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Help please? Airbrushing nightmare!

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  • Member since
    October 2017
Posted by Dominic L on Tuesday, August 2, 2022 7:05 PM

Low air pressure means wetter coats. If you're too close, pulling the trigger back too far with too low a pressure setting, you'll get fish eyes. You want to spray lightly, especially when spraying on dry paint or primer. The video below may help.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyte6l1Gokw

  • Member since
    July 2022
  • From: Knoxville Iowa
Posted by Piper on Sunday, July 31, 2022 4:15 PM

Making sure the paint is stirred well seems to help . I personally drop 2 little stainless steel shaker balls in each bottle and use a Robart electric shaker . 

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    November 2018
Posted by oldermodelguy on Monday, July 25, 2022 12:50 PM

With acrylics generally it's a cratering effect more so than actual fish eyes. Both look similar. I've generally found the cause to be the thinner I've used in a given paint or an additive and or as mentioned, how well the paint was mixed up. Some acrylics really do benefit from a power mixer like the little Badger battery powered unit.

  • Member since
    September 2017
  • From: Roanoke Virginia
Posted by Strongeagle on Monday, July 25, 2022 10:56 AM

Dear Elliboy,

I'm not sure, but I think the guy that invented acrylic paint is the same guy that invented the fish eye.  I've had the same problem with Stynylres, Model Master Acrylics and Vallejo Air, to name a few.  I find that a gentle, light swab with ordinary mineral spirts will usually end the problem.  Pull a cotton cloth tight over your finger tip, dip the cloth covered finger tip in the mineral spirits, just enough to get it damp, and use your finger tip to wipe down the model. When it's completely dry, go ahead and paint. I've also tried this using isopropyl alcohol, but it won't work.

Good luck.

  • Member since
    March 2003
  • From: Western North Carolina
Posted by Tojo72 on Monday, July 25, 2022 10:19 AM

Gotta stir that stuff real good,sometimes more then just shaking.Some take the cap off and actually stir it with something.

  • Member since
    July 2022
Help please? Airbrushing nightmare!
Posted by Elliboy on Saturday, July 23, 2022 5:45 PM

Hi lovely people - can I ask an idiot question please?

 

im having a huge problem airbrushing Ammo mig acrylics (A-MIG-0926 olive drab), with an IWATA airbrush, on resobaly low settings, on to plastic kit which has been cleaned and primed with both (a) Vallejo grey primer and (b) simonix grey primer. whatever I do, it fish-eyes...properly fisheyes like I'm paining over an oil spill...

I've cleaned the parts with borax, primed them with Multiple coats and left them to cure. The same every time. What am I doing wrong??

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