Painting with spray guns?

[patoffspyder]

Hi guys!

I started using Createx Automotive paint with my airbrush but I got problems with some colors, because my airbrush is too small, I got a .3mm nozzle...

On the box, they said a 1mm nozzle should be use. So I was wondering if any of you guys paint with spray guns, something like this :

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/HVLP-...QQcmdZViewItem

Does it works good? Does it have any advantage over a regular airbrush?

Thanks!

[MPWR]

Haven't ever tried it, but I always figured it would be like trying to brushpaint with a wall roller.

I would think a larger size nozzle for your airbrush, or using more thinner, wuld be a better option. What kind of airbrush do you have?

[patoffspyder]

I got a Badger 360. Don't know if there is bigger nozzle for this type of airbrush...

[freakray]

You should check their website, I am sure it will tell you if other parts are available: http://www.badger-airbrush.com/

[patoffspyder]

Thanks, I took a look, but there is no extra nozzle size available :-(

[mike@af]

Using spray guns is extreme overkill for anything smaller than 1/12. You'll usually lay on way too much paint.

[hawkone]

hi i use the badger 360 and i only use tamiya paint with there thinners no problems the needle is a one size universal needle fine to large double action the more you pull back the bigger the spray pattern you can set the size of spray and use the 360 like a single action. with the createx they need to be thinned more there is a nice tutorial on another site bmc brians model cars i dont know how to add the link i'm sure someone knows and can hope this helps.

[Vric]

Isn't the 360 have a .5 needle anyway ?

Thin the paint.

[toyota00]

Originally Posted by Vric

Isn't the 360 have a .5 needle anyway ?

Thin the paint.

He said he has a .3 needle, and it tells him to use a 1mm needle. So, I don't think he has the .5 needle...

[patoffspyder]

Maybe I have a .5mm needle, not sure about it. But I guess you're right, I don't even use full opening when I paint, maybe this is the problem...

hawkone, can you give me the link to this tutorial, I didn't find it. Just copy the link and paste it here, even if the hyperlink is not working, I can copy and paste the address :-)

I gonna try different combination and look at the result, thanks a lot to all of you!

[hawkone]

if you type in www.briansmodelcars.com it should take you to the web site search in his tutorial section hope it works