Tron Legacy Siren rubberizing fabric...

[Annisse]

I am attempting to make a Siren suit and I tried painting liquid latex on my fabric with a regular foam brush. With 3-4 even 6 coats, it doesn't look as smooth as I would like it to be.

I have a mini air brush compressor, MAX PSI is 40. I don't think I am getting enough air pressure out of it to get the liquid latex out of the airbrush properly, my airbrush gun tip gets clogged up when spraying the liquid latex and becomes unuseable, it is a pretty cheap one.

Any way, the little bit of material I was able to airbrush looks much better then using a foam brush.

Does anyone know what type of airbrush and compressor can handle spraying liquid latex onto fabric? This is the only thing holding me back at this point making this costume.

 

[chung101]

Did a little google trollin and i found ya some of these links:

best airbrush for liquid latex?

Liquid Latex Fashions - Airbrush Spray Gun Kit

via: Michael-Myers.net • View topic - Latex mask painting tutorial
they say you can mix acrylic and water to make it a little more flowy? (yes my new word =P)

Dunno if ur in canada...(wait nvm i just saw ur location as hollywood but just in case thats to throw internet creepers =P)
Motomaster Premium Tire Air Compressor | Canadian Tire

powerful thing..

 

[the_batdemon]

I used a siphon feed gun design for spraying glue. You need at least 90psi.

 

[twinight]

Annisse, is the latex going on wet, or does it dry quickly? Does it feel like a misted application of spray paint?
The problem might be that the airbrush atomizes the latex into too fine a particle where it partially dries before it hits the fabric. If that's the case, I would recommend a automotive paint sprayer rather than an airbrush. Here's an inexpensive low cfm one that I've used to paint a bicycle frame.
Adjustable Detail Spray Gun - Paint - Air Tools

Of course you will need an oiless air compressor to go with it.

 

[Annisse]

Did a little google trollin and i found ya some of these links:

best airbrush for liquid latex?

Liquid Latex Fashions - Airbrush Spray Gun Kit

via: Michael-Myers.net • View topic - Latex mask painting tutorial
they say you can mix acrylic and water to make it a little more flowy? (yes my new word =P)

Dunno if ur in canada...(wait nvm i just saw ur location as hollywood but just in case thats to throw internet creepers =P)
Motomaster Premium Tire Air Compressor | Canadian Tire

powerful thing..

I wrote the company on that website if this can be used to airbrush fabrics and approximately how long the can will last, like how many coats will I get outta one can to coat one yard of fabric, I can't imagine many, but if anything this will be good for my needs since I really do not need an expensive compessor for anything else.

Annisse, is the latex going on wet, or does it dry quickly? Does it feel like a misted application of spray paint?
The problem might be that the airbrush atomizes the latex into too fine a particle where it partially dries before it hits the fabric. If that's the case, I would recommend a automotive paint sprayer rather than an airbrush. Here's an inexpensive low cfm one that I've used to paint a bicycle frame.
Adjustable Detail Spray Gun - Paint - Air Tools

Of course you will need an oiless air compressor to go with it.

The liquid latex I am using goes on very misted, it doesn't dry quickly takes a few hours for each coat to fully dry.

Thanks, I have ordered from Harbor Freight, they have good stuff. Actually that spray gun I have seen on Ebay but one of the sellers told me you need a compressor with at least a PSI of 50. So, do I need to get a compressor PSI 50 or one with PSI 90 as the previous poster stated to use?

I really do not want to buy a compressor, as I said, I don't really need it for anything else. But if it comes down to have to coat my fabric properly, I want to do this right and will get the compressor if that spray can is not going to work.

So which oiless compressor would you recommened? I really don't know squat about compressors :confused

Thanks!

 

[metalgreyfox]

Please keep us in the loop on what you find out. I'm planning on making one for my wife and was going the patched Lycra suit route due to simplicity and comfort/breathability but she's totally getting into it so I'm thinking the comfort/authenticity scale is starting to tip towards the latter. Haha can't wait to see this thread develop. I'll post ideas as they spring up. Good luck!

 

[twinight]

I wrote the company on that website if this can be used to airbrush fabrics and approximately how long the can will last, like how many coats will I get outta one can to coat one yard of fabric, I can't imagine many, but if anything this will be good for my needs since I really do not need an expensive compessor for anything else.





The liquid latex I am using goes on very misted, it doesn't dry quickly takes a few hours for each coat to fully dry.

Thanks, I have ordered from Harbor Freight, they have good stuff. Actually that spray gun I have seen on Ebay but one of the sellers told me you need a compressor with at least a PSI of 50. So, do I need to get a compressor PSI 50 or one with PSI 90 as the previous poster stated to use?

I really do not want to buy a compressor, as I said, I don't really need it for anything else. But if it comes down to have to coat my fabric properly, I want to do this right and will get the compressor if that spray can is not going to work.

So which oiless compressor would you recommened? I really don't know squat about compressors :confused

Thanks!

The specs for the sprayer calls for 50 psi. As long as it's oiless, there's no traces of oil in the compressed air which can mix with your paint.
A small pancake compressor like this one would do. 3 Gallon, 100 PSI Oilless Pancake Air Compressor If you look around car or pop mech magazines you can find a coupon for $39.
You just can't spray continuously since it pushes out only 1 cfm at 40 psi. So you would spray a few seconds and wait a few seconds for the air tank to recharge back up to 50 psi. The larger the air tank, the longer you can spray before the pressure drops too much.
If the compressor is rated for at least 3 cfm at 50psi, then you could spray continuously and it would keep up.

I ran mine off a scuba tank hooked up to a welding regulator set to 50 psi, so it worked really well.