Airbrush paints

[Oliver Hyett]

hi guys

I need help with airbrushing,as when I used my model air airbrush paints the airbrush was fine but when I tried watered down humbrol it when all funny and blocked up!

luckily I managed to reverse the paint back through the airbrush but I now have no paint for the bottom of lusty and I don't want to wait for weeks for a new paint to be ordered.

what should I do for lustys underside?

please help!

thanks

 

[Ratch]

 I'm not sure whether your question is about your airbrush or the paint you was using or alternatives for the colour required.

[Oliver Hyett]

 what ratio should i use for humbrol paints because i used the 2 parts paint to 1 part water as suggested by humbrol and my airbrush clogged up.

it is for a Volimart which is like an iwata (the airbrush) (gravity fed.

[DavidJC]

I take it you are using water with Humbrol acrylics and not enamels?

 

Although many say you can use water to thin, I am twitchy about that. I use water for cleaning, yes, but I always use the paint's own thinner. Part of that is because I live in a very hard water area and I wonder if that can have an affect on acrylic paints.

 

There's a balance with thinning. You not thin enough, leading to heavy paint that is hard if not impossible to spray, but you can overthin it too. Always test an old scrap model first to check. Overthinning leads to awful clumping/beading on the surface as well as all the paint running to the nearest natural edge where it will collect in a 'run'.