Alclad Fail

[Ben]

Ben,

This doesn't sound right to me. This may be the reason you are experiencing the spattering, your Alclad is too thick. A higher psi may eliminate this problem. The Alclad I have is the consistency of water or closer to, like Dave said, alcohol. It is very thin. Also, I have read where others have said they set their airbrush in the 10psi+- range. I don't know the psi of my brush, but have always gotten good results from the first time I used Alclad(chrome and polished aluminum). You may consider purchasing a new bottle to compare.

Hey Les, i'll take a look at a newer bottle the next time I go to the hobby shop. I think I had splattering with the tan paint I had mixed up when I painted that Cummins as well. It doesn't do it all the time, just when I first start to pull the trigger back. Once the paint is flowing it sprays fine. I'm using a really cheap regulator that keeps the pressure consistant as long as i'm holding the trigger down but as soon as I let off the pressure rises and I have to spray away from the part i'm painting for a second to bleed off the excess pressure. I might get a can of Propel air and see how it works with that.