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So it kind of depends what I'm painting, large surfaces where overspray is minimal I probably use less paint with my airbrush than my hairbrush. Painting lots of small bits then yeah I waste a bit more paint. I do tend to waste a bit more paint when priming because the primer I use likes minimal thinning and high pressure, so a lot of it is lost as vapour.

But in general I don't find myself wasting a huge amount more paint with the airbrushes than the hairbrushes except in a few specific circumstances. e.g. If I'm spraying a thin line of yellow I have to mask to get a thin line but a ton of paint gets sprayed on the mask, and yellow being yellow takes a lot of paint so I really notice the bottles dropping quickly when I want to do a bunch of yellow or red pinstripes.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/755880/9952438.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/755880/9952438.page GMT