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How to airbrush gloss varnish

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  • From: Twin Cities of Minnesota
Posted by Don Stauffer on Tuesday, April 9, 2019 8:40 AM

Note that there is also a forum for Painting and Airbrushing within the FSM forums.  Some real airbrush experts hang there, and are always willing to help.

Don Stauffer in Minnesota

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Posted by plasticjunkie on Monday, April 8, 2019 6:37 PM

BlackSheepTwoOneFour

*sigh*.... Vallejo..... not a fan of their paint for airbrushing. Great for hand brushing though. Try using their brand thinner.

 

 

Ditto not a fan either. I would use their thinner and not water. If you only use acrylics try out MMP or even Tamiya  clear flat. MM clear flat is good also. 

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Posted by BlackSheepTwoOneFour on Monday, April 8, 2019 6:06 PM

*sigh*.... Vallejo..... not a fan of their paint for airbrushing. Great for hand brushing though. Try using their brand thinner.

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How to airbrush gloss varnish
Posted by Ryravux on Friday, April 5, 2019 9:35 PM

Hi!

I'm new to the hobby of scale modeling, but I'm learning really fast.

There is this issue I have with Vallejo's polyurethane gloss varnish (new formula)

I put it in my airbrush, thin it down with some water, and spray. But it sprays these weird little patches on my model like water droplets. It doesn't 'smoothen' out like when I spray anything else.

I use Vallejo's polyurethane matte varnish (thinned with water) it sprays on perfectly!

I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong...maybe I'm putting too much water? I don't know. The finished product looks like little raised glossy bumps all over the model and it doesn't spray uniform everywhere and looks awful. This is very disappointing, but I by the time I finish my new models I will have solved this problem (or you guys figured it out for me, haha).

 

Thanks!

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