Airbrush kit
12-08-2008, 05:57 PM
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Airbrush kit hey guys, i just bought an airbrush kit from TCP Global.com and was just wondering if it was good? i know i shouldve asked before buying it but oh well lol. its the Iwata Eclipse HP-BCS airbrush with a compressor. paid $220 for it. is this a good kit for a beginner? i plan on trying to do some true fire with it. also what paint is good and where can i get some cheap?
12-08-2008, 11:06 PM
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Thats a pretty big nozzle, the iwata has a .30 or .35. It should work fine for true fire, but i dont know if you can get a really small hair line with that nozzle. It takes some skill with the iwata i can imagine it would be harder with a bigger nozzle.
12-08-2008, 11:11 PM
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The nozzle is .35 for sure that is standard, but you can get different sizes. That size is the one i have always used for everything. The best paint to airbrush with is House of Kolor hands down.
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12-08-2008, 11:21 PM
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The way you mix HOK is the easiest its 50/50, 50% paint to 50% reducer. That is the best consistancy for the airbrush. The .35 nozzle lets you spray small metallics and pearls as well. The smaller you go the less you can spray metallics and pearls. I have always bought my paint from the nearest paint supply so i dont know where to get it online or anything like that.
12-08-2008, 11:29 PM
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Go to an art supply like hobby lobby or crafts etc for the nozzle. As far as true fire goes you can even do it with a small touch up gun. True fire as you many know is a stencil you spray over. The hard thing about it is laying it out to where it looks natural, and the layering of the colors.Even the nozzle you have now will do unless you are doing it on a golf club or something that small then yeah you need a smaller nozzle. For a car, no.
12-08-2008, 11:35 PM
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I made mine out of the thin cardboard that is used to wrap sandpaper in. Its just the shape of a puzzle piece. Or you can even make it out of old X-ray plastics, they work great for stencils.
12-08-2008, 11:46 PM
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man i love the blue & green! like all 3 but i like them better than the traditional colors. so do you have to spray on the blue or green first then spray the white in the around the curves? how many colors are used to get the effect?
12-08-2008, 11:53 PM
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I start off with
For Green fire
1, yellow.
2, kandy organic green, then highlight some more with yellow.
3, kandy green
4 highlight with white,
5 kandy green,
6 the last step should just be light highlights with 50/50 yellow and green.
I go through this until i have enough fire to make it look well and layered.
For the blue its the same except you use kandy blue, intead of green candy. And you use baby blue instead of yellow.
For Green fire
1, yellow.
2, kandy organic green, then highlight some more with yellow.
3, kandy green
4 highlight with white,
5 kandy green,
6 the last step should just be light highlights with 50/50 yellow and green.
I go through this until i have enough fire to make it look well and layered.
For the blue its the same except you use kandy blue, intead of green candy. And you use baby blue instead of yellow.