I am spraying thinned down FOLKART Metallic craft paint vie a airbrush. It is over 123 primmer over pine. I have filters coming out of my compressor and just before the airbrush! WTF? is this
Definitely fisheye.
Something is contaminating the wood and doesn't work with the finish.
Did you spray silicone on anything even close by?
Did you use a tach rag, if so what kind?
Is the paint acrylic?
Plus it looks to be sprayed pretty heavy.
Lighter coats would be better.
A lot of times I will spray a very very light mist coat and let it tack up good then spray regular coats after that.
WB acrylics can be contaminated with wax, oil, and silicone.
I've used that paint airbrushing ghost flames on small stuff. Would never use in it large area. Dries really fast, and required a lot of thinner using many light passes. If it dries on your spray tip, you can blow gelled chunks of metallic that create similar looking defects; but have never seen any that large?
Metallic's are more sensitive than other colors. They require flawless surface prep and significant skill to lay down uniform coating.
You have to thin the ever-loving snot out of that acrylic paint, and make a lot of light coats with a lot of time space between coats because of the water content. I did it once with a project, and I will never do it again. It took a long time to clean the paint out of my airbrush, too. I don't remember what the project was, any more, but I sure remember the fun with the clean up.
Trap? Sounds more like Rich paranoia meds run out?
Intention was a reminder, and attempt to help if test samples were different.
Either he didn't practice the finish schedule, which means he should of sprayed test samples using same process, or he did something different on final application?
Sanding that acrylic down is PITA.
Wish Steve luck finding the problem, and fixing it.
Never used their metalics, but have sprayed quite a bit of the Folkart and other cheap craft acrylics (matte and gloss) without any problems. What were you using to thin it?
Thats exactly what I did. I mixed up a new batch put some IPA in it. Did some very very light coats and they went away soon as I tried a thicker coat they came back so many light coats…
You have to thin the ever-loving snot out of that acrylic paint, and make a lot of light coats with a lot of time space between coats because of the water content. I did it once with a project, and I will never do it again. It took a long time to clean the paint out of my airbrush, too. I don t remember what the project was, any more, but I sure remember the fun with the clean up.
WB acrylics can be contaminated with wax, oil, and silicone.
I ve used that paint airbrushing ghost flames on small stuff. Would never use in it large area. Dries really fast, and required a lot of thinner using many light passes. If it dries on your spray tip, you can blow gelled chunks of metallic that create similar looking defects; but have never seen any that large?
Metallic s are more sensitive than other colors. They require flawless surface prep and significant skill to lay down uniform coating.
I used Distilled water and some IPA. with a drop or 2 of glycerol… Working with the FA metallic is just too much trouble. After I fix these pieces gunna look else where… Here is where another issue lies. For most things I can find a match in a rattle can no problem but some colors have to be exact or close to it such as New Orleans Saints Pewter metallic color. Wont find that in a rattle can. Thats what I was trying here.
Never used their metalics, but have sprayed quite a bit of the Folkart and other cheap craft acrylics (matte and gloss) without any problems. What were you using to thin it?
What I ended up doing was spraying on thin thin thin coats. And it stopped. On one coat I went a little too heavy and POW FISHEYES. So started thin thin thin coast again. I sprayed my last coat this morning. Lesson learned. I will probaly have the same issues with metallic when I try to match the dallas cowboys silver.
What I ended up doing was spraying on thin thin thin coats. And it stopped. On one coat I went a little too heavy and POW FISHEYES. So started thin thin thin coast again. I sprayed my last coat this morning. Lesson learned. I will probaly have the same issues with metallic when I try to match the dallas cowboys silver.
Also, IMO
There is no need for the IPA or the glycerol.
You're not cooking chili.
And you also never said if you used a tach cloth or not.
Just curious about your method of prep after the primmer.
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