Alcad II - can it be brush painted?

[Vric]

Originally Posted by Sticky Fingers

(I only hate getting the airbrush out because it takes me so long to set it up and then clean up - usually around 1 hour is spent between setting up and cleaning up. This is why I'm not keen taking it out for a job which'll take 5 minutes to spray!!!)

One hour? This is a lot.
It take me about 10 minutes (as Will said, more you use, faster you clean )

About 2 minutes to spray a full 1/2oz of thinner (that clean most of the airbrush) then about 10 minutes to disassemble the needle, nozzle and clean with pipe cleaner. This is quite fast.

But yes, it's still a pain when you have only a small part to paint..

[RallyRaider]

Okay so it looks like a lot of people do brushpaint with Alclad. However I still stick to my original claim that there are better paints out there for doing that. For example, Tamiya enamels or GSI Creos plate silver gundam marker pens. Alclad is best reserved for the correct spraybrishing technique (IMHO of course!).

[ADVANFAN]

i've used the alcad II on the headlights and strutbars on my itr . It came out shiny.

[Sticky Fingers]

Originally Posted by ADVANFAN

i've used the alcad II on the headlights and strutbars on my itr . It came out shiny.

Great! I'm delighted for you....really! BUT, did you brush it or spray it?

[mickbench]

In regards to airbrush cleaning, I'm a lazy person and I airbrush all my parts but I use the spray airbrush cleaner to clean my brush, takes all of a few seconds.

Every night when I'm done airbrushing I then take it apart, use the same cleaner and spray all the parts, put it back together and I'm done. Takes like 5 mins.

I never clean the entire airbrush until I'm done for the day... Never had a problem..

Do have a problem with not thinning my paint enough.. I do that too often, and then the airbrush struggles to spray without spitting.. I'm bad for doing this.. Holds head in shame....!!

[ADVANFAN]

Originally Posted by Sticky Fingers

Great! I'm delighted for you....really! BUT, did you brush it or spray it?

brushed it

[micaman68]

You might give Testor MM Aluminum buffing metalizer a try. You can use the ones in can and don't need to use your airbrush. No mess no clean.

[Fkouch]

Originally Posted by micaman68

You might give Testor MM Aluminum buffing metalizer a try. You can use the ones in can and don't need to use your airbrush. No mess no clean.

We would do if Testors paints weren't so hard to get in the UK.

Cheers

Farrokh