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Milo
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Hi everyone, I stopped painting a long time ago (over 10 years).. due to illness and life issues.
My wife reminded me of something I said I would make her and it brought up two projects to do. One is going to be on T-shirt the other will either be on T-shirt or canvas/clayboard/gesso'd masonite. Well once I start practicing again.
After 10+ years of course I assumed any opened paints I had would be bad (I had comart and golden fluid with airbrush extender, as well as some comart textile (jurek) paints. I have some unopened holbein paints after taking a dru blair workshop but never got to use them.
I have a few questions so pardon some hopefully simple questions.
To do the project I figured I would need to get some new paints. We had to go through Anaheim recently so we stopped by Coast Airbrush and the guy told me I should go with Createx Wicked Paints. I had taken a workshop with Dru Blair before and they had a Dru Set of Wicked Paints. Turns out more than one, he had quoted me the normal, and they had an illustration set which I had grabbed and had him swap as I didn't have that kind of money to spend on the illustration set. He also gave me some reducer (500). Now with the Comart and the Illustration paints we used in the workshop I never really 'reduced' just straight out of the bottle or if I had to thin I could add a drop of water.
So apparently the Wicked (there appears to be two types, wicked and wicked detail and one regular createx due to not having a specific blue for the tutorial I am going to follow. I also got the 500 Reducer (not the 100)
I have an HP-C HP-SB and a CM-SB. I hope to just use the CM-SB for this. As I had that unit serviced by coast airbrush after my one attempt to paint again and well lets say my illness raised its head I ended up damaging the needle.
So here are the questions:
First did I buy the wrong paints?
Reducing: How much do I reduce LOL. Does it depend on the surface, type of paint, which airbrush? It says on the bottle for a .5 and I believe the CM-SB is a .15 (I think). Is there a ratio? I assume that I mix it in a separate disposable cup or with a brush in the cup? In both workshops I took we normally only put a few drops in at a time when painting, for shirts I would use quiet a bit more at a time. I may use the HP-C on the T-shirt. Initial project is a Shirt the other would be Canvas/Gesso'd masonite/Clayboard
Is there some guidelines or basic rules to follow for this. I assume you would only want to use the Createx brand reducer.
On another forum someone said you have to wait 10 mins after reducing to start painting with it? That could be painful
Cleaning: It says it needs a specific Createx cleaner for the wicked, not to clean with water between the colors. THey didn't sell me any cleaner but my wife is going into the closest city tomorrow and is going to stop by hobby lobby and pick me up some of the cleaner. It seems rather expensive on the web for the cleaner.
Is there a more economical cleaner that won't damage my airbrush? Previously with the other paints I would mostly clean with water and then run a small amount of airbrush cleaner. Someone suggested back then some Vodka or 91% Isopropal Alcohol. I know widex and those are out because they can strip the chrome off and I don't want to damage the O-Ring.
Painting indoors:
There seems to be more in this paint making me concerned for spraying inside even with a mask and a box fan with filter (maybe two box fans). They have some flow material apparently in it. Any thoughts on this are appreciated.
Other:
Are there any other things I should have bough such as extenders or base (just things I saw on the website.) I understand that Wicked just has to be heat set for shirts and no additional coating is needed?
These also seem from reading accounts that the wicked are fairly color fast?
Hopefully tip dry isn't too bad on the Wicked. I took a chance getting the set. When I first tried createx paints way back I had a heck of a time painting with them.
A question off the track some. I see some people painting on Gatorboard I would assume that isn't archival for having your painting last?
I am trying to see if I can still paint, if I enjoy it or if I should move more digital.
Thanks for your time
I need to get familiarized with the forums.
My wife reminded me of something I said I would make her and it brought up two projects to do. One is going to be on T-shirt the other will either be on T-shirt or canvas/clayboard/gesso'd masonite. Well once I start practicing again.
After 10+ years of course I assumed any opened paints I had would be bad (I had comart and golden fluid with airbrush extender, as well as some comart textile (jurek) paints. I have some unopened holbein paints after taking a dru blair workshop but never got to use them.
I have a few questions so pardon some hopefully simple questions.
To do the project I figured I would need to get some new paints. We had to go through Anaheim recently so we stopped by Coast Airbrush and the guy told me I should go with Createx Wicked Paints. I had taken a workshop with Dru Blair before and they had a Dru Set of Wicked Paints. Turns out more than one, he had quoted me the normal, and they had an illustration set which I had grabbed and had him swap as I didn't have that kind of money to spend on the illustration set. He also gave me some reducer (500). Now with the Comart and the Illustration paints we used in the workshop I never really 'reduced' just straight out of the bottle or if I had to thin I could add a drop of water.
So apparently the Wicked (there appears to be two types, wicked and wicked detail and one regular createx due to not having a specific blue for the tutorial I am going to follow. I also got the 500 Reducer (not the 100)
I have an HP-C HP-SB and a CM-SB. I hope to just use the CM-SB for this. As I had that unit serviced by coast airbrush after my one attempt to paint again and well lets say my illness raised its head I ended up damaging the needle.
So here are the questions:
First did I buy the wrong paints?
Reducing: How much do I reduce LOL. Does it depend on the surface, type of paint, which airbrush? It says on the bottle for a .5 and I believe the CM-SB is a .15 (I think). Is there a ratio? I assume that I mix it in a separate disposable cup or with a brush in the cup? In both workshops I took we normally only put a few drops in at a time when painting, for shirts I would use quiet a bit more at a time. I may use the HP-C on the T-shirt. Initial project is a Shirt the other would be Canvas/Gesso'd masonite/Clayboard
Is there some guidelines or basic rules to follow for this. I assume you would only want to use the Createx brand reducer.
On another forum someone said you have to wait 10 mins after reducing to start painting with it? That could be painful
Cleaning: It says it needs a specific Createx cleaner for the wicked, not to clean with water between the colors. THey didn't sell me any cleaner but my wife is going into the closest city tomorrow and is going to stop by hobby lobby and pick me up some of the cleaner. It seems rather expensive on the web for the cleaner.
Is there a more economical cleaner that won't damage my airbrush? Previously with the other paints I would mostly clean with water and then run a small amount of airbrush cleaner. Someone suggested back then some Vodka or 91% Isopropal Alcohol. I know widex and those are out because they can strip the chrome off and I don't want to damage the O-Ring.
Painting indoors:
There seems to be more in this paint making me concerned for spraying inside even with a mask and a box fan with filter (maybe two box fans). They have some flow material apparently in it. Any thoughts on this are appreciated.
Other:
Are there any other things I should have bough such as extenders or base (just things I saw on the website.) I understand that Wicked just has to be heat set for shirts and no additional coating is needed?
These also seem from reading accounts that the wicked are fairly color fast?
Hopefully tip dry isn't too bad on the Wicked. I took a chance getting the set. When I first tried createx paints way back I had a heck of a time painting with them.
A question off the track some. I see some people painting on Gatorboard I would assume that isn't archival for having your painting last?
I am trying to see if I can still paint, if I enjoy it or if I should move more digital.
Thanks for your time
I need to get familiarized with the forums.
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