Dealing with bobbling white spray?

[Alixen]

Ugh.

I really dislike Citadel white spray paint. No matter how much I shake it or how closely I listen to advice, it seems to leave the white undercoat on my models grainy/bobbly.

It also tends to absorb non-Citadel paints, as opposed to being covered my them. The paint will sink in and spread.

However, since its the undercoat color I want, and by the time I realised it would be a problem to paint over, a great majority of my army were already goated. All my zombies, ghouls, and dire wolves, grave guard, ect.

I just used a new can, and its as bad as before, this time on my vargheists, some more grave guard, and a nice reapers mini.

I don't want to have to strip them all, even if I could, and I managed to make the grave guard look okay. A few coats of other paints and it can give them a textured look as opposed to ruined one.

However, I would appreciate any advice that anyone can offer on 'removing' the bobbles/grain? And a spray for future use that isn't crap?

 

[Lynks]

well, you aren't left wanting in the sprays department... there's plenty of them out there. I've heard some good things about Army painter paints

having never had an issue with the citadel sprays myself, are you sure it isn't an atmospheric issue causing the problem?

 

[Alixen]

No clue, but sadly even if it is, its not one I can fix. I live in a ground floor flat, with a communal hallway, and asmatics. Only place I can spray is my bedroom, as its the only place that no one goes to get affected during the day.

I'll try army painter, thanks.

In the meantime, i've tried rubbing a toothbrush* over the 'injured' models, and it seems to have helped greatly. The cover is still overly 'textured' but I can work with it. I just wish it was perfectly smooth like their black paint.

Edit: Toothbrush, not paintbrush.

 

[Kalandros]

GW White spray is in fact one of the best primers - sure, not for rapid army painting, but for any display models, its the best.

You gotta learn how to use it however. Its not a primer meant to cover the entire figurine like the black spray.

You only need to lightly spray it by doing the following:

Start with the can pointing off the mini, then sweep from left to right while pressing it for a second or two
You should do this at every angle you need, everywhere on the model but you still need to see the metal or plastic or resin beneath it.

The dusty part is because it dries before reaching your figurine. Do a few tests, their white primer is really good but its not as simple as the black primer.

 

[Alixen]

I'll do that, thanks. Hope that does turn out to be the issue.

 

[Shadespyre]

I have the same problem with Army Painter white, so it's not the Citadel paint that's at fault. Although it looks and feels a bit strange, I've not had trouble painting over it. I do always spray black first to give a "proper" undercoat however.

 

[Alixen]

Hm, I think it may just be that the 'ball' inside doesn't let you give it a really vigourous shake. Can half empty, I shook it for a while, and this time in laid properly on the models. From now on i'm going to spray 10% of the can onto a piece of cardboard, give it a good shake, and then test it on test miniatures first.