Help with airbrushing metal.

[Col.Kilgore]

Help. What am I doing wrong? Every time I go for the metal look it comes out like this. Spotty. Compressor is about 20psi. Vallejo Metal Chrome paint. I sprayed thin coats and it still comes out like this. Any help would be appreciated.

 

[TimM63]

What is the under coat? What size needle/nozzle are you using? Try and turn your psi down to 10-12.

 

[Col.Kilgore]

Ammo A-Stand gloss black primer

 

[the Baron]

Do those spots represent a surface texture as well?

If the spots are just in the paint, and not in the surface, I'd say the paint isn't mixed thoroughly. It might need more shaking/agitating than you're currently applying. Maybe add a glass bead to the bottle or jar, use a paint mixer or blender, a shaker, etc.

 

[Ron2]

Help. What am I doing wrong? Every time I go for the metal look it comes out like this. Spotty. Compressor is about 20psi. Vallejo Metal Chrome paint. I sprayed thin coats and it still comes out like this. Any help would be appreciated.
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Not sure with acrylics but with laq I spray metal at lower psi- around 10. Is it drying before it hits the plastic?

 

[Col.Kilgore]

Not sure with acrylics but with laq I spray metal at lower psi- around 10. Is it drying before it hits the plastic?

That is what I am starting to think.

 

[Ron2]

That is what I am starting to think.

It's what it looks like to me. That sucks. Like I said I use Laq but to be honest I'm usually around 8psi and have done as low as 6 but AKs metals are very thin. Not sure how you can fix that. Possibly do a light sand? Just enough to knock down the bits. But I'd look into it more first!

 

[Col.Kilgore]

It's what it looks like to me. That sucks. Like I said I use Laq but to be honest I'm usually around 8psi and have done as low as 6 but AKs metals are very thin. Not sure how you can fix that. Possibly do a light sand? Just enough to knock down the bits. But I'd look into it more first!

From a distance it doesn't look as bad as the pic I posted . . . but when you look closer it looks like poo.

 

[urumomo]

is the Vallejo chrome thinned or straight from the bottle ?

 

[Col.Kilgore]

is the Vallejo chrome thinned or straight from the bottle ?

Straight from bottle

 

[urumomo]

thin it . experiment on some scrap .

 

[Col.Kilgore]

thin it . experiment on some scrap .

I just did . . . thinned it and lowered the PSI to 15 . . . . smooth as glass.

 

[Col.Kilgore]

thin it . experiment on some scrap .

it seemed like it was thin enough already I could get by without thinning. Live and learn.

 

[Ron2]

Straight from bottle

There's the problem