one shot

[gary jackson]

so ive been a sign painter for 50 plus years and i never thought of spraying a body with it    i have brush painted small parts with it and it worked ok    so does anyone have any tips for airbrushing with it   ive heard you can cut enamel 50% with laquer thinner   how about adding couple drops of gloss hardener

[Skip]

Fellow sign painter here apprenticed in the late 70's.

Yes, you can reduce Sign Painter's One Shot Enamel with lacquer thinner to about a 50/50 ratio. You might even have some of the One Shot hardener in your kit, (I know I do). Reducing enamel paints with lacquer thinners by sign painters goes back to the early 1900's (and probably earlier) it's not a new idea. Sign Painters use lacquer thinner to dry quicker, smooth out the enamel's brush strokes and give it more sheen.

MCW paints offers an enamel hardener (about 1 - 2 oz jar), which I've used successfully on almost all the enamels that I've got in my stash of model paint. So, I'm sure it will work with the One Shot as it's a straight enamel itself. 

One Shot sprays like any enamel, when reduced to the consistency of milk. Depending on your airbrush and air source/compressor, start around 15 - 20 psi either reducing or increasing air pressure as you go until you get the spray pattern you want.

One Shot does make some really cool colors that you don't see in most ranges of model paints, only drawback is you either have to buy a 1/2 or full pint.

[gary jackson]

thanks buddy