Another Newbie with alot of questions

[Bluemoon58]

Hello id like to introduce myself i am Randy and i jumped into airbrushing about a year ago but im afraid my "self taught" method has fallen way short of my goals. Very quickly, i accuried a antique fishing lure company about a year ago and decided to bring them back to a very limited market place. I would like to give you a quick list of my equiptment and a few preliminary questions to the obviously talented board members. I have a 4' passche spray booth a airbrush depot TC-169 compressor with a regulator an Iwata HP-BC dual action bottom feed airbrush. i am painting on a scotch brighted powder coat surface with 1 shot enamel then clear coating with DELCLEAR DAU75 Urethane. My first question is this: is 1 shot a good airbrush paint and can i get it to stop spattering? i am using the one shot 6000 reducer and im mixing about 40ML of paint to 7-9 tablespoons of reducer and i keep getting what seems to be a build up and splattering. i am getting the patterns down pretty well for the objects im painting but im afraid the established venders selling similar items are much cleaner painters. and advice mixing instructions or suggestions will be gladly recieved as i already seem to have learned one thing on here already which is keeping the air on even when not applying paint and i am going to practice that tomorrow.

[brushbyair]

First, welcome Bluemoon! It seems you ae experiencing many of the problems that all newbies have. The build up you speak of is natural, it is inherent with all paints, it is called "tip dry" you will have to pick it of every once in awhile, it becomes second nature. Splatters are a result of BRUSH CONTROL, you will learn to control them with air pressure and the amount of paint you allow out the end of the airbrush ( how far you pull the trigger back ) I think you would find the free lessons will help you gain control over your airbrush, if you are like most of us when we started, we had one specific use of the airbrush in mind, then the "BUG" bit us and we want to expand our uses to other mediums, learning the proper "STROKES" now will only prevent frustrations later. As far as paint, that is a personal preference, One Shot is a good paint, and many use it, in your aplication there are a number of diferent types of paint that would work and probably be less expensive, Createx,Aqua Flow, Etac, just to name a few water-based paints. You said you were clearing the lures after you have painted the art on them so any of the paints I mention will hold up after cleared. I hope some of this will help, there are many others on this forum that will speak up with more tips, so hang in there.

[yardartnut]

Welcome Randy!

[Bahamut]

Welcome to the forum Bluemoon!

[Bluemoon58]

Originally Posted by brushbyair

First, welcome Bluemoon! It seems you ae experiencing many of the problems that all newbies have. The build up you speak of is natural, it is inherent with all paints, it is called "tip dry" you will have to pick it of every once in awhile, it becomes second nature. Splatters are a result of BRUSH CONTROL, you will learn to control them with air pressure and the amount of paint you allow out the end of the airbrush ( how far you pull the trigger back ) I think you would find the free lessons will help you gain control over your airbrush, if you are like most of us when we started, we had one specific use of the airbrush in mind, then the "BUG" bit us and we want to expand our uses to other mediums, learning the proper "STROKES" now will only prevent frustrations later. As far as paint, that is a personal preference, One Shot is a good paint, and many use it, in your aplication there are a number of diferent types of paint that would work and probably be less expensive, Createx,Aqua Flow, Etac, just to name a few water-based paints. You said you were clearing the lures after you have painted the art on them so any of the paints I mention will hold up after cleared. I hope some of this will help, there are many others on this forum that will speak up with more tips, so hang in there.

ok thanx i am going to practice more i figured id get better by actually doing it althou i have come a long way i feel i have a long way to go. the first main thing im really wanting to know is what would be a normal paint to reducer ratio for the one shot paint, once i am that far i will practice alot of the lessons on the other thread.

[don johnson]

one shot paint is very nasy stuff to spray thru an airbrush, at least to me

make sure you are in a WELL ventilated room with that paint

try 50% it needs to flow about like milk if that helps

[cotto clay]

I agree with Don about the One Shot, even with the paint booth and an outtake fan I would make sure to wear a respirator with properly rated cartridges, latex/or nitrile gloves, and keep your skin covered. Its up to personal preference, but Brushbyair mentioned some less toxic alternatives, another one is Magic 1 enamel sign paint. If the one shot is working good for you just take the necessary precautions
Best of luck with the brush control, I like to practice on paper towels, lines, dots, daggers, trigger control. after 5 rolls of paper towels or a couple bed sheets you'll feel more confident!

[Bluemoon58]

Originally Posted by cotto clay

I agree with Don about the One Shot, even with the paint booth and an outtake fan I would make sure to wear a respirator with properly rated cartridges, latex/or nitrile gloves, and keep your skin covered. Its up to personal preference, but Brushbyair mentioned some less toxic alternatives, another one is Magic 1 enamel sign paint. If the one shot is working good for you just take the necessary precautions
Best of luck with the brush control, I like to practice on paper towels, lines, dots, daggers, trigger control. after 5 rolls of paper towels or a couple bed sheets you'll feel more confident!

wow im pretty excited i have been fumbling along for almost a year now with results that have had me depressed up untill now. The things i learned here in one day: i mixed the paint closer to 50/50 i played with my airbrush alot more IE: dagger strokes dots broken lines even some handwriting. i put a little grease on my airbrush needle i played around a little with the needle cap off on some of the intricate places and i started my painting with the air on first then feathered into the paint slowly. i have just painted the cleanest set of lures i have ever done and i have already painted over a thousand of them in the past with so so results. Im impressed thanks to those that gave me a few tips i think ill hang out in here a little and when i figure out how i will show a before today and after today picture, thanx for the help i feel like i just elevated to a whole new level now i just need to practice alot more and i think i will get to the level i was striving for. Randy Pep Jig Company

[|Eric|]

on that note got a question : how do u use toilet paper & whats you vavorite brand ?

& obviously i dont think you can actualy wipe your A with it afterwords ... :P