jamstraz
Active Member
I used a Vallejo black primer bottle (not airbrush specific but acrylic nonetheless). It took about 2-3 minutes to get a good stream going and even then it was spotty until I ran the next batch through. I had to clean the nozzle twice.
Theory 1: my airbrush/compressor sucks.
Theory 2: The primer despite being Vallejo wasn't airbrush specific
Theory 3: I don't know how to work my brush correctly.
Let's work backwards:
Theory 3 isn't highly probable because a) I've watched videos ad nauseum on dual action airbrushes. b) I was able to get it going and got a nice primer layer on the junk piece I had.
Theory 2 is slightly more probably but odds are low since Vallejo is renowned for their paints and I don't see any that were airbrush primers. I used a thinner on batch one and it flowed horribly when it finally started
Theory 1 is probably the most likely since my max PSI is 25 and its a ZENY, which as far as I can tell isn't exactly well known. But I can't invest any more in this except paints. My wife countered I've spent more on this hobby than she probably did on her beanie babies in the attic...yeah but this hobby is AWESOME
Theory 1: my airbrush/compressor sucks.
Theory 2: The primer despite being Vallejo wasn't airbrush specific
Theory 3: I don't know how to work my brush correctly.
Let's work backwards:
Theory 3 isn't highly probable because a) I've watched videos ad nauseum on dual action airbrushes. b) I was able to get it going and got a nice primer layer on the junk piece I had.
Theory 2 is slightly more probably but odds are low since Vallejo is renowned for their paints and I don't see any that were airbrush primers. I used a thinner on batch one and it flowed horribly when it finally started
Theory 1 is probably the most likely since my max PSI is 25 and its a ZENY, which as far as I can tell isn't exactly well known. But I can't invest any more in this except paints. My wife countered I've spent more on this hobby than she probably did on her beanie babies in the attic...yeah but this hobby is AWESOME