HOW TO AIRBRUSH ARTIST ACRYLIC PAINT COLORS

In this tutorial i will be showing you how to take thick artist acrylic paints and make them ready to be used in a airbrush.

[@CustomScaleModels]

Theses are water based acrylic paints not oil based.

[@keithsmodelsandrcs6593]

Any advice on craft acrylic paints for mixture with water its no good with real tinners u know pigments desolve with real paint tinner

[@thecaptain2521]

That's awesome, I would have never thought to use that kind of paint, THANK YOU!!

[@CustomScaleModels]

I didn’t for a long time until I needed a certain color that only was in artist paints. But its surprising how good it actually airbrushes.

[@philiptownsend4026]

And the great thing about artist paints is that you can mix any colour under the sun.

[@deputy3690]

Another informative video! These videos save lots of time and money.

[@dwightatnorthernstar1820]

Yes, I tried some, I added some Pledge Revive to mine, it gave a nice shine to my model car and a tough surface also. Thanks for the review

[@keithsmodelsandrcs6593]

Thanks buddy I appreciate your sharing cool, 👍👍Keith

[@CustomScaleModels]

I appreciate you always supporting the channel! Thank you 👍

[@keithsmodelsandrcs6593]

@@CustomScaleModels course bro why we do it to help and support each other threw there skills and help develop new ones also great job, 👍

[@slotcardude68]

Never thought about those colors, thanks for the info!!!

[@BoxcarJerry]

Great video thanks for sharing your experience with them.

[@CustomScaleModels]

No problem! I think I prefer theses better over craft paints because they cover so well

[@BoxcarJerry]

@@CustomScaleModels good to know that. I'll pick some up next time .👍

[@stephaniewright4336]

Thank you for the wonderful info!

[@Monkeesblood]

SUBSCRIBED! - Nice channel man, very helpful, excellent instruction.

[@DiablitaNails]

Thanks for your tutorial, welped a lot. 👍👍👍

[@CustomScaleModels]

👍🏼

[@markjolyn94]

Great video! Thanks for sharing

[@redstrat1234]

Excellent information sir

[@nonchip]

i just got my first airbrush and thought i'd be smart and just use a bunch of thinner with these paints instead of buying the expensive stuff, turned out horrible (as one with more experience would probably imagine, given i went 50/50 thinner and paint), will try your 30/70 ipa/water mixture tomorrow, great idea!

[@CustomScaleModels]

Yeah it’s pretty thick for 50/50 it needs 2 part thinner to 1 part paint. But every airbrush is different so just keep thinning it till it sprays good but don’t thin it like water

[@nonchip]

@@CustomScaleModels yeah my issue is mostly that i used pure thinner instead of water i think. it wasn't too thick, it just literally didn't even start to dry in half an hour and just dripped off the surface like crazy and bubbled up and stuff like that. been told that's the high concentration of thinner messing with the acrylic medium's ability to cure or something

[@CustomScaleModels]

Yeah, acrylic paint don’t really like to mix with any type of harsher thinners some acrylic paint will even become clumpy or like jelly when mixed with harsh thinners. Also paint in several light coats instead of just 1 or 2 heavy coats

[@nonchip]

@@CustomScaleModels just did a new test spray with 30%IPA in water and less than 5% thinner, 2 coats of primer, and 3 or 4 of paint, turned out perfect. thanks a lot! :)

[@CustomScaleModels]

I’m Glad I could help. 👍

[@stevenyauhy]

Great

[@kenmorris2858]

Excellent. What do you use for a top coat on these acrylics? Many thanks from Nova Scotia...

[@JohnPol]

pretty cool I just subbed to you

[@CustomScaleModels]

Thank you for the support I really appreciate it! 👍

[@goforitpainting]

Cool

[@GrandNational66]

What would u clear coat it with that is a matte finish for car interior, not a fan of glossy interiors Thanks

[@CustomScaleModels]

You can use matte varnish or matte clear coats. There’s a bunch of options. Just google matte clear coats for models and a bunch will come up

[@DieTabbi]

Nice video. I start with airbrush for scale model. What I ask myself as I see all the color stick to the cup, how much color is lost in the cup and can‘t put in the airbrush? Sorry I am not native english.

[@philiptownsend4026]

That is a good question. Wasted paint is just part of the process, and overspray is lost paint too. I have a theory theory that fine artists actually throw away more paint than actually gets to the canvas in failed mixes, brush cleaning and what is lost in palette cleaning. Your English is very good. I am an English person living in Slovakia and use Google Translate a lot, it works well and makes my existence possible here.

[@stoots1000]

would using a good clear coat for top coat be ok with these paints once dry? i am wanting to make a couple of custom faceplate covers for my grandsons xbox controllers, and know those things take a beating..so would need to be "toughened up". i could use other paints, but i do like the colors in this set

[@kanstudio93]

What code spray gun do you use?

[@gotchagr]

Wow! Very helpful video I must say! I just bought my first airbrush (a cheap one as a total noob in it) and I'm interested to paint fishing lures! What about if I use only water to thin my acrylic colors? I like them because are cheap and can easily clean them using water. Do you think the ration between water and color would be 2:1? Thanks for any possible answer!

[@CustomScaleModels]

2 part water and 1 part paint should work fine. But if the color is to light just reduce the water a little.

[@gotchagr]

@@CustomScaleModels thank you!

[@grahambate3384]

Try spraying a bit of floor polish over top, c it give it a glossy look. Can u mix chlorophyll colour. My son painted this colour and want paint a model to mix cheers

[@philiptownsend4026]

With artists paints you can mix any colour you can imagine. Lots of advice about it on KZbin.

[@gotchagr]

Hey there! I have a question: here at 2:25, you said your airbrush has a 0.5 needle. If my airbrush has one thicker than this (i.e. 0.3) I must make a new ratio between paint and water? I.e. 1 paint to 3 water or is it ok the 2:1 ration for thicker needles?

[@84leafclover]

how good is the paint if you use it on wood?

[@andregrafia1914]

excelente

[@Mintychops]

Thank you

[@lRAQl]

Margenta, Siren 😁😁😁😁😁😁

[@squirrelmodelkits8499]

Is there a way to make it really shiny

[@CustomScaleModels]

You can use testors lacquer gloss or testors enamel gloss

[@squirrelmodelkits8499]

@@CustomScaleModels ok good

[@squirrelmodelkits8499]

@@CustomScaleModels would love to see more videos on how they turned out on you models

[@eksund1900]

"All these are primary colors!" No! Red, blue and yellow are primary colors. The rest is secondary and tertiary colors. Just to be precise. .And there is no cadmium in those cheap paints. It is just how the color supposed to look. Cadmium paint is very expensive. Otherwise I like the idea and must try it.

[@stoots1000]

i dont think he meant primary colors in that way..i think what he meant was this particular set covers the primary colors an artist would have on hand. my mother in law is a painter and she refers to her paint sets as primary and "others" named depending on use..and a couple of the art classes i have went to with her said same thing

[@philiptownsend4026]

You are bring the artists knowledge of colour theory to the modelling scene. Please don't be too aggressive about a modellers lack of knowledge about a completely different hobby. I like to see this crossover as that is the space I occupy. Only good can come of it. Bytheway - magenta, cyan and yellow are the primary colours

[@porglezomp7235]

There’s potentially a different meaning if “primary” here which is single-pigment colors? Mixing a single pigment orange with something comes out cleaner than mixing a yellow + a red + the rest.

[@dbroadwayvfx]

Whoa. Never airbrush colors with Cadmium in it. That's toxic. Use a purpose made red Airbrush color which does not contain Cadmium.

[@CustomScaleModels]

I wear a Respirator so I don’t worry about it. However, during the paint-making process the pigment is fused with sulfides and coated in the particular medium’s binder (oil, acrylic, gouache or watercolor). This process renders the cadmium insoluble in water, which greatly limits absorption by the human body

[@dbroadwayvfx]

@@CustomScaleModels Ok. Just be careful out there.

[@CustomScaleModels]

Thank you for the warning though I really appreciate it. some may not know about it

[@sonnyjimm23]

Cadmium pigment in art paints are so low there is no risk, hence why there is no toxic warnings on the label - the amount is so negligible (especially in cheap paints) that poisoning is not even a possibility.

[@philiptownsend4026]

Traditionally many artists colours were highly toxic, lead, cadmium, cobalt, even cows urine, soot, earth, rock, gems and even ground up Egyptian mummies (!) and others. Those days are gone and such substances are now illegal in artists paints, science has found good/better substitutes. You could eat modern acrylic paints, they would not poison you but would be nutritionally poor and might gum up your guts.