Kim McCann
Mac-Valve Maestro!
Some time back I bought a set of the CI Grey Scale. Usually mix my own, but I thought it might be nice to have premix handy for when I am lazy.
I have to say, these have annoyed the heck out of me. They separate almost instantly, the white settling out of suspension, have utterly ludicrous tip dry and through my trusty micron, like to slow and surge like there's chunks in the paint, near constantly. Their #9, which is almost black for example will start to spray, then within a few seconds, start to slow to a crawl, and then pressure builds up and they surge again, with inevitable splatter. Pick up black, flows like a dream. Pick up pure white, flows like a dream. The entire greyscale paints however seem to flow like crap through a micron, even over reduced to the point it's almost water.
Then there is seeding in 4013 and 4012. Ever. Single. One.
I have to filter paint constantly, so any dreams of a handy shortcut are gone.
What gives? Has anyone else encountered this?
Flows much better through an eclipse, but it's next to useless with either my CM-C+, or CM-SB or the CM-Takumi. It's like the pigment isn't nearly as finely ground as in the other CI paints.
Is this actually by design? It is only meant for larger nozzle sizes?
It's frustrating, as I have pretty much the entire range of CI and these are the only ones that give me grief.
It's reminding me of why I switched from Wicked years ago, when the seeding problem with a whole run of them was figuratively driving me mad. 4013 reducer fixed that, so I can use them again, but I fell in love with Illustration in the meantime.
But 4013 doesn't fix it with the greyscale.
I'm wondering if anyone else has encountered this. It's possible I just got a bad set, but that seems unlikely.
Thoughts? Feedback? Suggestions for a better reducer for them?
I have to say, these have annoyed the heck out of me. They separate almost instantly, the white settling out of suspension, have utterly ludicrous tip dry and through my trusty micron, like to slow and surge like there's chunks in the paint, near constantly. Their #9, which is almost black for example will start to spray, then within a few seconds, start to slow to a crawl, and then pressure builds up and they surge again, with inevitable splatter. Pick up black, flows like a dream. Pick up pure white, flows like a dream. The entire greyscale paints however seem to flow like crap through a micron, even over reduced to the point it's almost water.
Then there is seeding in 4013 and 4012. Ever. Single. One.
I have to filter paint constantly, so any dreams of a handy shortcut are gone.
What gives? Has anyone else encountered this?
Flows much better through an eclipse, but it's next to useless with either my CM-C+, or CM-SB or the CM-Takumi. It's like the pigment isn't nearly as finely ground as in the other CI paints.
Is this actually by design? It is only meant for larger nozzle sizes?
It's frustrating, as I have pretty much the entire range of CI and these are the only ones that give me grief.
It's reminding me of why I switched from Wicked years ago, when the seeding problem with a whole run of them was figuratively driving me mad. 4013 reducer fixed that, so I can use them again, but I fell in love with Illustration in the meantime.
But 4013 doesn't fix it with the greyscale.
I'm wondering if anyone else has encountered this. It's possible I just got a bad set, but that seems unlikely.
Thoughts? Feedback? Suggestions for a better reducer for them?