S
Stuart
Guest
I have a question I started airbrushing about a week ago trying to do lexan RC car bodies. I was using Testor "Pactra" Racing Finish. It's a lacquer paint and after reducing sprayed wonderfully, great control no clogging issues just very potent aroma.
So in order to practice technique I thought it wise to use some paint that was a lot less toxic. I went to my local arts and crafts store and picked up a 6 pack of the spectra tex opaque and some of their brand cleaner. I printed out a bunch of the practice PDFs from the website and eagerly set up.
Now with this new spectra-tex I am having horrible flow issues. It will not keep a steady spray of paint. I tried it straight out of the bottle and different ratios reduced. I could not practice at all today as I was trying to solve this problem. I have 3 brushes, all had the same issues, when I tried using the other paint "pactra" it was smooth again.
Any ideas would help a lot I would really like to get to painting.
Heres what I was using.
iwata eclipse HP BPS .5 needle (3 different brushes same prob, took apart and cleaned)
psi I tried several ranging 15-80
spectra-tex opaque black (reduced and straight from the bottle)
i can't think of any other variables, I read about pulsing and checked seals, needles, and it didn't make sense to me that one paint works and the other does not.
Stu
sorry Im reposting this in troubleshooting. Didn't mean to high jack this. Admin feel free to delete.
So in order to practice technique I thought it wise to use some paint that was a lot less toxic. I went to my local arts and crafts store and picked up a 6 pack of the spectra tex opaque and some of their brand cleaner. I printed out a bunch of the practice PDFs from the website and eagerly set up.
Now with this new spectra-tex I am having horrible flow issues. It will not keep a steady spray of paint. I tried it straight out of the bottle and different ratios reduced. I could not practice at all today as I was trying to solve this problem. I have 3 brushes, all had the same issues, when I tried using the other paint "pactra" it was smooth again.
Any ideas would help a lot I would really like to get to painting.
Heres what I was using.
iwata eclipse HP BPS .5 needle (3 different brushes same prob, took apart and cleaned)
psi I tried several ranging 15-80
spectra-tex opaque black (reduced and straight from the bottle)
i can't think of any other variables, I read about pulsing and checked seals, needles, and it didn't make sense to me that one paint works and the other does not.
Stu
sorry Im reposting this in troubleshooting. Didn't mean to high jack this. Admin feel free to delete.
Last edited by a moderator: