Airbrushing fluorescent paints

Just for future reference, Vallejo products don't mix with Tamiya acrylic thinner. I've never tried it but we have many confirmed reports here in the forum of that being the case.

When I get a clogged nozzle my typical response is 12-24 hours of soaking in lacquer thinner ( hardware store variety and not the new green friendly stuff). The next day you can usually see right through it but in worst cases it might take a little probing . Just sayin

Glad it's working now !!

Phil_H

Your best bet would be to first strip down your airbrush and give it a thorough cleaning. It sounds as if it's pretty well clogged.

 

 

I tried thinning the paint with Vallejo AND Tamiya acrylic thinners, but the results are the same as before; tiny little pigments just floating on the clear liquid..

 

No, don't do this. Tamiya thinner + Vallejo paint = sticky ball of goo.

 

 

Thanks for the advice. I've got the paint spraying well now, but the other bottle was unusable before I took some radical measures anyway.... It was like that when I first opened it, and I thought mixing it well would do the trick.... It didn't.

Your best bet would be to first strip down your airbrush and give it a thorough cleaning. It sounds as if it's pretty well clogged.

I tried thinning the paint with Vallejo AND Tamiya acrylic thinners, but the results are the same as before; tiny little pigments just floating on the clear liquid..

No, don't do this. Tamiya thinner + Vallejo paint = sticky ball of goo.

 

Thanks for the tips!! 

Like the fluorescent paint I mentioned, all paints are Vallejo Air, and I used Vallejo Airbrush thinner and a few drops of Vallejo flow improver. 

The problem may have been caused by the faulty bottle of paint I attempted  to use.. could've wrecked the nozzle completely..... The paint doesn't even show any signs of trying to get mixed with the other bonding liquids. I tried all sorts of things, I tried thinning the paint with Vallejo AND Tamiya acrylic thinners, but the results are the same as before; tiny little pigments just floating on the clear liquid.... These small bottles are quite valuable here, is there any way I can actually get it into use...?

Hello!

Even if your fluorescent paint was 100% all right, a colour like red is one of the hardest to make it cover well, so your best bet is to paint the part white - Tamiya white primer could be a good tip here - and then put the fluorescent paint on top of that. Silver undercoat could work, too, but in case of fluorescent I'd say white.

Good luck and have a nice day

Paweł

When airbrushing it's important to know and also mention when asking questions, which version of Vallejo paint you're using. Model Air is quite user friendly but Model Color while great for brushing is very fussy on proper thinning to airbrush it. And both need complete mixing...

So look at your products and let us know which version you are using and also what thinner you are using.