Hi all,
I am doing some painting of subassemblies and having a problem. I am learning how to use Mr. Hobby (solvent) paints. I use only the Mr. Leveling Thinner. The paint is very thick from the bottle, so I have started putting thinner in my airbrush cup, up to about half full, then adding drops of the paint until it begins looking like tinted thinner or skim milk in consistency. I run the airbrush at 20 psi for this paint with a .020" needle and tip (my normal equipment with a little more pressure than other solvent based paints). I normally work fairly close to the surface being painted; the problem is, I am getting spider webbing and a gradual build-up of paint on the airbrush tip, with some spitting as well. I cannot seem to get the thinning right.
Any ideas on where I'm going wrong?
Thanks, Jim
P.S. At least this is for an airplane project! :-)