22 replies to this topic

[zenrat]

Rattle cans for primer, undercoat, sometimes colour coat & sometimes clear.

Airbrush for alclad (including the black undercoat), custom colour mixes, candies, fades & fancy paint effects, 2 pack clear and it i'm putting bling into the clear.

 

I resisted getting an airbrush thinking i'd find the cleaning a chore but that's not the case.  I'm fairly slack with the cleaning (doing only the minimum) but the only time it's clogged was due to a spider setting up home inside the tip!

 

And yes, thanks Don for the GP thinners with enamels tip.  I now get good glossy black undercoats for alclad every time.  Woohoo!

Edited by zenrat, 08 February 2013 - 04:17 PM.

[Tom Geiger]

I do own two air brushes (one a gift, the other won at a contest) and haven't used them in years. I do mainly light commercial and weathered models so I'm not concerned about mirror finishes.   I use mostly automotive paint like Duplicolor in rattle cans. I get the finish I'm looking for and will spray the smallest parts, seldom brush painting anything. 

[MachinistMark]

I am kind of addicted to my AB. I prefer it to hand painting or spray cans, although I also use both. In order: AB, can, hand. I probably use it even when it's not necessary and paint one or two small parts - wasting time and thinner to clean - but, as I said, I really like using it.

I am about 50/50 AB/cans on large parts like bodies, though.

. Pretty much. Hate brush painting with a passion. An evvvvverything. Engines, suspensions, frames and bodies. Though for bodies and floors I use my half pint touch up gun for the wider spray pattern