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Hello everybody!

I am following a tutorial that has a step about "applying a oil wash as a filter". I am painting a vehicle and I am a bit unsure how to proceed. I take that a filter is a bit like a glaze, meaning that it should just tint the whole surface of the vehicle? should I use a airbrush to apply it?

I have also never really worked with oils before, when thinning oils to use in a wash, is it just a mix of thinner and the colour or is some other additive necessary?

For what I know, yes the filter thing is glazing; to thin oil colour you can use white sprits: a tutorial i watched said to put a bit of oil paint on normal paper for a bit, so it loses part of the oil, then transfer it into a little container and thin with white spirits (or another suitable alcoholic thinner, they are found in art shops) until you reach the desired consistency.
To wash in the recesses, the model should be sealed (w/ future floor/kleaar/kleer or gloss), but maybe to glaze it is not necessary..

Thanks for your answer. Does anyone have any experience airbrushing oil washes? is it doable?

 Pharcae wrote:
Thanks for your answer. Does anyone have any experience airbrushing oil washes? is it doable?

I don't think I would ever put an oil through my airbrush.

From a cleaning standpoint alone I shudder at the idea. Also keep in mind that oil eats rubber and that's all kinds of bad.

 darefsky wrote:

 Pharcae wrote:
Thanks for your answer. Does anyone have any experience airbrushing oil washes? is it doable?

I don't think I would ever put an oil through my airbrush.

From a cleaning standpoint alone I shudder at the idea. Also keep in mind that oil eats rubber and that's all kinds of bad.

I came to the same conclusion (or more the thought of a fine mist of thinner in my bedroom gave me cold feet). Anyhow I feel that it was really easy to work with the oil wash, much more easily brushed on than acrylic shades/washes.

Here´s a WIP-shot of the result if someone is interested:

Oil washes are awesome for fine details since the surface tension of them is much lower than regular washes. They also have a longer working time so you can wipe off areas hours later if needed.

You can get a shade wash of the whorls of your thumbprint so it should do any mode details you need!