rattle can.

all great ideas thanks guys

gdarwin

Hi, Hugh! Welcome to the forum family. Hope you enjoy it here.

I have used rattle can primer and it works very well. The one thing that you have to be careful of when using rattle cans is that the volume of paint from a spray can is several magnitudes more than what comes from an airbrush, so that spraying may fill in fine detail, or round out raised detail.

I think it was Swanny who orgininally suggested using a straw to spray from the can to an airbrush color cup or spray bottle. Great idea.

Gip Winecoff

I suggest the use of RustOleum(r) Automobile body Primer as an alternative to use of teh airbrush when one needs to paint light gray on a model either for primer or as a match for the light grays now predominant in military operations. This suggestion is also good for those who want to prime armor and ships as well. Hope this helps someone.

Hugh Gilmartin,Jr.

I've never read in any Japanese magazines anything recommending punching holes in PRESSURIZED spray cans!

DO NOT DO THAT!!!

But what is normal here is to fully release ALL pressure from any kind of aerosol or otherwise pressurized can and THEN punching a hole in it before throwing it out, so it doesn't blow up when the sanitation engineers (aka garbagemen) take it away.

You can actually buy a scissors-like device for puncturing the cans. I thought it was nutty when I first heard about it, but seeing it in practice, it kinda makes sense.

Aside from releasing all that toxic propellent into the atmosphere! (To be fair, it may not be toxic...but ya never know!)

I've heard of sme people reading in Japanese mags to puncture a small hole and allow the paint out. To me this seems nothing but STUPID. WHy the hell anyone would want to punch holes in pressurized tanks is beyond me.
ANywhoo, as MusicCity suggested, just spray the paint into a bottle. Do not spray it into an open container such as an opened jar, as the strong air current carrying the paint will make it blow out and into your face. Best is a water bottle, as the bottleneck will ensure the spray is going IN not out of the bottle.

thanks for the info

gdarwin.

Sure, just spray some out in a bottle. Really, that's the easiest way to do it. Be aware that it is VERY thin though.