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needle size for enamel paints

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  • Member since
    January 2004
  • From: USA
Posted by MusicCity on Wednesday, October 6, 2004 9:32 PM
Looking at the VL on Paasche's web site, I See that it's a siphon feed brush. They typically take slightly longer ot pull paint up because it has to travel farther and is working against gravity. It should not be a significant amount of time though.

It coulr be that your air pressure is too low or your paint is too thick. Either of those would cause it to pull up more slowly.
Scott Craig -- Nashville, TN -- My Website -- My Models Page
  • Member since
    November 2005
Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, October 6, 2004 9:21 PM
When I go to apply paint it take a few seconds for the paint to get through the nozzle. I have a dual action air-brush , maybe I need to pull back on the control knob to get more paint flow. I do need practice . Getting the right paint consistency is a hard one to figure out also.
Thanks.
  • Member since
    July 2004
  • From: SETX. USA
Posted by tho9900 on Tuesday, October 5, 2004 6:15 AM
Mike's tha man when it comes to airbrushes... and that's something he told me when I first got my "real" airbrush awhile back. Practice!! It has paid off, even though I have a loooooong way to go! (I should have put even more o's in that word 'long', but I didn't want to get TOO redundant haha)

Just curious though, what do you mean about not being able to get a good volume of paint on the model? What does it do, or not do?
---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!
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    April 2003
  • From: Hayward, CA
Posted by MikeV on Sunday, October 3, 2004 6:44 PM
I would use the medium (#3) needle for most paints as it is the best all around.
You can use the fine needle also but it is more problematic.
If you want fine lines you need to lower your pressure, thin your paint more and most importantly......practice! Wink [;)]

Mike

Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom. " Charles Spurgeon
  • Member since
    November 2005
needle size for enamel paints
Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, October 3, 2004 5:55 PM
I have a paasche VL dual action air brush. It comes with 3 different needle sizes. Which size should I use for thicker enamel paints. I have a hard time getting a good volume of paint on my model. Also what do I need to do for fine lines?
Thanks,
Curt
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