JohnA
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Post by JohnA on Mar 23, 2017 14:11:47 GMT -8
Recently I was at Hobby Lobby and I asked the employee at the model cars why they had a lot of createx paint and not much of anything else. She said, "It's because people like it more then anything else." Really? So I said I'll try some. Brought a couple of bottles home to experiment with. This is my experience. I read a lot on reducing this paint....I don't know what 2% milk consistency looks like or 20, 30 or 40% looks like either. So I started experimenting with metal measuring spoons. I started out with 1 table spoon of paint and 1 tea spoon of createx high performance reduce. I had already primered a plastic spoon so I used that as my base. I shot the opaque paint (Detail Viridian) at 20psi (which dropped to 18% while I was shooting it). I am 90% impressed. The paint came out of the airbrush, and didn't clog the tip. I sprayed more than one lite layer and it didn't run or orange peel. I'll wait over night and continue with the hairspray weathering technique, which is what I intended to do all along. Thanks for reading .
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crash
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Post by crash on Mar 25, 2017 22:29:22 GMT -8
I used straight wicked colors pearl blue no reducer 3 lite coats on my 65 chevy stepside. I have a build thread on here for pics. I love the createx and wicked colors line of paint. I should start reducing it though as I noticed it does thicken up if you don't use it all at once. Keep me posted on what you find is a good reduction ratio.
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Post by dogfish7 on Mar 26, 2017 15:32:01 GMT -8
It says on the bottle to cut with Reducer 10%.
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JohnA
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Post by JohnA on Mar 28, 2017 18:06:18 GMT -8
dogfish.....This is exactly what I'm talking about. It says on the Bottle to reduce 10%, I would imagine 10% is such a minute amount why reduce at all....Right? Not to mention how much is 10%? I'm talking about a small bottle connected to an air brush which is half full (or half empty.) Maybe a drop or two of reducer? I what an amount that is easy do? Like two tablespoons paint then add 1/4 teaspoon reducer, I'll try this on Pearl paint and see what happens. I painted a 36/40 ford with flat black body and pearl green fenders using this paint and I had to be really careful not to have the paint run....without a doubt I reduced it way tooo far. I mean am I the only one that has this dilemma? 10, 20 and 30% or the consistency of 2% milk? I will find an easier way and let you guys know. The hair spray weathering technique, on the spoon, came out excellent. When I get sometime I'll take pics and post 'em. Crash.....Is it possible to post a link of your 65 chevy stepside build? Thanks for reading.....
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crash
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Post by crash on Mar 30, 2017 17:01:05 GMT -8
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JohnA
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Post by JohnA on May 4, 2017 10:32:28 GMT -8
Ok I tried to take a picture of the way the weathering technique came out, but no matter how I positioned the spoon I still got a glare. I sprayed the under coat on a spoon, then cleared it. Sprayed a lite mist of dollar store hairspray, non scented, on the spoon. I left all paint dry in between sprays. Then I sprayed tamiya acrylic paint on top of the hairspray and let that dry. I then cut down one of the cheap thick bristled brushes to about an 1/8th of an inch left. Used water on the brush and started tapping where I wanted the under coat to show thru. It took a minute or two but then the under coat started to show. I'm thinking on paint the F-1 with this technique.
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