the recesses, nicely.

Other than that, you might try an aerosol matte clear coat/varnish.  When dry, this will take paints, nicely; it seems to be quite thin on application, so it likely will not fill much detail in.  Cheers!

[Tom Dulski]

 You could have tried soaking them in isopropyl alcohol to get all the oily residue off them, I would imagine the brush on primer would work well after that.

[modelwarrior]

Our dishwasher went bang a couple of days ago(not guilty of 50c eco model washing) and now I am primed to ask the dishwasher salesman some questions


"How many models will your dishwasher stack ?"
" Can it accomodate 28mm and 15mm settings ?"

[pixelgeek]

I know that you do not wish to use spray primer, but I've had the best luck with inexpensive, gray automotive spray primer

If there is an issue with the resin not being properly cured or not being chemically stable then spray primer won't work either. It will still come off it just reacts differently.

[pixelgeek]

I tend to do the "quick wash" setting with low heat.

Our dishwasher is fairly old and only has a 'hot' and 'very hot' wash option. Given that my tap water is hot enough to make resin bendable I would hesitate to put something in the dishwasher.

Going to have to see if the next model has a special rack that will fit 28mm terrain pieces if we ever upgrade.

Mind you, most of the terrain I have picked up recently has been 3D printed so I don't really know if I would ever have a use for a 'resin' setting on a disjwasher

[Swampking]

All of my 15mm resin miniatures are primed using 'grunt' (an artists' primer for getting a canvas ready for painting). It's cheap and can be found in most countries.

I'm not sure what happened - I think PixelGeek has it right - the resin wasn't cured properly and/or something went wrong with the chemical properties of the resin.

[SgtSlag]

All of my 15mm resin miniatures are primed using 'grunt' (an artists' primer for getting a canvas ready for painting). It's cheap and can be found in most countries.

I believe "grunt", is the same as Gesso, which is commonly used to prime canvasses, as you say.  It is acrylic, water based, water clean-up; it shrinks tightly to the surfaces it is applied to; it has decent tooth for acrylic paints to adhere to; it is inexpensive; it comes in four color variants:  white, black, gray, and clear (clear has less bond strength, based on figure painter reviews I've read; most recommend white, black, or gray).  Cheers!

[Karadek]

Before priming, stick it in the dishwasher and run it through with some soap on the low heat, fast wash cycle. That is one aggressive mold release agent, and that is how I get rid of it on my Acheson Creations pieces.

Mike Demana

Thank goodness. I thought it was only me with the Acheson stuff. Never tossed them in the dishwasher, but I remember having to scrub several times with Dawn and a toothbrush to get that paintable.