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Airbrush Won't Spray
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By Don Johnson
Airhead
Airbrush.Com, Inc
www.airbrushartistmagazine.com
www.airbrushtechniquemagazine.com
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I'm at least twelve years removed from
doing T Shirts full time, using water based textile colors a lot. While
preparing to shoot a video on airbrushing bubble letters to include in Airbrush Artist
Magazine.Com I soon remembered what a pain using water based textile
colors can be sometimes. Below is how I went about making using water based
textile colors a lot more enjoyable.
If you are using water based
textile paint and are having trouble with your airbrush either not spraying
paint or paint skipping this is a leading cause of both. After you open a new
jar of textile colors it allows air inside the container which after it sits
for a while will dry paint on the inside walls of the container. This dried
paint will end up in the paint you are spraying as soon as you go to use it
causing you all sorts of frustration.
Why bring this up? I airbrushed T
Shirts for years full time as I said but had forgotten all about this situation
that can be very frustrating if you are unaware of what's happening.
The solution is really very simple although many think it to time
consuming to bother with, strain your paint. Very simple easy way to help
ensure that paint you've had sitting around is not the cause of a very
frustrating session with your airbrush.
Below are pictures of the
different colors of airbrush textile paint I strained while shooting the bubble
letter video which clearly shows had I not strained the paint I would have had
a very hard time using my airbrush with that paint. All that dried paint I
strained out would have gone into my airbrush and created a condition where the
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Pictured above is the type of paper paint
filter I used. These can be purchased fairly inexpensively at just about any
retail out let that sells paint. If you can not secure this type of filter a
small section of woman's stocking will also work.
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