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Creativity => Customs => Topic started by: Wardah on July 03, 2015, 05:42:30 PM
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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?
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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.
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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.
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hay you tried playing around with the air flow / pressure ?
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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.
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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?
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It could and I would. Also, give it a good wash to remove any possible oil residue on it.
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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.
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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?
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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.
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Yes, I think it was too thick when it did that.
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What if it's a runny kind of splatter?
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I really urge you to experiment- really airbrushing does take some experimentation and practice with the settings and viscosity.