This is the main question of any aerografista that begins in the world of airbrushing, des Racing Colors we always recommend to start with a airbrush, economic, and for what? First of all because it work perfectly and the technical grade that you with your knowledge base will be practically the same with one of higher cost, and in addition, in the event that, due to lack of practice in handling't break any parts (something very common in your first steps) these parts will be also much more economic.
Another option, for those who have a conscious decision about your foray into airbrushing is to opt for an airbrush brand (Iwata, Badger, Harder & Steenbeck, Sagola, etc) in their ranges initials that can range from between 80 and 130 euros. Are the airbrushes long haul for the quality of its materials and the optimization of its components, but involve an initial investment greater.
It is a very common question and then we are going to review their differences:
Today you can find on the market compressors for airbrushing of many types, but in order to know exactly what it is that you have to ask yourself how much time you'll be working continuously.
To do this look at these two points that we emphasize so that you can get out of doubts:
* How larger the area to work with the airbrush more powerful has to be your compressor for airbrushing.
- To-size ratio of the compressor by discipline aerográfica:
Annex:
The first thing that you have to keep in mind is that not all paintings are worth to be sprayed with an airbrush. The airbrush needs paint very liquid (similar thickness to that of the milk) so that they can flow through the passage so narrow that they have airbrushes. Not the airbrush you will outline with ease, and you spit out.
Today the resins most common work in airbrushing are the acrylic water based (Createx, Wicked Colors, Auto Air, Vallejo Premium, Game Air Vallejo, Com Art, Ilustration Createx, etc) but there are also acrylic based solvent such as House Of Kolor and Custom Creative.
Paints Water-Based VS Paints Solvent-Based
- How and with what diluyo paints for airbrushing?
It is best to use special gear units for these paints that harmonize the evaporation and help keep the body of the paint, even in dilutions stronger. You have the reducers High Performance for the whole range of paints, water-based acrylic and you've got the reducers - RU of House Of Kolor and the lowering of Racing Colors to dilute acrylic paints solvent-based.
In the absence of special gear units, you can use distilled water to acrylic paints in water-based, although its performance will come down.
Keep in mind that there are brands of paint sold by the paint diluted, “ready to use”, however, you should keep in mind that some pigments are thicker than others (white or black), keep in mind that the dilution is coming, made for an airbrush half step (if you use one more fine I will outline) and also be aware that factors such as heat can espesarla and the time that it takes stored will cause the part to be volatile of your mix (its reducer) to evaporate, so that in all these cases you will need to add reducer or thinner, despite the fact that it comes already diluted.
- Termination and coatings for paints for airbrushing
All the paintings of the airbrush, once dry, will give you a satin finish or semi-gloss (some even matt finishing), so if you want to remain bright or if you want to qualify you have to cover them with varnish, and also you have to airbrush. Part of the finish will serve as a protection layer to be more resistant to slanting and to the environmental agents. So we recommend that varnishes always all your works.
- Primer? Who is that?
Our paintings airbrushing might have difficulties to hold on to the substrates on which pulverizamos. Can have adhesion but not resistance (easily we could rip, or remove). This is due to a bad grip of the paint.
Generically, we must have the surface to work clean, degreased and dry. Then we have to sanding to promote a greater adhesion, to the sand, open the pore, and the matizaremos, and then? Back to clean the dust that we have generated, degreasing and dry again.
At this point it will be time for priming, airbrushing is usually to work directly mostly plastics which once sanded already tend to show a good grip, most of them (there are plenty of formulations which are plastic). However, there is no priming to promote enhanced adhesion of the paint, this will be the function of the primer, layer of grip. You can print also the metal with primers for airbrushing although its anti-corrosive power is low.
This is the most important task facing the correct performance of any airbrush. Keep in mind that the airbrush is a tool very delicate, is made up of very small parts that go with threads tiny. Only the perfect fit of all your parts you will ensure the correct internal pressurized and air flow. Your manipulation has to always be careful. We recommend you to have a suitable place for your handling and in the event of disassembly to do it over a bucket or a rag to avoid any pieces that we drop we will lose.
Before you remove an airbrush should have your exploded view on paper, especially if we are new to airbrushing, to know then how to mount it again. Cleaning the airbrush:
This process can take place provided that notes any dysfunctionality in your airbrush, adding a review, you review each piece while you're cleaning to see if it has any cracks or twist.
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Our chrome / metalchrome effect of spray application / conventional airbrush. Now improved with our new CR2 protection varnish that allows you to save time and achieve greater mirror effect, up to 80-90% mirror effect. Buy it in complete kits, basic kits or in sprays! And remember that we teach chromed workshops every year!
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Accessories for your paint guns: anti-humidity filters / pressure gauges, hoses / connections, cleaning brushes, supports and paper filters for your paints!
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