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Airbrush technique troubleshooting


A_S

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2 hours ago, A_S said:

I was spraying at about 12-14 psi. Still no closer to understanding what I am doing wrong!

My personal opinion is that the tip size at 0.35 could be a little larger, I normally use a 0.5 for painting car bodies, however, I think the pressure is too low. 12psi is simply not enough pressure to suck up the paint, atomise it, then spray it onto the model surface. That's why you're getting that dusty effect. Low pressure is fine with a fine detail brush maybe doing some mottled camouflage on a German aeroplane, but for heavier application of a solid, wet, gloss coat you need to be laying some paint down. Personally I use 25 psi minimum with spraying a body of a car for example. People will come now and say they use 10-15 psi and if that works for them that's okay, but it doesn't work for me...

Edited by Steve Noble
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