evilmittens Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 I did a few attempts at searching....could not find the answer Using plastic magic for gluing up my Reviers. Instead of assembling totally, I want to prime and paint before final assembly. Like, do the body head legs on...then paint, add arms, power plant, purity seal after everything all painted. do I need to scrape the paint off, or can i just glue that right on there over the paint? Sorry, really new. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/338243-gluing-painted-parts/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyberos the Red Wake Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 Scrape the paint off or mask the joints with poster tack. Plastic glue can dissolve its way through paint, but why do that when you can have a clean connection. Super glue requires no paint between the joints. For marines it's pretty easy to paint before assembling due to the flat and easy connections. evilmittens and Stoic Raptor 2 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/338243-gluing-painted-parts/#findComment-4859789 Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilmittens Posted August 17, 2017 Author Share Posted August 17, 2017 Awesome, thanks! Great idea! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/338243-gluing-painted-parts/#findComment-4859815 Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewarriorhunter Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 I paint in sub assemblies. If you can, avoid painting where you will glue. Sometimes that's not possible so I just scrape off some paint, never have any issues. evilmittens 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/338243-gluing-painted-parts/#findComment-4859816 Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilmittens Posted August 17, 2017 Author Share Posted August 17, 2017 Thanks thewarriorhunter Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/338243-gluing-painted-parts/#findComment-4859819 Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewarriorhunter Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 No problem. One warning is that some glues will 'frost' up or cause paint to run. Make sure you scrape well, and if there is a possibility of having glue squeeze out of the join and onto painted parts be ready to wipe off with paper towel, and you may need to touch up. It's nothing major and I've never ruined a model, but it is something to be aware of. Less is more with glue. Worst case it breaks, you scrape off the glue, and re-glue with more glue than you used the first time. Another suggestion is to score the surfaces with a hobby knife. That will provide a little more surface area for the glue to grab on to. It may not make a difference in the end, but it makes me feel better and I tend to over engineer stuff. evilmittens 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/338243-gluing-painted-parts/#findComment-4859855 Share on other sites More sharing options...
fisheyedbunny Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 Have seen a few people put a little blue-tac on the joints, just enough to cover the area you will glue, cheap and effective way to mask for sub assemblies and reusable up to a certain point. Mithrilforge, Lord Marshal and evilmittens 3 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/338243-gluing-painted-parts/#findComment-4859882 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoic Raptor Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 I use liquid masking fluid. It basically goes on with a brush and you can peel it off when you're ready to glue parts together. It's made by the same company that does Micro-Set and Micro-Sol (decal setting solutions) but I'm sure other companies make it too (I think I recall seeing one from Vallejo?) evilmittens 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/338243-gluing-painted-parts/#findComment-4860216 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Closet Skeleton Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 While you can use super glue, you will be gluing paint layer to paint layer so it will never be as strong as if you actually glued the base material together. Often this is perfectly fine but it is an issue. Resin is aborbant, so you really want to be glueing bare resin to bare resin in that case. evilmittens and Stoic Raptor 2 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/338243-gluing-painted-parts/#findComment-4860371 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guiltysparc Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 I built my whole world eaters army in pieces, painted, then assembled. I just used super glue on the paint, didn't have any issues. evilmittens 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/338243-gluing-painted-parts/#findComment-4860428 Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilmittens Posted August 17, 2017 Author Share Posted August 17, 2017 Thanks all, great convo.. Ill probably blue tack to start with but the liquid masking sounds interesting too. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/338243-gluing-painted-parts/#findComment-4860719 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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