Alclad

Tools, Techniques, and Reference Materials Painting and airbrushing
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Can you brush paint Alclad or do you have to airbrush it?

Any help appreciated

Thanks

2

It’s designed to be used in an Airbrush. I’ve never tried to brush paint with it, but I think it would be a disaster.

Regards, Rick

3

Agree with Rick. Airbrushing is the only way to go with Alclad to get the realistic metal finishes. But I’ve hand brushed small parts like machine gun barrels in some of my armor builds. Requires several coats but there’s just something about the finish of Alclad that the metallic acrylics can’t match. I can’t see hand brushing anything other than small parts like that, though.

Don

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Thanks guys. I just wanted to know because I don’t own an airbrush.[:$]