Do you wash your figures/models before you paint them?

[Babelfish]

Just interested to what extent guys follow this "golden rule".

I'm in the "Sometimes" camp.

- Steve

 

[Banjer]

I always mean to, but as I work in a summerhouse in the garden with no washing facilities, I tend to go straight to priming.
Never had a problem caused by not washing that I am aware of.


Bill

 

[DEL]

Always. And like Bill above never had a problem albeit using the opposite approach.
Wouldn't change now.... Sod's law applies
It's abit like using the same lottery numbers for years, the first time you change the old ones come up

 

[valiant]

Nope, never have!!

 

[Warren SMITH]

Sometimes.

 

[Forté]

Only time I've made sure I do has been when they've left a residue on my fingers during cleaning. That's usually been with badly cast metals where they've used way too much mould release.

Plastics... never washed them.
Resin... rarely.
Metal... more often but more to help the glue bond.

 

[Alex]

Always always always.. with dishwashing soap and a toothbrush
IPA bath for copper parts as well
and parts are scoured with 3M pads before priming

 

[Ferris]

Always. I use water with diswashing soap and a pig’s hair brush.
It is such a minor activity in the whole process and removes the risk of awkward things happening during the painting stage.

Adrian

 

[Helm]

Never have, straight to primer.
Steve

 

[dfmoss]

I generally use alcohol to wash figures.

 

[Wayneb]

Why would you not spend a small amount of time to wash a figure when you're going to spend so much time and thought in the painting process? In the casting process unless things have changed there might be a release agent that's used to get more life or castings from the mold. The release agent used to be a sort of silicone which is not good for the adhesion of paint. I used to make my own molds and castings when I was young and stupid. I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now.......Here's my thinking......It's mine, I can wash it as long as I want to......

Wayne

 

[Joe55]

As a general rule I do, and especially if had to do any filing and sanding.

Joe

 

[Mirofsoft]

Rephrase the question and we will know how many ladies are among us
Do you wash your feets/hands before you paint them?

 

[Forté]

Rephrase the question and we will know how many ladies are among us
Do you wash your feets/hands before you paint them?

And how to exclude or discourage a huge part of the population from seeing PF as a credible community in one comment.

 

[franck edet]

never, i build them and then : straight to primer ...

 

[Wayneb]

And how to exclude or discourage a huge part of the population from seeing PF as a credible community in one comment.

What exactly do you mean?........Has everyone lost their sense of humor? What part of the population are you referring to ???

 

[theBaron]

It depends.
I generally wash resin and styrene, in a solution of warm water with a couple drops of a de-greaser (SuperClean). With white metal, mine are usually second-hand, so I have to strip old paint. Those get a soak in a jar of SuperClean, to remove the paint, and I hold them under running water and gently scrub away the softened paint with an old toothbrush. So, that's a cleaning, too.
Prost!
Brad

 

[Forté]

What exactly do you mean?........Has everyone lost their sense of humor? What part of the population are you referring to ???

I quoted another comment. I'm sure you can figure it it out.

 

[Ned Ricks]

Not always. One reads that instruction, but my bench is not near water. Typically, I just prime, either rattle can in black gray or white, or basic enamel colors from a jar by brush. Most of the time, this is okay.
That said, I had have a few busts that the first coat of paint did not adhere. My regular rattle can flat black beaded up and slide off the resin. Then, I removed that paint and washed the bust. The same paint worked as it should at that time.
Maybe I should have my work area plumbed for water...
NR