PF airbrushing light colors?
From: “Karl”
Newsgroups: rec.games.pinball
Subject: Re: PF airbrushing light colors?
Karl wrote:
>I’m using the waterbased acrylic latex paint to spray
> with the correct retarder and flow addative (thinner, not just water)
Hi Group.
I was asked a few questions about this so I’ll past the info here for
research purposes, hope it helps down the road…. I must also mentioin
that several of these techniques have been taught to me by our friend,
Arizona Bruce. Thanks Bruce and group!
The retarder and flow additive are the ones I mentioned this morning
(Liquitex found in those fancy art supply stores). I
think you could go without the flow additive because that big bottle is
a
concentrate that gets mixed with water at a 20:1 ratio making it pretty
much…. Water anyway! I mean now that I have it I use it, but wonder
if it
important…. The retarder is nice as it slows the drying time and even
for
brushing makes the paint “lay down” better as Clay mentions in his
guides.
The air brush I have has the “Blue Point” name on it and I got it off
the
Snap-on truck. It’s OK I guess… It’s instructions say operating
pressure
15-50 psi and recommended pressure 25 psi. You can experiment for good
spray
without too much overspray. I seem to think 20 psi for some reason but
just
experiment. I like to remove the tape very soon (10-30 minutes) after
spraying (before paint pulls up with tape). Don’t pull tape up, pull it
backwards across PF surface so as not to pull your paint up. Wipe the
PF
down with naphtha right after that and you’d be surprised how far away
the over spray gets
that you can see on the paper towel.
And that’s all I have to say about that. (Say like Forest Gump)
GodSpeed, Karl.
