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| The Old Man... |
Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 11:23 am |
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Hi all - I have a question. I have a bunch of old Model Masters
Metalizer Bottles that I bought years ago when a craft store folded.
(25¢ a bottle) I never got around to using them because all the
bottled plainly state "For Airbrush Only". Recently, I got hold of a
couple of Mini-Art knights and was looking at the armor and chain mail
and wanting to paint them in contrasting colors. So I got out the
bottles of Metalizers and chose Steel for the armor and Gunmetal for
the chainmail.
Before I realized it, I was brushing the paint on and found that it
quickly dried and left NO brush streaks.
So why was it "For Airbrushing Only"? The stuff works perfectly.
Oh one other point, I put a recycled rattleball from an old spent can
of spray paint into the bottle too, to keep the paint mixed. That
works nicely. |
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Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 4:55 pm |
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In article <c8213767-c014-434a-93f8-3f41de01bffe at (no spam) a1g2000hsb.googlegroups.com>, The Old Man <Braungart at (no spam) verizon.net> wrote:
Quote: Hi all - I have a question. I have a bunch of old Model Masters
Metalizer Bottles that I bought years ago when a craft store folded.
(25=A2 a bottle) I never got around to using them because all the
bottled plainly state "For Airbrush Only". Recently, I got hold of a
couple of Mini-Art knights and was looking at the armor and chain mail
and wanting to paint them in contrasting colors. So I got out the
bottles of Metalizers and chose Steel for the armor and Gunmetal for
the chainmail.
Before I realized it, I was brushing the paint on and found that it
quickly dried and left NO brush streaks.
So why was it "For Airbrushing Only"? The stuff works perfectly.
Oh one other point, I put a recycled rattleball from an old spent can
of spray paint into the bottle too, to keep the paint mixed. That
works nicely.
that's so they could sell you the brush paint and airbrush paint. question?
try it. if it works, remember.... |
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| Frank Henriquez... |
Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 5:35 pm |
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Quote: Before I realized it, I was brushing the paint on and found that it
quickly dried and left NO brush streaks.
So why was it "For Airbrushing Only"? The stuff works perfectly.
Mainly because of the texture/finish.
If you airbrush metalizer, you can get a nice, smooth metal plate
effect. Brushing leaves a texture that isn't quite as plate like. Still
looks great, though. I often brush paint metalizer on ailerons,
elevators and rudders that are supposed to be aluminum painted fabric.
It looks great in contrast to spray painted metalizer.
Frank
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Frank Henriquez Programmer/Analyst Jules Stein Eye Institute, UCLA
frank at (no spam) ucla.edu http://frank.bol.ucla.edu/index.htm |
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