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Painting and airbrushing

Started by Shipwreck at 10-29-2009 6:26 AM. Topic has 4 replies.
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   10-29-2009, 6:26 AM
Shipwreck

Joined on 05-24-2006
Irmo, South Carolina
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Room Temperature for Airbrush Spraying
Winter is coming for many of us! I will probably have to do most of my airbrush work in a cold garage in a temperature range of 35 to 45 degrees. Would this work? What would be an acceptable range?

Thank you.
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   10-29-2009, 8:12 AM
HawkeyeHobbies


Joined on 08-29-2006
Neenah, WI
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Re: Room Temperature for Airbrush Spraying

If there is any way to create yourself an area/room that can be warmed up to at least 50 degrees you'd be better off. Use some tarps to make a tent that you can warm with a small space heater. If you can't keep your paint and model in the warmth of the house to the last possible moment. The other factor of the process is the compressor itself. Being in a cold damp room it will be pumping out cold damp air. This can be an issue. Here's where a CO2 setup excels.

What is the reason you can't spray indoors? Odor? SWMBO?


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   10-29-2009, 11:13 PM
MikeV


Joined on 04-19-2003
Hayward, CA
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Re: Room Temperature for Airbrush Spraying
Warm the paint indoors and then go out in the garage and paint and bring it back indoors somewhere to cure. I have done that and with flat paints it wasn't a problem. With gloss colors I wouldn't recommend it though.

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   11-02-2009, 12:57 AM
9x19mm


Joined on 12-04-2003
Phoenix,Az
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Re: Room Temperature for Airbrush Spraying

Get a candle melter or coffee cup warmer. Either should help, plug it in out where your painting and use it to warm the paint.   The paint should be a better spraying temp.  I paid less then 10 for mine.

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   11-02-2009, 10:35 PM
MikeV


Joined on 04-19-2003
Hayward, CA
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Re: Room Temperature for Airbrush Spraying
 9x19mm wrote:

Get a candle melter or coffee cup warmer. Either should help, plug it in out where your painting and use it to warm the paint.   The paint should be a better spraying temp.  I paid less then 10 for mine.

I used to just put the bottle of paint and the airbrush under a 100 watt lightbulb for a while and then paint when I used to paint in the cold garage. You could also use a hair dryer.


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