Hello u added pledge floor polish to the airbrush so my question is what do I use to clean the airbrush once I’m done with the pledge ??? Thank u an great video Sir
When mixing paint, and you know how much paint and water you're going to use, I would put your water in the cup first,then the paint. It keeps the paint from sticking to the bottom of the cup, and will mix far easier
During my cheapskate model painting years I bought a lot of craft paints, and had nothing but trouble when airbrushing them. You've saved me a ton of trouble! Thank you!
500 ML of distilled water. 10 drops of dawn dish washing liquid. ( Breaks surface tension also keeps pigment from clumping ) 6 drops Vegetable glycerin 16oz on Amazon for $7 will last a lifetime. ( Improves flow also works as an aid in leveling as well as reducing tip dry) I use an Iwata Neo with a .35 needle and an Iwata Revolution CR with a .5 and I have a half dozen crap china knock offs. All top feed. They all spray beautifully with this mix. Needle size does come into play with thinning.
Thank you! I just started making tumblers and all the tutorials use spray paint. That alot of room and cost. But because as a family tradition of painting ceramics during Christmas time, I have tons of these paints. I haven't had much luck with a paint brush, but I also have an airbrush. I was definitely mixing too thin. I'm out to try again with your 1 to 1.5 mix! Thank you!
Provided its quality stainless steel to avoid rusting over time. Alternatively, a glass bead avoids the entire chemical reaction with the paint solvent and provides the same agitation.
So i just started airbrushing a couple days ago and have been using Vallejo and Mission brand model paints. So far its been pretty good. Its amazing how well the paint lays down on my model cars perfectly. I was wondering though if i was doing something wrong because the colors were not shiny at all but i see in your video it shows how to shine it out so thank you for the helpful information. I did take a regular small jar of Tamiya dark blue and thinned it down to airbrush consistency and when i sprayed it on it did have a semi-gloss sheen to it when it dries. I guess thats where learning your paint by spraying it on a spoon first comes in. Im learning as i go and i appreciate the work you do to make informative videos to help people like me get better at airbrushing. I am subscribed to your channel so i look forward to future videos.
Great video! This will help me a lot of my set ups with Apple Barrel Paints. I use 50/50 (paint/bottle water) or (50/50) (paint/alcohol). The results are great but my trouble was in my airbrush clogging in between coats , deep cleaning my airbrush and I always ended up wasting a lot of paint. But I thinks is because my paint wasn’t mixed properly! I will use your method for now on. Thanks for the video!!! 😁
It's the alcohol. Alcohol is solvent...use water.to thin water based paints and you will not have globs. The information here is gold except for using alcohol on these crafts paints to thin is not appropriate.
Thanks for the info,I find that spaying plastic adhesion primer or clear spray can, home depot and such,enables the acrylics to stick and not peel or chip later👍
on 1 of these many videos I watch, I saw a paint mixer. I spent $20 on a badger (sure they make cheaper ones) paint mixer. Basically a disk on a stick that fits inside a model paint bottle with a little 3v motor. It could be DIY pretty simple.. That thing is awesome. It will easily hit the bottom of a bottle the acrylic paint was. It was $20 made with about $2 in parts and a name plate. But it and a little thinner will bring back long dead model paint I wouldn't have used. I was looking at shakers, but this little mixer would do just about any size. Im sure you could do a pint if you kept at it pretty easy.
after experimenting, I have found it mixes cleaner, easier, if I add the liquid first, then the pigment does not stick to the bottom. I also put on primer first. Addendum: I also use a Badger electric paint stirrer that gets all the stuff off the bottom and then filter that before airbrushing or storing.....
In test I’ve done there’s no difference in between water and windshield cleaner. Both paint jobs looked and felt the exact same. Windshield cleaner is 70% 80% water depending which one you get and 20-30% methanol so if you break that down there’s only a couple drops of methanol in each mix.
Thank you for this video. How resistant to touch is acrylic paint? I've never used them. Wondering if with a couple clear coats the part would be able to withstand being manipulated on a not so often basis? Thanks in advance for your reply!
It actually stands up pretty good to being touched but any type of scratch or scuff will nic the paint but as soon as you clear coat it you can touch it and even scratch it to a certain point just like enamels and lacquers
@@CustomScaleModels great to know, thanks a lot for the reply! I'm looking for an absolute flat clear coat to try out with acrylics. Do you have any recommendations?
They sell "Bubbly" a soapy bubble solution at the Dollar-store. 100 fluid/oz. for a few bucks. It's the stuff you blow through a wand. I would think there's a small % of glycerin in it as well. I haven't tried it yrt but I have some for next time I paint.
I like alcohol or windex ; they won't bead. I haven't had trouble with water if primer is used. Tap water works fine. Water should be used with metallics like silver and gold; alcohol clumps.
@@2666loco Alcohol reacts badly with any type of gloss as well as metallic craft paint. Personally I use a mix of Dawn dish soap, distilled water and a few drops of vegetable glycerin.
Thank you. I have a hot rod red that matches a slightly aged freight car pretty well that I want to do. Don't want to blow through my tamiya paints to figure out the ratio.
I use craft paint for minis and larger models. The stuff works great when it comes to using a brush for application. What I have found is that is works fine in an airbrush up to a certain point. When you want to start getting into small fine detail then the paint just wont flow well. I am messing around with using different mediums to thin it out with. Little luck so far. I wonder if the pigment or something else in the paint is basically not fine enough to pass through. I usually end up using an airbrush specific paint. One thing is for sure. Its hard to beat the variety of colors offered by cheapo craft paints.
Thanks for sharing this with the masses. The end result looks pretty nice. Some things that I noted. The volume of water is 7.5ml to bring the total to 12.5ml. A suggestion would be to put the total volumes on your secondary glass jar for shaking; 5ml and 12.5ml so you can skip the intermediate measure cup and can be certain to have 100% of your paint pigment in the mixture. The other item I noted is that it looks like you're using a siphon feed, not a gravity feed, paint cup. Is this correct? I have a question; what about using primer paint in place of sanding? Will this allow the craft paint to adhere properly to the surface?
I actually use a pocket digital scale for Weighing out my paint in grams but for the sake of the video I used a measurement cup because a lot of people have or can have easy access to one but not to many people have digital scales. And yes I am using a siphon feed But just recently bought a gravity feed but I like both. Even when I use primer I still like to scuff up the surface to give the primer a better bite into the plastic. But if you use a primer you don’t need to sand because the craft paint will bite into the primer.
even better idea is use the plastic bottle with nut inside , get plastic travel bottles from the dollar store, and mix your own and different colors,its unlimited, and the ratio for full 2 oz bottle is about 3/4oz paint in 2 oz, and the rest with water
Thanks for tip. I thought about getting the smaller 20ml dropper bottles like Ammo of mig and Vallejo use and just mix it them with a stainless ball but I have over 200 2oz bottles of craft paint and I would have no where to store over 400 of them lol
for a beginner would it be safe to say go with all water base flat paint then finish with a top coat of gloss, semi gloss or flat for plastic surfaces? I've had some experience with spray cans but this is my first venture into airbrush..
Yeah you can go with a flat water base acrylic and clear coat it. Water base acrylics are really easy to clean out of the airbrush so there good for someone just starting But if your painting automotive models it’s really hard to beat the gloss of enamel if that’s the looks your trying to achieve.
As long as you use water base acrylic paints there non toxic, Vallejo, ammo of mig revell Aqua, craft paints are non toxic as well and that’s just a couple. But still wear a organic Respirator because breathing anything in your lungs that’s not air can cause problems. Also recommend using a airbrush booth for catching the over spray. but if you want to use enamel or lacquers i recommend spraying them outside while wearing a Respirator unless you have a place with a lots of ventilation
a mask rated for enamel-solvents. A hundred dollars and some spray booths an exhaust fan and a hose you can stick in the 'window frame' and it blows out the window.
Im blown away on the floor gloss, i just got into painting miniatures and waa going to use nail polish(clear coat), but I like the floor gloss idea better. Is there a way to "drybrush" or brush coat a gloss finish without having it "pool-up/ bubble"?
Pledge, FKA Future floor shine, has been a hobby hack for decades. Pledge/Future floor polish can also be used to make 'Magic Wash'. Use with or instead of water when thinning acrylic paints to make a wash, and it helps serve as an acrylic binder, flow improver etc. For a nice cheap price point. Some of the pledge used in thinning down the acrylic paints for airbrushing may help with the beading issue as well, though not sure.
@@Lazy-Monkey I never heard of using floor polish to make a wash. I'll have to give it a try. I suppose it makes a sort of glossier wash than the usual water+paint wash.
How long should a guy let the craft paint dry for before handling? I tried doing the salt method for rusting one of my model kits and the craft paint literally fell right off the model, going to strip it and start over
Hey man, I have a question. If I were to airbrush a plastic toy without glossing and waxing it, since I don't like the shiny result, would the paint be too fragile? It's a plastic head that's supposed to be squishy so I'd like the paint to be flexible, I've tried hand brushing it but it just won't stay.
This acrylic paint is not flexible or stick well to squishy stuff. You need a paint made by plaid. It’s called plaid FX paint it’s flexible and made for cosplay items and it’s made to adhere to stuff like that. You can also get that paint in matte or semi gloss so it won’t be so shiny. Airbrushing doesn’t make a paint adhere better just makes it smoother.
Very nice tutorial I very much appreciate is there a y way you can do.a. ideo on how to clean your airbrush while using craft paint I've heard windex also heard window washing fluid thank you very muc😃😃
Why distilled water instead of tap water? And any suggestions or changes to the process if you are painting on wood? (I'm a scroller and want to air brush my scroll saw projects)
No you don’t have to thin floor polish it’s airbrush ready straight from the bottle. Thanks for the support I really appreciate it and I’m glad I could help you.
Hey,got a question for you. You mentioned Home Depot . My Home Depot in Pennsylvania carries a real nice line of acrylics that come in paint pen,2 oz plastic squeeze bottles,and 10 oz spray cans. The company is COLORSHOT. Have you seen these paints before ? They have some really Unique colors that they use weird names for like "Bubble bath ( White Pearl ),treasure chest ( Metallic Gold),Mermaid ( Aqua Blue)" and so on. I bought almost their full line up of the 2oz bottles but haven't tried them yet cuz testors paints work really well . Especially when you thin the paint with lacquer thinner. Anyway, I'd love to see someone who has already tried Colorshot with good results . Thanks, Howard H.
Great video, informative. I have 2 questions: 1) can I use a printer like Tamiya Fine or Mr. Surfacer 1500? & 2) use a lacquer type surface finisher. Thanks
1: Yes you can use them primers. 2 yes you can use lacquer over acrylics just make sure the acrylic is fully cured about 2 days or 1 hour in a dehydrator at 105 degrees but the acrylic has to be fully cured or it will wrinkle. Acrylic paints dry from the outside in so the surface may feel dry in 30 minutes but there not
I’m still trying to figure this out and I feel I’m close. The application of the thinned acrylic looks just like your example, but feels rough, like fine sandpaper, and it telegraphs through to the gloss coat. Adding multiple coats of gloss helps, but can’t quite get that mirror finish. As the clear is applied, the finish looks awesome, but then it dries and shrinks and the sandy bumps of the acrylic base show through. I’m using ceramacoat thinned per your ratio. I tried wet sanding the acrylic but it doesn’t stand up that. Any clues of what I might be doing wrong?
You are spraying it from to far away from the model, the paint is drying in the air before it hits the model and causing that sandy like texture. Spray 6 to 8 inches from the model at 18-20 psi with very light coats
@@CustomScaleModels I sure appreciate your help. I had a bit of a breakthrough this evening. My clue was that water was spraying really nice through the brush, but the acrylic paint mix didn't atomize well, went on spotty and ended up with a grainy finish. Tonight, I mixed up a batch of what looked to be much too thin but it came out great. It didn't have the graininess and the tip didn't clog up. Tomorrow I'll try to repeat my success. I'm getting tired of painting spoons. Thanks Again.
I have a question, if you thin with water you reduce the concisty but also reduce the addesive. Wright? Isn,t it better to use a acylic thinner for the durability? Sorry for my bad school english.
@@CustomScaleModels Thank you. I heard this stuff is great for applying waterslide decals since they need to be applied on a glossy surface. I'll have to try it myself.
