Future coverage problems - help needed

I think i just need to get past the hang-up of actually needing to see it spray. I know where the gun's pointing. I just need to move it around and trust my equipment to be working.

Marc - the stoned thing is because most people shoot it straight... after my little experiment however I won't go back! As far as seeing where it goes on I have a home made paint stand I use for that... it is a round piece of florists foam from the craft store, with sprue cut to support the tail and wings of my aircraft so it leans forward at about a 30 degree angle... with the flourescent light and the overhead lamp on you can get a good glare on the plastic and tell where and how much Future is hitting it...

Thanks all.

Tom-Why would you be stoned for suggesting an acrylic thinner for an acrylic product. Seems logical. Yes it is mostly alcohol but I wonder of there isn’t other ingredient that are beneficial to the spraying of an acrylic medium. I am going to try that for sure.

Nathaniel-The horrible beading of the Future was with about a 4 to 1 mix as a matter of fact, hence my frustration.

And you are not kidding about hard to see it go down. I must look like I am doing the twist without music to get the surface to catch a reflection just too see what I am doing.

The Tamiya thinner does work well. It's mostly alcohol, so 91%+ isopropyl alcohol will also get the job done. I found thinning 4:1 future to alcohol really helped as well. It took me a bit of practice to get even coats though. It's just hard when you can't see the spray easily.

I know I will probably be stoned, or at the least burnt at the stake for saying this, but I found thinning the future a bit with Tamiya acrylic thinner works WONDERS on my future finishes.,.. gone are the rouch textures, no more runs and heavy areas.. I just spray several light to med coats and it is done!

I started doing that when I was playing with using future as an undercoat for Alclad and won't go back to pure future again!

If you can't get your hands on Tamiya thinner a tiny bit of water might work (try it on a junk model or such).... I've also brushed it on like Richard with decent results...

I have always found that trying to airbrush Future is just too difficult. Maybe it's my old eyes, but I have a tough time seeing where it's going and more importantly, how much is going on. I always hand brush it on. I have two really good red sable flat brushes, one about 1/8" wide and one about 1/4" wide. The future goes on beautifully right out of the bottle and I get a nice thin, even coat. I'm only stating what works for me, and I think the key is in the top quality brushes, and not putting on too much. I only ever apply one coat, BTW.

Rich

Try using 10-15 psi and airbrush using light dusty coats. Build up the Future using several applications. I don't believe your problem is associated with your cured base coat.

Mike