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Tman
Toy Prince
Joined: Wed May 31, 2006 12:03 am
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Location: Columbia MO
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 Todays mail.... Well the arsenal arived, now I just need a crash course on using this stuff 
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| Wed Jul 05, 2006 12:28 pm |
 
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Locomoco
Die-Cast
Joined: Wed Mar 01, 2006 11:13 pm
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Location: San Mateo
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Holy Cow!
I take it you're not the kind of person buys things on an "as needed" basis...  (I'm the same way)
My recommendation for you is to buy a bunch of 2oz bottles so you can start thinning your paints down.
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| Wed Jul 05, 2006 12:31 pm |
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turtletooth
Post Pimp
Joined: Thu Mar 16, 2006 8:19 am
Posts: 2683
Location: Dirty Jersey
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Uh oh!
It's on now!
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| Wed Jul 05, 2006 12:34 pm |
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chris
Addicted
Joined: Sun Dec 04, 2005 1:38 pm
Posts: 597
Location: Tx
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taste the rainbow...heh
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locomoto566
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Joined: Sun Jan 01, 2006 3:00 pm
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Location: right behind you
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chris wrote: taste the rainbow...heh D'OH!
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| Wed Jul 05, 2006 12:45 pm |
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Tman
Toy Prince
Joined: Wed May 31, 2006 12:03 am
Posts: 106
Location: Columbia MO
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Locomoco wrote: My recommendation for you is to buy a bunch of 2oz bottles so you can start thinning your paints down. 1. Do the bottles need to be glass?
2. "x" drops of paint + "x" drops of thinner = awsome!! solve for "x"
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| Wed Jul 05, 2006 1:08 pm |
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Pepperidge Harm
Toy Prince
Joined: Mon Jun 05, 2006 9:48 am
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Location: Westchester N.Y.
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AAAWWWWW SNAP!
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Rich
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Joined: Tue Mar 07, 2006 8:46 pm
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I remember pualkaiju saying its a 50/50 ratio. Maybe evern thinner.
Ask him 'm sure he will help out
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| Wed Jul 05, 2006 7:01 pm |
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Locomoco
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Joined: Wed Mar 01, 2006 11:13 pm
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Location: San Mateo
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You'll have to experiment with the ratios... flourescent paints need more thinning than regular colors. Just keep testing the paint mixtures until you don't get the spider webbing.
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| Wed Jul 05, 2006 9:57 pm |
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ungawa222
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Joined: Mon Mar 20, 2006 8:10 pm
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Ventilation is key with these, Tman- use a respirator mask, and spray in a well-ventilated area! If you want, you can even design your own hood/filter thingie using a box fan and some filter material from Home Depot taped to one side, to suck the overspray away from you.
Can't wait to see what you do with these!
-Mike
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Locomoco
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Location: San Mateo
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it never fails... as soon as I want to start spraying, my cat always decides to visit me in the garage.
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| Thu Jul 06, 2006 1:11 pm |
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Tman
Toy Prince
Joined: Wed May 31, 2006 12:03 am
Posts: 106
Location: Columbia MO
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ungawa222 wrote: Ventilation is key with these, Tman- use a respirator mask, and spray in a well-ventilated area! If you want, you can even design your own hood/filter thingie using a box fan and some filter material from Home Depot taped to one side, to suck the overspray away from you. Can't wait to see what you do with these! -Mike Yeah I have a spot in the garage by a window and a fan rigged to suck out the evil. I picked up a respirator as well. Now all I need is a few days off so I can dig in!!
Just out of curiosity for those who have used this stuff, The bottles I recieved are all just slightly over half full is this the norm or did I get raped.
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| Thu Jul 06, 2006 1:31 pm |
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Locomoco
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Joined: Wed Mar 01, 2006 11:13 pm
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Location: San Mateo
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Naw, you're okay... the important thing is the pigment at the bottom of the paint bottles. Usually, the clear part that separates in the bottles is just the thinner. You're going to need to add a ton of thinner anyway, so it's not a big deal.
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| Thu Jul 06, 2006 1:36 pm |
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Paulkaiju
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Joined: Mon Nov 28, 2005 1:40 pm
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Location: SD
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Get some paper cups (NON plastic or wax lined) and wooden coffee stir sticks from smart and final.
Another thing to use is a Pipette for moving the thinner to airbrush for cleaning or mixing.
A bit of that paint goes a long way.
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| Thu Jul 06, 2006 1:40 pm |
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Locomoco
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I'd recommend just getting a bunch of bottles so you don't have to keep mixing each time you want to paint... I got a bunch of bottles with droppers so it's easy to just drip the paint into my airbrush and you don't have to worry about the paint smelling up the joint or evaporating.
I got my bottles here: http://www.ebottles.com/configitem.asp? ... &type=Each
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Paulkaiju
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Oh I'm sorry.
I forgot to mention LOTS of paper towels.
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Locomoco
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Location: San Mateo
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Oh, and q-tips will come in real handy to clean up your airbrush cup and nozzle.
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Paulkaiju
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Joined: Mon Nov 28, 2005 1:40 pm
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Location: SD
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Oh, and some nachos!
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Tman
Toy Prince
Joined: Wed May 31, 2006 12:03 am
Posts: 106
Location: Columbia MO
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Finally got to break these out and man am I impressed I love em!!! I dont know how I did customs without them they dry super fast and the colors are AWSOME!! The only ones that gave me trouble were the neons but I got the mix down now.
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