Mountainclimber Posted February 23, 2010 Report Share Posted February 23, 2010 Trying to spray Lure Craft Soft Plastic Paint through my air brush and it is kicking my butt. At first it was working OK, but spraying stringy spiderweb like junk all over the place. Eventually it clogged my brush. Since then I've tried cleaning the airbrush and tried mostly thinner, mostly paint, half and half, it's still not working worth a dang. Should I just give up and brush it on (which will look like crap)??? Thanks!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBK Posted February 23, 2010 Report Share Posted February 23, 2010 Use a small sponge brush, wont look bad at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mountainclimber Posted February 23, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2010 Thanks BBK, will do that. Maybe the problem I'm having with the air brush would be solved with the Retarder they sell. Maybe it's starting to dry too quickly coming through the airbrush. I'll try a sponge brush. Thanks again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunnie3035 Posted February 24, 2010 Report Share Posted February 24, 2010 Thanks BBK, will do that. Maybe the problem I'm having with the air brush would be solved with the Retarder they sell. Maybe it's starting to dry too quickly coming through the airbrush. I'll try a sponge brush. Thanks again. Yes, the paint is drying before it leaves the gun. That is why your getting the spider webs. The retarder will slow down the drying time. The paint may need to be cut with some type of thinner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red ranger Posted February 26, 2010 Report Share Posted February 26, 2010 (edited) Yes, the paint is drying before it leaves the gun. That is why your getting the spider webs. The retarder will slow down the drying time. The paint may need to be cut with some type of thinner. I use a bottom feed air brush for my hollow swimbaits 25% thiner and add the retarder untill the cob webbing stops thats what i do.if you add to much retarder it wont dry fast enough and mess up the scales when you remove the netting Edited February 26, 2010 by red ranger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mountainclimber Posted March 3, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2010 I use a bottom feed air brush for my hollow swimbaits 25% thiner and add the retarder untill the cob webbing stops thats what i do.if you add to much retarder it wont dry fast enough and mess up the scales when you remove the netting Cool, I use a bottom feed brush as well and will definitely try the retarder. The sponge brush works OK, but uses more paint and doesn't look too great with multiple colors on a really big bait (but got me by for my first run). The retarder should do the trick. Thanks again everyone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBaits Posted March 3, 2010 Report Share Posted March 3, 2010 When I was a taxidermist, I had to use retarder all the time in my paints it just seemed like it always worked best. Airbrushes and paints take a lot of experimenting to get the flow just right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mountainclimber Posted March 3, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2010 I wonder if you have to use their brand name retarder or would any latex retarder work? For what I'm trying to do I'd rather just get something locally ASAP. Thanks again for the feedback. This is a great site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBaits Posted March 3, 2010 Report Share Posted March 3, 2010 I always used the same brand of my paints which I always bought from WASCO, but I don't really know if you could use another one or not. Sure helped using it tho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
