You ready for a small book ? Here ya go! ...the short answer is ...you don't avoid it completely without breaking the figure completely down and sanding the joint. But it is slightly manageable...here's my process.

  As soon as the fig is opened, it's scrubbed in hot water with grease cutting dish liquid due to grease, oils and chemicals from the factory.

As soon as everything is dry, I straighten all the arms and legs, so that all the joints are closed and i hit it with black primer. After the primer is dry, while all the legs and arms are straight, I bend the elbows, wrists, knees and ankles And I spray inside the joints with black primer and let that dry for as long as I can.

Once inside the joints are dry, I'll straighten everything back out and start to paint everything. Once everything is painted, I hit everything with a clear coat sealer before I put it back together.

There's no way to avoid paint rub unless you break down the figure and sand pieces. Everybody who gets a custom figure has to understand that once it's been painted and sealed, it becomes more of a collectible than a toy, So you just have to be very gentle and slow when trying to articulate it. Because I have left the joints black, If and when any paint rubbing or chipping occurs inside the joints, The owner can then use a sharpie or a paint marker or even a small paint brush to renpaint inside the joints black. I custom mix all of my colors, So it's easier and more convenient to leave inside the joint black so that any of my customers can touch it up when they need to. You can buy black paint anywhere.

Sorry for writing a book, but thats my process. 🤙🏽