Being new to airbrushing,I’ve read about people practicing on plastic spoons,scrap plastic,etc. Is an empty plastic milk carton viable for practicing on? I have new Paasche H to try out. Thanks
Maybe if you prime it first,but otherwise I don’t see it mimicking the surface of styrene plastic
The best thing to practice on is an old model. An old build from once upon a time makes a super paint test mule.
You can learn to contend with all the challenges of airbrushing a model: shapes, angles, overspray, masking, etc.
if you are looking to practice your steady hand with the airbrush i reccomend using a small glass sheet to practice on. You can paint on it and than scrape the paint off with a razorblade and do it again.
If you are trying different techniques like thinning paints, using different PSI settings and that sort of thing i would reccomend using a paint mule, An old model that you dont care about.
Or a cheap garage sale,flea market model if you don’t have any old models
For checking your spray pattern, or the size of lines, a simple piece of plain paper works just fine. Keep it simple.
I use sticky notes for various things while modeling, and checking spray patterns is one of them. When one gets used up, I just pull it and have a fresh one ready to go.
To the OP, I have a Paasche H also, and I’ve tried many times to change to something “better”, but I just keep coming back to my Paasche H. You’ve definitely got a simple, reliable airbrush there. You’ll love it.
Depends on the type of plastic. Large milk jugs are polyethylene, which is a bear to get paint to stick to. I personally like the spoons.