painting with airbrush

[jackalope]

They contain Isopropyl and glycol as well, but yeah, they're completely safe unless drunk I guess - not that I guess many have tried. I use a compressor. Must cost a fortune in cans to paint that way.

Wierd. She must have a super nose.

[billpe]

Yet painting her nails is completely ok right?

[jackalope]

Yet painting her nails is completely ok right?

That's a great question, have you asked her yet? If not I would.

[wibblywobbly]

Something worth mentioning is the pressure that is used, you only need 15-20psi, and if you use a large box at that pressure the overspray won't go anywhere else. I spray in my spare room, and do lots of it, without any paint getting anywhere except on the model, or the box.

All modern paints are safe, and acylics are basically water based, with a few trace elements added. I use Vallejo for no other reason than I always have, know how they mix/dilute etc.

[greengiant]

Post ww2 tanks and other vehicles were painted in what can best be described as a green black color semi gloss that if left to the elements tuned olive drab as it faded. I painted a lot of the real thing and even had general officers have more black added to the provided military color to make their mutts stand out.
Remember that US postwar vehicles where constantly repainted, cleaned and sometimes even waxed and polished. Thus they had little chance to fade until they were taken out of active use for newer models that flowed into the military pipeline.
I remember that M47's received in Germany as targets for the m60's and Sheridans of my day had been out of service long enough that they had faded to olive drab in most cases.

[jagman62]

thanks for all the replies lots of ideas to think about,the commercially made spray booth is out of my price range so a cardboard box & low pressure looks favourite.
Billpe nice article with some interesting colour shades at the bottom.
Alpha not sure whether testors is sold in the Uk but Vallejo is widely available.

[ALPHA]

Honestly Jag...though many good options are listed...what I do is just pin up and lay down some newspapers ....mostly one in front of me....and one below whatever I am working on... I don't worry too much about over spray...acrylic vapor dries pretty quick and will turn into dust quite fast...this can be vacuumed or swept up afterwards...the paper in front of me is mostly for testing my patterns...the one below for catching any drips...the biggest and probably the most important is you wear a filter mask of some sorts...I use medical masks for model painting...the particulates aren't that small to pass through

Good Luck

ALPHA