Custom painting lures

[5bites]

That's discouraging.

[5bites]

I know some use windex to reduce it but I have tried. I'm curious if it will tint it.

[dtrs5kprs]

Next time you paint, try mixing your color then adding additional water, base, and reducer (if you have it). After that dial up the psi and give it a spin. Set up like that C-tex will shoot "dry" color as opposed to wet paint. Atomizes better.

[5bites]

So the air doesn't push the paint around at that high of psi?

[dtrs5kprs]

So the air doesn't push the paint around at that high of psi?

There won't be any "paint", in the runny, wet sense. Thinned that way, and at higher psi's, it will correctly atomize (which is what the gun is supposed to do) and you will shoot dry color. It will dry almost instantly as it hits the bait.

[Guest]

There won't be any "paint", in the runny, wet sense. Thinned that way, and at higher psi's, it will correctly atomize (which is what the gun is supposed to do) and you will shoot dry color. It will dry almost instantly as it hits the bait.

I've been doing it wrong for 5 years!

[dtrs5kprs]

I've been doing it wrong for 5 years!

Not wrong, just different. Took me several years to figure it out. You will get much more professional looking color blends, backs, accents, hi-lites, etc.

You still need to run it thicker and lower if you want to get splatter effects with the brush, as opposed to something more manual.

[Guest]

that explains why the tip gets clogged up using pearls.

Pearl just gives me fits...

What's the proper way to "shoot" pearl?

[5bites]

Hmmmmmmmmm. Well I will definitely be giving this a go! This is literally the opposite of how I have been doing it and my frame of mind. Working wet though low psi is obviously how you have to do it to avoid pushing it around.

Thank you for spelling this out!

1. Mix watery thin using water, reducer, or both.

2. Shoot 35+ psi and the paint dries in route to the bait

Is that about all I need to know?

Doing small detail lines isn't a problem?

[Flysmallie]

I realize I'm not using the same type of paint as the rest of you guys but the only difference is what I have to reduce mine with. But for these airbrushes to atomize the paint properly it really needs to be watery thin. 35lbs seems like a little much. I'm running no more than 15 and most of the time around 8 to 10. If you need 35 to atomize the paint then you need to adjust how much paint is making it too the nozzle. Back off on the fluid adjustment until you get a nice pattern at around 10lbs. It will make your life so much easier. It's better to adjust your paint viscosity and fluid delivery than increase your air pressure. You can lay down a smoother base with less overspray.

Several light coats are better than one heavy one. It will just have a better appearance.