Airbrush Issue

[Wardah]

Well I decided for now to just use paint in my new airbrush. Of course turns out I'm having issues painting a pony. It's coming out all spattery for lack of a better word. Does anyone here with airbrush experience have any clue what went wrong?

[Diamond]

It might help if you posted some photos and some specifics about your airbrush/set up.  It can be several things - such as the pressure coming from your compressor to the paint being too thin, too a bent needle to not clean nozzle. 

[Wardah]

It's a Testor's Aztek A270 Mighty Mini with a compressor. It's brand new and my first time using it so I don't think anything is dirty or bent. I can't get pictures of the splatter because now that it's dried it doesn't even show. I was painting with transparent yellow acrylic mixed into Createx transparent airbrush medium but I must not have added enough color for it to show.

[pyrodarknessanny]

hay you tried playing around with the air flow / pressure ?

[Sakuyamon]

Try adjusting the distance at which  you spray, you might hold  the object too close to the spray or the paint might not be thinned out enough.

[Wardah]

Could it be what I'm spraying on? I'm spraying on a hard plastic surface. I'm wondering if I should prime it with dullcote?

[kaoskat]

It could and I would. Also, give it a good wash to remove any possible oil residue on it.

[aintnobuffalo]

As someone also still learning to use an airbrush, I find my paint splatters when I don't have the consistency right or when the nozzle is starting to have some dried paint, but as others have said, it can be a lot of different issues causing it.

[Wardah]

As someone also still learning to use an airbrush, I find my paint splatters when I don't have the consistency right or when the nozzle is starting to have some dried paint, but as others have said, it can be a lot of different issues causing it.

So it might be the consistency? Did it happen when it was too liquidy or too thick?

[Galactica]

Splatter happens for me when the paint is too thick-  I'd add water.

You might want to experiment with spraying on a sheet of cardboard, I think it takes a little bit of practice.

Oh and make sure you take your ENTIRE airbrush apart to clean every time you are done using it- a teeny bit of paint dried up in there can mess everything all up too.

[aintnobuffalo]

Yes, I think it was too thick when it did that.

[Wardah]

What if it's a runny kind of splatter?

[Galactica]

I really urge you to experiment-  really airbrushing does take some experimentation and practice with the settings and viscosity.