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randypandy831he was saying 20 pounds was to high to spray. i was saying i didn't have a problem spraying at 20 pounds. no overspray. the fast drying problem still lives on. if it keeps up i'll proble give hawk eye products a try.
Perhaps not so much an issue of overspray, but spraying at 20PSI may exacerbate the fast drying problem due to faster evaporation of the solvent?
Perhaps reduce the pressure and reduce the distance from your airbrush to the subject?
thanks for all the info everyone.
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This is one of the reasons I love the Metalizers. They dry very quickly, but they are not durable. I wait 48 hours before doing anything with them; buffing, handling, washing, etc. Here, where it is warm(ish) year round, it dries on contact pretty much from a foot away. If doing a heavy wet coat, it dries within a minute or so.
If you do enough coats (5+), and wait long enough (72 hours +), you can wet sand with MicroMesh and polish to a mirror finish. It's more of a pain than Alclad, but you'll get similar results. Good to know if youre in a pinch.
randypandy831 he was saying 20 pounds was to high to spray. i was saying i didn't have a problem spraying at 20 pounds. no overspray.
he was saying 20 pounds was to high to spray. i was saying i didn't have a problem spraying at 20 pounds. no overspray.
If over spray is not a problem then a higher psi is actually better as the paint atomizes better.
Shoot Metalizer straight from the bottle as thinning is not necessary.
Mike
he was saying 20 pounds was to high to spray. i was saying i didn't have a problem spraying at 20 pounds. no overspray. the fast drying problem still lives on. if it keeps up i'll proble give hawk eye products a try.
randypandy831 i tried thinned and unthinned with the same problem. spraying at 20 pounds wasn't a problem. worked fine.
i tried thinned and unthinned with the same problem. spraying at 20 pounds wasn't a problem. worked fine.
Ok , it was the same problem but it worked fine ? That sounds like no problem .
HawkeyeHobbies Its suppose to dry fast. But shooting it at 20 psi? Drop your pressure down to 12-15 psi, 20 is way too high.
Its suppose to dry fast. But shooting it at 20 psi? Drop your pressure down to 12-15 psi, 20 is way too high.
That depends on the airbrush. A siphon-feed airbrush may need 20 psi to spray reliably.
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As far as drying fast that is the characteristic of metalizer paints . I think its an advantage actually .
I've used it a couple of times but in the rattle can. It most certainly WILL dry fast if it is held too far away from target. I found 6 inches or so works best and since it is a rattle can, I have to move the bugger quick!
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I didn't have any issue when I did it... it says 'Airbrushing Only' on my MM Metalizer bottles too. Are there two different versions of MM Metalizers out there?
Andy
MM Metalizers are ready to go, right out of the bottle/jar. No thinning needed. Maybe that was the issue???
has any had any problems with it drying super fast when airbrushing? i was using my HP-CR at 20 PSI with their recommended thinner. its worse then spraying acrylics.
thanks!
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