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airbrushing clogging with acrylics

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  • Member since
    February 2003
Posted by ponch on Monday, April 21, 2003 12:04 AM
I doesn't hurt either to have a q-tip moistened with isopropyl alcohol at hand, and dab at your airbrush tip when it starts getting sticky. 9 out of 10 times that'll do the trick.

 

 

  • Member since
    January 2003
  • From: NE Georgia
Posted by Keyworth on Thursday, March 20, 2003 10:36 PM
Try thinning with isopropryl alcohol instead (rubbing alcohol). Your results should be much better. Add just enough to thin your acrylics to milk consistency. Hope this helps. - Ed
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    November 2005
airbrushing clogging with acrylics
Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, March 16, 2003 7:33 PM
airbrush(s): paashe model H & Iwata hp-b
paint medium(s): 1. fw acrylic ink, 2. liquitex concentrated medium viscosity paint thinned with airbrush medium and
3. water color

I create my own figures, cast them out of a hard urethane and paint them with acrylics. I have been having a problem when I detail with my airbrush in order to get fine lines. I get fine results when I use straight acylic ink or watercolor. But when I mix the liquitex with the airbrush medium I get constant clogging. I use more than enough airbrush medium. Does anyone have any suggestions or can point out what I'm doing wrong the liquitex paint. Thanks

paul
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