how to airbrus with acrylic paint.

QUOTE: Originally posted by Themage i try to make acryl paints thick as i can get it through the airbrush

Me to, but only at the pressure that I want to spray at. Given enough pressure you can force grease through an airbrush I like to spray at about 15 psi and I thin my paint to spray properly at that pressure. I usually start at 3:1 (paint: primer) and then adjust if necessary.

I have never used Vallejo paints, but as per the words of the rest, a 30% paint to 70% thinner ration is very very thinned. I use something like this for a dustcoat. Try increasing the paint content gradually until you can see a difference.
Also, if you wish to use Vallejo, they have their Model Air range of paints, which are pre-thinned for airbrush use, so you shoot them as they are directly from the bottle.

i try to make acryl paints thick as i can get it through the airbrush

I have never used Vallejo paints, use Tamiya but the best advice I can give is to test your mixture until you find what works for you. I thin my Tamiya about 60-40 paint to alcohol, but thin it more when I am doing fine lines. Its all in what works for you. Several thin coats work for me, I found out the hard way that trying to get one coat coverage will cause runs of paint. Good luck

hey kameleon! (Groningen area? Just a guess)

I use a 70-30 ratio for post shading, weathering or a wash. for anything else its way too thin. I use tamiya acryllics and am very happy to thin them to a consistency that thay just leave a transparant film of paint on the glass if swirled around in the jar. A lot of it comes down to practice really. Like with cooking, adding enough so it seems right.

Water is a bit tricky, and I've found that a nice big bottle of spiritus goes a long way and works very well. Not only can you thin the paints, but you can also clean your airbrush afterwards (or annoy your parents/family by using their Bols.)

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Seems like it's too thin, but don't what the ratio for Vallejo should. I have not airbrushed their paint yet, but use it to brush paint. The paint is really thick in the bottle and even needs to be thinned to be brush painted, so I won't be suprised that you may need to thin it 30-70.

Vallejo has a Model Air line of paint premixed for airbrushing. You could get a bottle of that and airbrush it straight from the bottle. If you don't have any problems with it then just thin the regular Vallejo to the consistency of the Model Air.

Yeah, that mix is thin. I've been using acrylics for handpainting & ABing for several years and I think thats extremely thined out. Acrylic paints are hard to master, because if you don't thin them right, you will get very thick color, but specaled and spotty spray patterns. If their diluted too much, then you'll spray them on the model and you'l get a lot of water (or whatever you diluted it with) and very little paint. If you just diluted your paint this way, then stop! Don't spray it on the model! It'll be a big mess! Just add more paint to it. But the magic mixture for acrylics is, well I really don't know. What I mean by I don't know is I don't thin my paints to exact mixtures of ratios, like 1 part something to 3 parts something else. I pour a little paint in a mix it to about the consistancy of milk or maybe a little less. I know acrylics well enough, so I don't need to worry about mixture ratios. But try thinning the paint to the consistancy of milk. Spray with it and add a little water or paint depending on what it looks like it needs. Hope it helps.

That mixture seems very thin to me. I haven't used Vallejo but acrylics generally don't stick as well as enamels anyway. If the paint is too thin you will need a few coats to get the right depth of colour. If you try getting the right depth in one coat it will run and won't stick to well. If this isn't the problem try washing the model and then priming before painting.

hope this helps

Instead of water, use window washer fluid, or some other combination of alcohol, water, and detergent.