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[Post New] 2012/11/14 12:10:54
    Subject: No paint comes out of Airbrush sometimes...whats wrong?
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Made in gb
Guard Heavy Weapon Crewman





Manchester, England

just coming back to hobby after a few years away (damn you Mortgage ) and have bought an airbrush ( very little exp) and a lot of replies on this post have helped me greatly, and my first batch and tests turned out okay.



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[Post New] 2012/11/14 15:30:52
    Subject: No paint comes out of Airbrush sometimes...whats wrong?
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Longtime Dakkanaut






usedboltershell wrote:
just coming back to hobby after a few years away (damn you Mortgage ) and have bought an airbrush ( very little exp) and a lot of replies on this post have helped me greatly, and my first batch and tests turned out okay.





Extremely helpful!

My issues all resolved when I changed these steps:
Working at a tiny bit higher PSI (15 when doing details and 25-30 when basing)
Mixing out of the AB pot. I mix in a separate cup now and make sure to mix/agitate the paint + thinner really well
Making my own Airbrush thinning mix that has a flow-aid/water mixture together (Airbrush Medium, Flowaid:Windex 1:8)
Adding more thinner than I use to

The best way I've "fixed" my mixing method was trial and error. I mix 1:1 usually (My thinning mix:paint). Then I start adding more and more thinning mix OR paint depending on how it looks. If it's moving around like water I add more paint. If its moving around like a double blended frappuccino from Starbucks I add more thinning mix
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[Post New] 2012/11/14 15:32:06
    Subject: No paint comes out of Airbrush sometimes...whats wrong?
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Decrepit Dakkanaut







Practice, lots of practice both is cleaning and painting is the best thing to do. The airbrush can be a very scary tool at first, but I promise, you'll get better with practice!
"dave you are the definition of old school..." -Viktor Von Domm My P&M Blog :
It's great how just adding a little iconography, and rivets of course, can make something look distinctly 40K-adamsouza
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"It puts together more terrain, or else it gets the hose again...-dangledorf2.0
"This is the Imperium, there is no peace, there are only rivets" -Vitruvian XVII
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[Post New] 2012/11/15 11:05:21
    Subject: No paint comes out of Airbrush sometimes...whats wrong?
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Made in gb
Guard Heavy Weapon Crewman





Manchester, England

good job ive got loads of old minis for years ago that never saw paint, but will now, as no way am i messing up my FW dkok.
maybe here, maybe there, but never where  
   
 
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