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Post by trkyman on Feb 21, 2007 12:15:03 GMT -5
I have a Paasche Double Action VL that I will be recieiving today, and this is my second airbrush. The last one, (which was the same model) broke (I think because I didn't clean it well enough). I currently have a gamehead finishing set, and they are all laquer paints. I just bought a big can of laquer thinner the other day so I can clean my airbrush.
I want to get good use out of these laquer paints I have, but can anyone share any info/tips on the waterbased paints? Which one do you use? I have heard they are easier to clean than laquer. In fact I'm thinking of buying some soon.
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Post by jwj4856 on Feb 21, 2007 13:36:31 GMT -5
I have tried the water and lacquer based paints, my opinion is if doing fish the lacquer is easier to blend all colors and do a better paint job, others use water and do great work but I just could not seem to blend together well with water. If using for the finish work on animals water base seems to work just as well as lacquer and is definitely easier and cheaper to keep brush cleaner, you can clean real well with plain old rubbing alcohol or windex. Learn how to take the brush apart and clean a couple times a year, only takes about 15 or 20 minutes, and you can use that brush for many years, mine is 15 years old and is still just as good as new and only thing I have ever done to it is changed the needle and aircap a couple times.
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Post by whitetail8 on Feb 22, 2007 21:11:42 GMT -5
I have only used laquer and only on 4 deer. I have only mounted 2 but I took the other 2 that had been done for years and cleaned them up, Re did some of the apoxie work and repainted them. I sure like it. The best part is the drying time, I can shoot one color, Do a quick brush bowl rinse with thinner, By the time I shake up the next color and get the brush set for the right pattern the last paint is dry and ready for the next color. How long does it take for latex to dry? What about when a customer takes thier deer home and later tries to clean it, Better warn them to stay away from anything painted with latex,They could ruin it. Or does latex get a sealer coat?
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