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Andrew Casley
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Hi all, i'm pretty new to this so bear with me. Experience wise, I have spray painted a few motorcycles over the years, just for myself and consider myself a fair spray painter. I've only ever use automotive acrylic paint and it's always turned out okay. Now that I want to move into airbrushing some of my bikes, I have a couple of questions regarding paint usage. I intend to respray a bike shortly, and then put a mural on the tank. I was in a local shop the other day and they have some 'water based' airbrush paint. The salesman said this would be okay to use over acrylic auto paint, then seal with an acrylic clear topcoat. It might just be me, but this didn't sound right, can water based and auto be layered over each other without any adverse affects? The salesman said this is a new thing, I said I would do some research and ask around. Seeing as I will probably be predominantly mucking about with auto painting, I would say I will stick to this type of paint. I look forward to any advice on this. I will also need a lot of practice, so I guess I could use an alternative until I get better. I've seen food dye suggested.
Also, in my town there is not really anyone who caters for airbrushing supplies. I go to Melbourne on a pretty regular basis, so if anyone Downunder is reading this, can you please suggest a place where I might be able to source some paint, or even a good on-line source in Oz would be helpful.
Thanks in advance all. Kind regards, Andrew.
Also, in my town there is not really anyone who caters for airbrushing supplies. I go to Melbourne on a pretty regular basis, so if anyone Downunder is reading this, can you please suggest a place where I might be able to source some paint, or even a good on-line source in Oz would be helpful.
Thanks in advance all. Kind regards, Andrew.