airbrushing off road badies

[mikeburgin]

any of you guys use an air brush
do any of you use acrylic paints, what i want to know is what presures are ideal, im haveing the paint dry on the needle as it comes out of the gun, does this mean im using to much preasure

[Sgt Blamo]

Are you using paint made for your airbrush? I highly recommend that you use paint that is pre-thinned, that is, made to be sprayed directly with no reduction. Typically if you have too much pressure it will "spiderwebb" inside the boddy. I haven't picked up my airbrush yet, so I might not be of much help presently. However, I was an airbrusher in HI.

[Candyman]

Actually, the acryls are easy to use. Blamo, the enamels are the ones that tend to web more often due to improper thinning. I use Parma Faskolor (for now) and they suggest blowing them at 40-60 psi. Try thinning the acryls with a touch of water and see if that helps. BTW, what paints are you using?

[Sgt Blamo]

Candyman,
Thanks for the correction. I couldn't remember which caused it to webb, the pressure or the viscosity. I was going to recommend the Parma paint.

[mikeburgin]

Originally Posted by Candyman

Actually, the acryls are easy to use. Blamo, the enamels are the ones that tend to web more often due to improper thinning. I use Parma Faskolor (for now) and they suggest blowing them at 40-60 psi. Try thinning the acryls with a touch of water and see if that helps. BTW, what paints are you using?

been spraying an off the shelf acrylic, not really designed for air brush

[Lessen]

I did my candy and flame S3 with parma Fascolor... after I decided I didn't like Pactra laquer. Fascolor needs thinned only slightly with water, I do it per airbrush cup... about 6-8 drops of water to about half of the cup. this is only my opinion though. I think a lot of people spray fascolor straight. If you thin it slightly with a few drops of water you will find that the paint doesn't dry on the needle tip nearly as quickly. I've had good luck lately after quite a bit of experimentation. I've also heard that Pactra Acryl is a really good paint as well. I intend on giving it a try on my next body.

[Plaidfish]

I never new anyone took th etime to paint "badies"...I always want to paint goodies... I needed to bust someones balls to make me feel better

[Sgt Blamo]

Plaid,
Maybe he was saying it with a "Bastin" accent. Ya know like,"she's gat a nice bady", or "that's a nice "ka" ya got there".

[Plaidfish]

LOL I thought I was the only wise ass in here today......well at least I'm not the only ass....HAHAHAHAHAHHA....