another washing & air brush cleaning Q

First of all ..... welcome to the forums bboymute.

Are you sealing the paint with a gloss or dullcoat before you apply your washes?
If not, then that is probably your problem.

After painting your basecoats, apply a glosscoat (it will make your decals adhere better), then your decals, seal with dullcoat, then wash away.
Many prefer to wash over a gloss then apply dull.


Can't answer your A/B question though.

Enjoy the forums !!!!

QUOTE: I am using tamiya acrylic paints for both painting and washing, and everytime i try an washing technic I end up rubbing off the base paint as well (I did give few days for paint to dry before trying wash)...is it a bad idea to use same paint for both painting and washing? or am I doing something wrong?

I agree with ShermanFreak. Be sure to put a barrier coat between your paint coats and wash. Some Tamiya colors are very bad about dissolving lower coats. I finally quit using Tamiya flat black because anything I painted over it would dissolve it. Other than that I really like Tamiya paints.

QUOTE: I use PUMA air brush and I have very hard time cleaning it up after use. I can't never get it clean enough and each time I try to use it previous paint that I couldn't get to mixs with new paint. So the question is how do you go about cleaning your air brush (advice) or what is some easy cleaning air brush that is recommened?

I'm not familiar with your airbrush, so the best advice I can give is to refer to the manufacturer's recommendations.

I usually spray some of MikeV's magic thinner (2 parts distilled water, 1 part Simple Green, 1 part Windex) through mine and it cleans them just fine. If the paint isn't dry in the brush, just plain water will usually clean it out.

If paint has dried in the nozzle you may be able to soak it in laquer thinner overnight and clean it out.

WARNING! Not being familiar with your airbrush I can't say that laquer thinner won't hurt it! If it has plastic parts or O-rings or gaskets that are not "Thinner Proof" don't use laquer thinner. Also do not soak the air valve as they may have rubber o-rings. Again, refer to the manufacturer's instructions to see what is safe and what isn't.

thank you both for answering my questions, but here comes one more...

where I live, there isn't a hobby store around so what I want to ask is: which reliable internet store have modeling supply for fair price with fast shipping?

Again,I thank you

I've seen recommendations here for several of them. I've ordered from Squadron (www.squadron.com) several times and can't say anything bad about them.

QUOTE: Originally posted by bboymute where I live, there isn't a hobby store around so what I want to ask is: which reliable internet store have modeling supply for fair price with fast shipping?

Depends which country you live in.

i do live at US of A

as always, thank you

use Mike's Magic Airbrush Cleaner (2 parts distilled water, 1 part Simple Green Cleaner, 1 part Windex) and don't be afraid to use q-tips

QUOTE: Originally posted by 1337 use Mike's Magic Airbrush Cleaner (2 parts distilled water, 1 part Simple Green Cleaner, 1 part Windex) and don't be afraid to use q-tips

Be careful with Q-tips though as a particle of that cotton can come off into the airbrush and you won't know it until you spray it later and find it.

Mike