Airbrush Paint Finish

[Guest]

Which Vallejo paint are you using? Model air or model colour?

This is a great question.

Are the lids white or black?

[JR]

When you say pooling like oil on water straight away I think like Tim surface contamination.

[Steven000]

I use only alcohol for degreasing the model before airbrushing, might be a better option for you to try than the soap-mixture.

If you can post a picture of the problem, the guys here might be able to help you even better.

Cheers
Stevn

[ChrisP]

Sorry about not answering you all. Suddenly got busy plus I wanted to try some of your suggestions out and see what worked. Temperature seems to play a big part. I am in my workshop and I have a portable heater but clearly it doesn't get as warm as indoors. During the summer it is sweltering and I cannot recall the problem. Not sure about the detergent because I tried a test piece, thoroughly washed and rinsed it and still had a bit of a problem. I think I have come across one problem/solution. Vallejo paints need a LOT of shaking before use and I mean a lot. Whether that is a temperature thing or what I don't know. Nearly got RSI shaking the last bottle lol. Within the next couple of days I will be using Zero paints for the first time so will make sure they are ok by temperature and I am also aware that they are lacquer paints. Steven000 I am going to try your idea with alcohol (hic), I have some 99% ISA so will try that. I will report back and if anyone has experience and advice re Zero paints I would welcome them.

[NonnyM]

I had a similar problem with a new airbrush and other than the advice above, I can only add that I found it very useful to practice on used yogurt pots

Probably not suitable for recycling afterwards though?

Rgds