I would do a search and probably find what I need, but I always get an error when I try that [:(]
I am assuming most of you filter your paint through something before adding it to your jar to spray from…it seems Tamiya paint especially is likely to have small particles in it…so what do you guys use to filter through-- I don’t want to lose most of my paint to the filter itself, so I am looking for something that’s not so intrusive, but gets the filtering job done. Thanks again!
Steal a pair of your significant others Pantyhose. Cut out squares to size you need & filter away. Works great.
I used to use filters for my paint.
Nowadays I find there is little need to, and so far, I haven’t had any issues.
Touch wood.
Back then the pigments were really muddy, and it took forever to stir the paint up enough to disperse all the sediment.
I used to use really fine mesh filters, here they are sold in tobacco shops, for pipe smokers.
As an alternative, some tap fittings come with in line mesh filters, especially for garden irrigation systems, and the perforations in the filters is extremely fine.
I’m sure someone here may know of a shop or site that sells them for our hobby.
Hope this helps
Sean
i tell you what works really great and is my preferred method over using pantyhose: go to your LHS and see if they have a badger “in jar” wire mesh filter. what this is used for is for color cups and it slides over the straw that is attached to the color cup lid. i have gravity feed brushes so i just throw the filter over into my color cup on the top of my ab, and i drilled out the hole in the top of the said filter to accomodate a pippet, and squirt my paint right through the wire mesh filter. when i’m done, i drop the filter over into a cup of the appropriate solvent until the next time i need it. i use to use pantyhose but i got aggrevated because the fabric soaked up alot of the paint as it went through, plus, you can only use the square of hose once and toss it because the paint dries in it and its pretty much ruined. later.
My vote goes to the pantyhose - having a wife there is always a supply. Now if she has a pair with runs in them, she just washes them and leaves them on my desk - one pair goes a long way.
I’m like Tweety. I never filter paint, and so far haven’t had any problems.
i just pour it in from the jar, leaving all the setiment in the bottom.
1337, that’s a good way to really screw up a bottle of paint. The sediment in the bottom is the color pigmentation. All paints should be stirred well before decanting, whether you strain or not. Straining only removes the larger clumps of pigment that haven’t completely dissolved in the thinner.
i forgot to mention, after i stir it really really well, there are always those little crumbs, and i leave those on the bottom
I’m going to try something a little different…didn’t want to lose half my paint to the hose, so I went and found myself a faucet head that has the mesh inside. I’m going to try pouring the paint through that and see if it doesn’t do it…then I have the hose to fall back on LOL
OK… I want to go on record as saying I tried it and it was an abysmal failure…so off to raid my wife’s lingerie drawer [;)]
I go down to my local smoke shop and buy some different size pipe screens. they will either fit inside the bottle neck or be bigger and cover the whole top of the bottle with some hanging over. works great for me and you get 4-5 for about a dollar