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Glad to hear you worked it out-and good to hear it is a gravity, those siphon fed ones can be a real pain
John
John
I have found that some Model Air paint tends to clump in the bottle after a few weeks and this has caused blockages in the AB. I shake all paint very vigorously (but not varnish), helped by an m4 stainless steel nut (they are quite cheap) in each bottle. This stirs the paint up well. I have never had bubbles. Without that I find that some paints (the lighter colours are more visible) can be seen still settled in the bottom of the bottle after only gentle shaking. I would never just roll the bottle as Vallejo advises.\ said:Hope all goes well Moni.Do not forget to mix the paint. On average it does not need it as the whole thing lays in suspension. Vallejo say roll the bottle on the table stops the bubbles you get when shaking. Also the little top flicks off and you can use a knitting needle (you must have one !) to give a gentle stir (Australian way is left about, anti clockwise, I believe).
We wait in suspension !
Laurie
Have you given up your Harder and Steenbeck AB? If so, why? I have a H & S Infinity CR Plus, 0.4 mm nozzle, 20 PSI for Vallejo acrylics, and decanted Tamiya spray can lacquer for gloss, and I get good results (although still early days for the lacquer). Very smooth finish.\ said:.......
Now using an Iwata Eclipse HP-BS with a .35 needle/nozzle and it seems to take everything thrown at it. Use 30psi. Also gives a superb finish best I have managed yet.
Laurie
Good. That's exactly the main thing we are here for.\ said:This thread is very interesting for me as I am an new to airbrushes. Thanks everyone!John
Monica - I would strongly recommend using both the Vallejo airbrush thinner and their own retarder. Windex, not available here in the UK as far as I know, is OK for cleaning the airbrush I understand but I would not thin with it. I know the primers do not say Air but they are OK unthinned in the a/b, though as I said you might want to thin it about - well one part thinner to 9 paint. Best thing is to try it all out and experiment. I agree about the size of bottles, I get the 200ml larger ones as they give better value and I actually have 4 different primer colours that I use.\ said:hi Barry thank you for stopping by, the lads have real helped a lot and I do appreciate,any advice and help,is always welcome, only way to lean :D i do wont to be able to use the vallejo surface primer, like the 70.605 and 70.601, which both ,do not say air ?, :oops:
but with thinning i can use in a AB ?, and I, may be a bit naff with using % and better understand a ratio, of like 5 to 1 as the 5 being paint the 1 being thinner,shows my age lol o_O
and once it get it all sorted right in my head then buy the 60 or 120 ml off the primer as the 17 ml wont go that far,
so what dose the windex real do just thins it and make the paint flow better or do it act like a retarder which i need to get as well ?
Yes, it can be confusing. The paint or primer specification I understand is 9 + 1 paint/thinner. This means 9 drops paint + 1 drop thinner. As 9 + 1 in maths is 10 (= all of what ends up in your cup), you get 1/10th thinner, otherwise known as 10% thinner (that is, 10% of the total gloop you put in the cup is thinner.)\ said:......
and I, may be a bit naff with using % and better understand a ratio, of like 5 to 1 as the 5 being paint the 1 being thinner,shows my age lol
\ said:it has been very interesting and a lot off very hardly and good advice hints and tips has come from itthank you all
John your in Melb like me , do you use Vallejo paints and if so were do you get yours from please ?
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