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Hi all,
First of all, I´m sorry if this post is not in the appropriate area, even though it´s a painting related question.

I´m going to paint a wall in one of my house bedrooms (gonna be father in some months and want to create an scenery wall) and I would like to know if somebody out there tried to use the Citadel Air (or the regular ones but thinned to be used with an airbrush) to paint walls. Will it "stick" to the wall enough?

Thanks

Yeah it should stick fine but there are cheaper options.
Are you painting a mural/graffiti/border/frieze or what type of thing?
Check this multipack of sprays for example.....
http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=311633960251&alt=web
It's pretty much the same price as GW air and much easier/quicker to use with the addition of some different nozzle shapes and stencils.
This was my first find but lots of graf stores will let you select a dozen or 24 cans of whatever colours you want for a good price.
Many manufacturers have ranges similar in size to GW'S so colour mixing isn't really an issue.

I have used my airbrush to do some detailing and stencilling of murals and effects on the walls of my sons bedroom. (I'm just about to start over on his room to update it).

Funnily enough the cheapo airbrush that came with my compressor is ideal for situations like this. All acrylics for airbrush are okay and do the job.

However if you are looking to cover a large area @Alex Kolodotscheko is right in that sprays + stencils are the best answer and Graff-City are a bloody fantastic supplier.

What if I told you that airbrush is not invented for painting miniatures...

 DalinCriid wrote:
What if I told you that airbrush is not invented for painting miniatures...

I think the question was more about "Citadel Air" than "can I use an airbrush to paint things"

I imagine Citadel air would work fine. Acrylics aren't the toughest paints in the world but I imagine you probably aren't too concerned with that.

I'd be more concerned about the price, those little pots don't go very far when you start painting large areas, it takes very little paint to cover even 100x28mm models compared to covering a wall. But it might still be cheaper than buying an alternative if the alternative means you need to buy different thinners. Decanting spray cans in to glass jars is often a good way of getting a decent amount of paint cheaply, but you'll have to get some appropriate thinner to go with it.

Or you can go to a hobby store and get paint designed for painting RC cars, they usually come in bigger bottles for not much more $$$ (I can get Vallejo Premium Colour from my local hobby store for 66% more per bottle than Citadel, but it comes in 60ml pots that are 5 times larger, which makes them about 1/3 the price). That should also thin with whatever thinner you are using for GW acrylics.

PU paints like Vallejo Premium should theoretically be tougher than the regular acrylics GW uses, but I haven't tested that theory myself, there's a lot of variables that go in to determining how tough a paint is.

That citadel Air will stick to anything ...especially your airbrush haha. I had a HECK of a time cleaning my AB after using it!

 Gunzhard wrote:
That citadel Air will stick to anything ...especially your airbrush haha. I had a HECK of a time cleaning my AB after using it!

Is it actually tough (scratch resistant) or just a pain to clean (resistant to whatever solvent you were using)?

Thanks everybody!

And yes, I was referring to use those GW Air that I already have to paint a wall, not if an airbrush can be used for it.

I have no problems cleaning my AB using an airbrush cleaner (and about 2 or 3 minutes disassembling and scratching) tbh. Of course I don´t use the paints as they´re, I mix them a little bit with Vallejo Thinner.