FOG?!?!

I'd think you might be spraying at too high a pressure, or too far from the model.... or both! try one or the other, if it persists change the other variable and see what it does!

Good luck!!!

so if i go over it again a little closer will it be ok? i can't change pressure

hmmm it might work... or just use the spray can instead of decanting the dull coat and spray from 6 to 8 inches... I use the spray cans without decanting when I do use them... as far as "snow flakes" now... you would have to strip the paint to get them off... try using a toothpic and smoothing them down...

---edit--- are you using a compressor? if so you can get a regulator for about 15 dollars or so at Wal Mart that will help... if you are using air cans usually the top brass knob actually lets you control flow, and as a result pressure...

I've found all kinds of problems with using rattle can paint in an AB. Firstly, I let it sit in a film can 24 or more hours, as it needs to gas out. i.e. solvent and/or propellent from the spray can effect the quality of an AB paint job. when I first started doing spray paint in AB's it would fizz like crazy when I stirred it, this could be the cause of your fogging problem. So letting it sit gets that fizz out and it'll thicken up a little, just right for squirting through an AB. Hope this helps.

Craig

Your symptoms match what I once experienced with my Future/Tamyia Flat Base mixtures when I had the ratio of Future to Flat Base to low with too little Future and too much flattening agent. In the areas where the flat mixture would pool, i.e. corners and crevices, the flat base would come through as a snowy coating.

If this is the problem that you are experiencing, it could be that you need to shake up the rattle can more prior to spraying into your color cup. Since the flatteners will settle and the pickup tube in the rattle can draws from the bottom, you may well be getting flat mix that has too much flattener.

Alternatively, you might consider using a regular flat finish for your airbrush. I use a mixture of Future and Tamiya X-21 Flat Base mixed in a 4:1 ratio of 4 parts Future to 1 part flat base. Another highly recommended product is PollyScale's flat acrylic. I've never used it myself, since my local hobby shop doesn't carry it, but I don't recall ever having read a criticism against it. Testor's Dullcoat is decent, although I've had some sample to sample variation with some samples having a sheen to them rather than being truly flat.

Andy