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  • Member since
    April 2010
  • From: Yuma, AZ
Orange peel advice
Posted by Ripcord on Sunday, October 10, 2010 10:32 AM

Hi everyone!  My current WIP is a P-40 Kittyhawk.  While attempting to paint it my airrush blew up.  Sad  So, until I can get another I am using rattle cans.  I have a bit of a problem theat I cannot get rid of.  Here in Yuma, AZ all the spray paint I use,  aribrush included, orange peels pretty bad.  I have tried changing air pressure and thinning the paint on both sides of the spectrum before the airbrush went down.  Even the rattle cans do the same thing.  Anyone one else in Ariaona have this problem? Or better yet any one know have to fix it?  Thanks for the post!

Mike

  • Member since
    August 2006
  • From: Neenah, WI
Posted by HawkeyeHobbies on Monday, October 11, 2010 9:20 AM

Rattle cans were never made to put down perfect finishes. About all you can do is wet sand with a little water and a polishing stick to knock down peel effect.

 

Gerald "Hawkeye" Voigt

http://hawkeyes-squawkbox.com/

 

 

"Its not the workbench that makes the model, it is the modeler at the workbench."

  • Member since
    November 2009
  • From: Twin Cities of Minnesota
Posted by Don Stauffer on Tuesday, October 12, 2010 9:28 AM

What range of pressures did you cover?

Don Stauffer in Minnesota

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