I have airbrushed this paint and it sputtered out some small chunks. At first I thought it was dust or sanding residue on the model, yet now realize it came from the paint. I know that any metal paint like this is prone to this. I feel it was thinned properly. I will sand and repaint yet do NOT want it to happen again.
Any ideas???
Also thinning most definitely takes away from the luster of this paint, which somewhat defeats the purpose of it in the first place, and it cannot be brushed on by hand.
I used it on the Revell Int Space Station Solar arrays.
Any of the metallic paints are subject to clumping which is due to the metallic particles settling out. The only suggestion I have is to do only a little at a time and give the bottle/color cup a swirl after every pass in order to keep the particles suspended. I painted a P-47 using the X-11 Chrome Silver and thinned it 50/50, it turned out alright and I had no problems with clumping.
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Gotta keep the paint mixed well as you paint so the particles won’t settle near the siphon tube on your paint jar. The 50/50 mix ratio works well for me too.
Many airbrushes have nozzles that are just too small to pass the metallic pigment in some metallic paints. You can help alleviate this problem somewhat by spraying at a lower pressure. The lower pressure allows you to pull the needle back farther for a given volume of paint, thus opening the nozzle up more and allowing the pigment to pass somewhat better. It doesn’t always work, but sometimes it helps.
What you use to thin the paint frequently has an affect on the gloss. Using isopropyl alcohol with most Tamiya paints will cause that to happen. I seldom worry about it and just spray a coat of Future over it afterwards to restore the gloss.