Petrov

Siphon feed seems to be way more wasteful and more work to clean.

Dont think thinner will help, the paint isnt thick, it is separated and does not want to "emulsify" , feels like curdled milk.

I tried both after that milky result and nothing changed.

Update looks like my paint was dead upon arrival. Got the mixer and almost ran the batteries dry to no avail. Camera doesnt do it justice but there is this thick white stuff that refuses to mix in. There are also weird clumps that refuse to go away. This was all done with electrical mixer.

If it is still clogged i would soak it in acetone or lacquer thinner for a couple of hours and see if that does the trick. Also how do you determine if it is dirty/clogged?

Thanks! I have a stirrer that goes inside the bottle and mixes the heck out paint on the way, will keep you updated with results.

Leave the tip soaking overnight in paint thinner(vallejo) see if that helps. What is in your gun cleaner?

If you still have a good amount of paint left in the airbrush iso alcohol "curdles" the paint and the curds turn into chunks that refuse to come out. I generally use lots of water to clean most paint out and add iso alcohol at the end and let it sit a bit. I would avoid using an ultrasonic cleaner though.

Hey folks I recently ordered a bunch of gaia notes paint. All of the bottles that arrived were great except for both blue bottles. Ultra blue and cobalt blue were both white pale chalky and pastel like. After using both a stirring stick and an agitator ball for so long and shaking it so much that it reminded me of my early teen years when I had had some alone time and literature that wasn meant to be read with one hand. To no avail, paint is still chalky and pale. Any ideas why? It was shipped during very cold weather here, could that be the issue? I know some acrylic paint can be killed like that.

ok this might sound stupid but have you thought about changing your grip to avoid pulling back the trigger too much? Do you support the brush with your off hand and use your dominant hand just for aiming and rolling the trigger? I had a problem with on/off instead of fine control too. You could solve the issue by changing your grip perhaps? I used to have my trigger finger be relatively straight and try to pull back the trigger which resulted in poor control. I changed my grip, I moved my hand up a bit and curled my finger into a "hook" and sort of rolled my finger and it pivoted the trigger and that helped.

in 1:100 scale? I tried flames of war but honestly the rules rules were terrible unrealistic and clunky so I switched to Battlegroup set of rules. in 15mm I would normally have 4-12 tanks per side and a platoon of infantry and support guns. 1:300 modern? Well, I usually have 20-40 tanks and IFV some aircraft and lots of infantry stands., each of those vehicle minis represent a platoon. Your "diorama" making skills really come in handy in 1:300 scale games , the table and terrain really make it happen. For those folks reading this that are not wargamers. Generally speaking wargamers use acrylics almost exclusively and have to deal with tip dry a lot especially in any scale smaller than 28mm. Because of the scale pre shading color gradient washes and dry brushing is done in a much more pronounced way. Oh and one thing I noticed about the scale modeler community as a whole as an outsider, you treat airbrushes much better than lots of wargamers. Us wargamers tend to destroy our airbrushes by cleaning or overcleaning them, constantly taking the whole airbrush apart using those silly metal and nylon brushes like its going out of style too much assembling and disassembly and constant ultrasonic baths that are not necessary on top of using things that often involve ammonia or copper solvents.

Here is my method of airbrushing acrylics(vallejo) when I have to. Wipe the needle down with some Iwata lubricant, reinsert needle, put about 4 drops of vallejo glow improver in the clean brush and spray it out. Shave the living hell out of the VMA paint bottle, use a bit of flow improver and vallejo paint thinner if using vallejo paint.

Hey folks just saying hi. I am mostly a wargamer who paints 1:100 scale WW2 stuff and 1:300 scale modern stuff, I let airbrushing turn into another hobby of mine and found this website when I was looking at laquer and enamel paints. Any way looking forward to learning stuff here.