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Richard Carlisle
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So I had a Talon on the shelf that I had used for spraying drop shadows and such. Nothing that requires any control or precision. I decided to learn detail airbrushing, so I busted out the Talon and found my self struggling with the control exercises, especially any detail that required a line or dot less than 1/4". Problem is it will spray decent for about a minute then it won't shut the paint off. Paint will flow very slightly even with the trigger released. Problem is worse the thinner the paint gets. Flow is also only reliable with the trigger pulled back about half way and pushing a good amount of paint. When you thin the paint lower the pressure to less than 30PSI and try to get in close, it is unreliable. Sometimes you pull the trigger back and you get a nice steadily increasing flow as you should. Other times (most times) you ease back on the trigger and nothing happens. You keep easing back then all of a sudden the paint will release and blow a huge dot.
So thinking maybe this year old airbrush has just sat on the shelf too long, I ordered a new Talon. I've got about 30 minutes on the new one now and so far it doesn't have the constant flow issue, but it is just as unreliable as far as flow as the other one. Same erratic flow issues. Good airbrush for laying down drop shadows and backgrounds, using it kind of like a mini paint gun, but terrible for detail.
I'm just a beginner at detail airbrushing, but I'm thinking if I pull back on the trigger say, 1/8" and I get X amount of paint at a given pressure, I should be able to pull back 1/8" every time and get the same results at the same pressure. Instead, I can begin a fine line real close to the surface and it looks good, the all of a sudden more paint will release for no reason. I'm constantly having to adjust the trigger back and forth to maintain a consistent line, which makes it just about impossible to maintain a consistent line.
Is it me? I've tried paint reductions from 1:1 all the way to 10:1. I'm using Wicked colors with Wicked reducer. It doesn't appear to be tip dry. When it messes up, I look at the tip with a magnifying glass and it is clean. If I clean the airbrush it's good for another minute or so, but that can't be normal. In the detail tutorials, I don't see them cleaning their brush every minute. The only plus side to this is I've got REALLY good at cleaning an airbrush. I could join the NASCAR pit crew of airbrush cleaning.
Any suggestions on how to make this Talon work before I buy something else? I'm thinking Iwata Eclipse HP-CS for all around and when I get to where I can paint real fine details, add a Custom Micron CM-B or CM-C. Any other suggestions. How about Badger? Money isn't really an issue here. I'm learning and I want to learn on top quality equipment.
So thinking maybe this year old airbrush has just sat on the shelf too long, I ordered a new Talon. I've got about 30 minutes on the new one now and so far it doesn't have the constant flow issue, but it is just as unreliable as far as flow as the other one. Same erratic flow issues. Good airbrush for laying down drop shadows and backgrounds, using it kind of like a mini paint gun, but terrible for detail.
I'm just a beginner at detail airbrushing, but I'm thinking if I pull back on the trigger say, 1/8" and I get X amount of paint at a given pressure, I should be able to pull back 1/8" every time and get the same results at the same pressure. Instead, I can begin a fine line real close to the surface and it looks good, the all of a sudden more paint will release for no reason. I'm constantly having to adjust the trigger back and forth to maintain a consistent line, which makes it just about impossible to maintain a consistent line.
Is it me? I've tried paint reductions from 1:1 all the way to 10:1. I'm using Wicked colors with Wicked reducer. It doesn't appear to be tip dry. When it messes up, I look at the tip with a magnifying glass and it is clean. If I clean the airbrush it's good for another minute or so, but that can't be normal. In the detail tutorials, I don't see them cleaning their brush every minute. The only plus side to this is I've got REALLY good at cleaning an airbrush. I could join the NASCAR pit crew of airbrush cleaning.
Any suggestions on how to make this Talon work before I buy something else? I'm thinking Iwata Eclipse HP-CS for all around and when I get to where I can paint real fine details, add a Custom Micron CM-B or CM-C. Any other suggestions. How about Badger? Money isn't really an issue here. I'm learning and I want to learn on top quality equipment.