Recently bought a Gaalhier airbrush with a fan cap, to be used on hulls. Very good too! Saw a lot of info about there range of acrylic paints called Kaleido.
Apparently they are pre thinned,
Non toxic, dont smell but spray like laquers. Hard finish and quick to dry. So thought I would give them a go. Both gloss, red and armour grey. I assume they are auto colours as never seen a tank or ship looking lovely in gloss grey?? Happy to be corrected lol
Bottles similar size to Vallejo etc.
So good shake and poured directly into my .3 iwata TR1 trigger airbrush. Sprayed at 20 psi, initially no mask and extractor off. No smell whatsoever, after using laquers, a big shock lol.
Sprayed beautifully, no issues. Nice smooth finish. The area on the left of the grey spoon is not the paint but the plastic on the spoon.
virtually all the reviews didn't mention cleaning the airbrush, the one i found had problems, the usual cleaners caused blockages etc, he had to use either the Kaleido cleaner or he found acetone worked. I bought a Kaleido bottle
The cleaner did smell a bit and despite cleaning the airbrush after the red and before the grey still found some red when cleaning after the grey, if that makes sense. Missed my liquid reamer big time lol.
After 10 minutes, the paint was a little tacky to the touch but I left no finger prints and no paint on my fingers. Will do scratch test also tomorrow.
Only negative is the small range, they do various sets which inc thinner and cleaner. But are expanding the range. I'll definitely use if they release naval colours.
Pros, no need to thin, sprays very well, no smell! Lovely finish
Cons: at present smallish range. Will look at other cleaners, but didn't fancy clogging up my airbrush today!
Didn't have time to try brush painting, will report tomorrow
Important, this is my opinion folks
Apparently they are pre thinned,
Non toxic, dont smell but spray like laquers. Hard finish and quick to dry. So thought I would give them a go. Both gloss, red and armour grey. I assume they are auto colours as never seen a tank or ship looking lovely in gloss grey?? Happy to be corrected lol
Bottles similar size to Vallejo etc.
So good shake and poured directly into my .3 iwata TR1 trigger airbrush. Sprayed at 20 psi, initially no mask and extractor off. No smell whatsoever, after using laquers, a big shock lol.
Sprayed beautifully, no issues. Nice smooth finish. The area on the left of the grey spoon is not the paint but the plastic on the spoon.
virtually all the reviews didn't mention cleaning the airbrush, the one i found had problems, the usual cleaners caused blockages etc, he had to use either the Kaleido cleaner or he found acetone worked. I bought a Kaleido bottle
The cleaner did smell a bit and despite cleaning the airbrush after the red and before the grey still found some red when cleaning after the grey, if that makes sense. Missed my liquid reamer big time lol.
After 10 minutes, the paint was a little tacky to the touch but I left no finger prints and no paint on my fingers. Will do scratch test also tomorrow.
Only negative is the small range, they do various sets which inc thinner and cleaner. But are expanding the range. I'll definitely use if they release naval colours.
Pros, no need to thin, sprays very well, no smell! Lovely finish
Cons: at present smallish range. Will look at other cleaners, but didn't fancy clogging up my airbrush today!
Didn't have time to try brush painting, will report tomorrow
Important, this is my opinion folks
