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| Subject: | Re: air brushing tip needed |  |
| Date: | Mar 29, 2001 |
| From: | Al Superczynski | |
On Mon, 26 Mar 2001 23:33:55 +1200, "USS Serenity"
wrote:
>I'm trying to get a nice soft pattern for some weathering I'm doing
>but the paint always comes out quite speckly i.e. lots of little specs
>rather than a nice feathered edge. I've thinned the paint right down and
>it's not so bad when the colours are about the same but I'm using black on a
>light sand colour and it shows up really bad. The only thing I've found to
>eliminate the specs is to turn the pressure up way high but it's seriously
>difficult to control the painting with the pressure too high. These are
>enamel paints and I usually thin with Humbrol thinners or turpentine. Can
>anyone suggest a type of thinner or technique that would remedy this?
I've found in general that highly thinned paint sprays best at
very low pressure. If you want to use high pressures try thinning the
paint less or not at all.
HTH,
Al
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