What happened with this paint?

[bh1701]

I was airbrushing the gray portion of the two-tone paint on my 1957 Ford Fairlane yesterday and noticed the little black specs appearing quite frequently. I am using ScaleFinishes paints which I have always been pleased with.

Wasn't sure what was going on, but then I remembered that when I received the bottle that there was a fairly solid black "ring" around the bottle near the bottom. I shook it by hand before using hoping that this black was just some pigment/coloring that would disappear and get blended in. When it did not, I used my battery powered paint stirrer but the black was still there. It looks like the paint stirrer sliced through the black in places.

When spraying, I stated noticing small black specks appearing on the model.

After I thought about it a bit, I figured that these specks in the paint were from the black ring that had been loosened up when I use the paint stirrer.

Does that sound like what happened?

Bart

P.S. I am also reaching out to the vendor to see what he thinks happened.

 

[Ace-Garageguy]

Yeah, that's what happened.

Never assume that shaking or stirring will get every bit of pigment, especially dried pigment, back in suspension.

They make paint filters for just exactly this reason.

 

[bh1701]

55 minutes ago, Ace-Garageguy said:

Yeah, that's what happened.

Never assume that shaking or stirring will get every bit of pigment, especially dried pigment, back in suspension.

They make paint filters for just exactly this reason.

 

Thanks, Bill

Paint filters are now on my shopping list!

Bart