Returning to the original question, which I guess could be summed up as:
is it a fair to expect to be able to spray a continuous, sub 1mm line using Golden High Flow straight from the bottle ?
and :
is it a fair to expect to be able to spray a continuous, sub 1mm line using Golden High Flow thinned with either water or the manufacturers recommended medium?
I'm still wondering about this. I've started filtering the paint (no difference in this instance). I've also tried in different weather conditions including a super-humid rainy day which was enough to make a bit of cardboard left outside under cover go floppy. Still no improvement.
I also wet to our local art supplier to buy some medium but they didnt have any, so have to continue without it.
Anyway, I was noticing a post by Airbrush Dreams, here
http://www.airbrushforum.org/threads/doing-an-experiment.16586/ where his experiences seemed to be the same as mine. So even though a number of posters above claimed to have no problem with GHF doing detail, including straight out of the bottle, I'm wondering whether it is the definition of detail that causes the differences in understanding. See, most times I've seen people do very thin lines they are doing things like fur or whiskers which requires a stop/start motion - usually a very thin dagger stroke which kind of peters out towards the end anyway. I can do the
short strokes no problem - when I start each stroke the tip dry or whatever it is somehow resolves itself -its when I try to do
continuous that the GHF seems to come up short.
So is there any satisfied GHF user out there who is prepared to resolve this by setting up to do a continuous very fine line using GHF ? Well maybe not continuous, 600mm long would be enough to prove the point.
I'm betting GHF wont do the job, but people dont notice because there isnt a big call for very long thin lines. I'm not so sure I need them myself now, but would like to resolve the issue to make sure I"m getting the best out of my paints.
Either way it goes, I reckon your result will help just about every beginner because we all go through the same issues with tip dry, lines and detail and its a long process sorting out whether the problem is you or the paint.
cheers
Arron