Hairy stick or airbrush witch one are you

[stona]

Horses for courses, as said above both have merits.


There are things I do with an airbrush which I suspect are impossible with a hairy stick, certainly for me


Cheers


Steve

[Guest]

Sorry dougie after reading your post my knowledge of AB compressors is very low , I worked with big industrial compressors that only had a dial on it to show the level of psi , also the spray guns were much bigger as we painted big machinery they were also easier to clean as you just sprayed cellulose thinner through it most of the time and gave the parts a soak overnight in cellulose thinner
All spraying is the same , slow even strokes over lapping the previous stroke by 50%


So I'm sorry I can't help you out

Thanks anyway mate. Possibly going bigger and making a sound muffler box

[takeslousyphotos]

I use brushes and occasionally rattle cans. I don't have the facility for an airbrush. I did try one once but never really got my head around it..... I am happy with my brushes.

[Guest]

As the title says for me the brush is just pick up and go no messing with thinning paint or taking apart to clean.
And when it comes to large areas i find a wide clean brush is all that it takes and they are cheap (some times) to replace.


So witch one are you lets have your thoughts

You don't thin your paint Peter?? Just straight from the pot? [ATTACH]113638.IPB[/ATTACH]

[peterairfix]

You don't thin your paint Peter?? Just straight from the pot? [ATTACH]124704[/ATTACH]

I have always used straight from the pot i always seem to get good results

[Alan 45]

I have always used straight from the pot i always seem to get good results

I must admit Peter even me being a professional painter by trade I thin my paint , I must admit from what I've seen you do get a good surface , the only time I don't thin is to get a surface I want


Have you ever thought of becoming a painter

[eddiesolo]

Trying new things and techniques is great, but I think the main point is if you have found something that works and gets the results that you're happy with...why change.


Si

[Alan 45]

Trying new things and techniques is great, but I think the main point is if you have found something that works and gets the results that you're happy with...why change.
Si

That's spot on mate it's a personal choice there's no right or wrong way neither is argument that you can't do a great model with a brush

[Guest]

Well I think I'm right that all manufacturers recommend thinning all paint before use.


Whatever results someone gets from using unthinned paint, the finish will always be better with 2 or 3 thinned coats than one ' neat ' coat.

[Alan 45]

I would recommend you thin the paint but that's just my opinion, if someone is happy doing what they do then that's the argument over ,


From what I can tell about modellers is if they read or are told something then its gospel and anyone who disagrees is wrong and therefore don't know what the're doing .


I challenge everything and always come up with a viable solution using either a different method or material but some can't or won't accept it


I say challenge everything and you will see that was is classed as fact is merely an opinion in the end

[Guest]

I would recommend you thin the paint but that's just my opinion, if someone is happy doing what they do then that's the argument over ,
From what I can tell about modellers is if they read or are told something then its gospel and anyone who disagrees is wrong and therefore don't know what the're doing .


I challenge everything and always come up with a viable solution using either a different method or material but some can't or won't accept it


I say challenge everything and you will see that was is classed as fact is merely an opinion in the end

Well, actually Alan the answers no!


If someone does something recommended by both the manufacturer & other users, surely they're not wrong?


In this case, yes you can used unthinned paint. Will it provide as good a finish as multiple thinned coats? No, of course it won't - that's a fact! Not an " opinion ", but a simple fact.


This isn't the 1st time that you seem to get on my case about simple procedures - do you have a problem with what I say?

[peterairfix]

Well, actually Alan the answers no!
If someone does something recommended by both the manufacturer & other users, surely they're not wrong?


In this case, yes you can used unthinned paint. Will it provide as good a finish as multiple thinned coats? No, of course it won't - that's a fact! Not an " opinion ", but a simple fact.


This isn't the 1st time that you seem to get on my case about simple procedures - do you have a problem with what I say?

Please i think we are wandering from the subject now

[Alan 45]

Well, actually Alan the answers no!
If someone does something recommended by both the manufacturer & other users, surely they're not wrong?


In this case, yes you can used unthinned paint. Will it provide as good a finish as multiple thinned coats? No, of course it won't - that's a fact! Not an " opinion ", but a simple fact.


This isn't the 1st time that you seem to get on my case about simple procedures - do you have a problem with what I say?

No mate it's an opinion, I would recommend it but that's just my opinion because it's what works for me , manufacturers can't be trusted to give the facts.


So are you saying that peters builds are not very good because he uses it straight from the pot ?


I think you should be a bit more open minded mate and say that's not what I would do but it's your choice , life would be so much easier and people would get along better if people didn't say something was wrong because they were told it or read it in a book

[Alan 45]

Please i think we are wandering from the subject now

I apologise Peter you are quite correct

[Guest]

No mate it's an opinion, I would recommend it but that's just my opinion because it's what works for me , manufacturers can't be trusted to give the facts.
So are you saying that peters builds are not very good because he uses it straight from the pot ?


I think you should be a bit more open minded mate and say that's not what I would do but it's your choice , life would be so much easier and people would get along better if people didn't say something was wrong because they were told it or read it in a book

Jesus Alan, can you hear yourself?


Firstly, I didn't say it was wrong, just that it was RECOMMENDED to be used in such a manner.


Secondly, you can't trust the manufacturers to give the facts?? What utter RUBBISH!!


Thirdly, open minded?? What the heck do you know about me & what gives you the right to say that? If I follow a tried & trusted method which happens to be what the vast majority also do, that's common sense, not some half arsed form of brain washing!


Let's see you put your money where your mouth is then!


If all " facts " are actually opinions, no doubt the fact that we need oxygen to survive is, in your book, just an " opinion " - so test it out!