Spray Painting Plush Animals

[ryanb4614]

Hello. I am new to the airbrushing world. I have tried a variety of different airbrushes, including the deluxe Harbor Freight, Paasche TG Talon, now my Badger 105 comes today.

Still have the harbor freight deluxe works pretty good.
Paasche- sent back kept clogging on me. Maybe my fault. Kept altering the PSI with my pancake compressor.

Basically my daughter wanted a teddy bear different colors, i thought why not make it since we couldnt find one and surprise her. I used craftsmart arylic paint, thinned with windex and Ceramcoat Painters Textile Medium... Made it like water/skim milk. Felt okay, kept brushing it. Some spots where it went on heavy, little hard to the touch. Test using a baby wipe scrubbing some areas seems that the paint will come off with aggressive rubbing.

Any suggestion on-
-Paint suggestion/mixing to make more soft or different techniques
-Make a softer to the touch?

Seems this company is airbrushing

 

[Malky]

I would imagine you should be using a non toxic dye instead of paint, contact some dye manufacturers by email to find out what would work best and be child safe, if the fur on your teddy bear is a synthetic material it could be a problem as far as adhesion goes.

You could also contact the company who posted the video to ask what they use but since are a company specialising in these plush pets, they might see you as competition.

 

[markjthomson]

The original createx is also for fabrics. The mix you made up is not great health wise, they are some nasty chemicals. As a rule we don't recommend that practice as it can create all manner of issues. Best practice is to reduce the paint with the manufacturers recommended products.

Can I get you to go along to the intro section and say Hi? Who are you? What got you into AB? What you paint, that sort of thing.

Cheers Mark

 

[JackEb]

As Mark has already stated, 'Createx Airbrush colours' are the go to paint for textiles, but remember that they will need to be heat set once done. A hairdryer will suffice.
Checking with the manufacturer regarding being child safe is also recommended as you are using the product for a product that may not be the usual use.

rather than jump straight to the plush toys experiment on tshirts - even old ones. there is a process for painting textile, its not just a case of throwing some paint on.

what ever paint you use it is always better that you use the recommended reducers/thinners/ bases as recommended by the manufacturer. not all paints will behave nicely if you mix brands.

What you have planned sounds interesting, as Mark has also pointed out, if you pop across to the intro section and just let us know what your history of airbrushing is etc etc also setting your location in your profile will result in people recommending local suppliers for you

 

[Nessus]

Windex is also ammonia based. Ammonia degrades plated finishes, so you want to avoid ammonia or ammonia-based products in your brush if possible.

Using Windex as a thinner or cleaner for airbrushing acrylics is a bit of bad advice that just won't die. I've been seeing that one get traded around on modelling forums for literally decades. It SEEMS legit, because it does work as an effective cheap acrylic solvent, but it's not healthy for your brushes.