Tech Tips
* Easy way to contain the over spray when cleaning. By Kevin Mayes Ever had a problem with where to spray as you clean your airbrush? Here is a simple, cheap way to keep the spray from becoming a problem. WHAT YOU NEED~
1) gallon can (or other open top container) 1) mailing tube or tube from paper towels
1) bag of dustless cat litter masking tape and a piece of paper
Fill the gallon container half full with cat litter. Take you pa- per and fashion a ‘cap’ for one end of the tube. Cut a hole in the cap you just made slightly larger than the nozzle end of your airbrush. Once this is done, tape the cap to one end of the tube. Then insert several ‘wads’ of paper towel into the open end of the tube filling it about 1/3 to 1/2. Push the open end into the container of cat litter and you have a safe way to clean your brush out without the risk of breathing a lot of over spray! Just place the nozzle into the cap and clean away. (This also helps keep the studio cleaner!)
* EZ Airbrush Carrier by Jammer
This is geared more towards the t-shirt airbrusher, but can be used by anyone who uses a lot of airbrushes and you keep the paint bottles connected. If you have a lot of airbrushes, it can be a pain to transport them from place to place especially if your a traveling artist. Get yourself one of those plastic tool boxes, the size depends on how many airbrushes you have. Take the tray out. Next go to your local fabric store or any place that sells 2 inch stiff foam. Get enough so that you will have 2 pieces the size of the inside of the tool box. Now measure and cut 2 pieces of foam the size of the inside of the tool box. Next measure the diameter of your airbrush bottles . Mark that size out on one piece of foam, this is where the bottles will go so leave some space between them. Now cut out the holes a little smaller than the bottle size, doing this will keep the bottles and airbrushes snug and will keep them from moving around in the box. Now take the 2 pieces of foam and using either duck tape or hot glue stick them together with the hole piece on top and put it in the box.
Now fill it with your airbrushes and your ready to go! This is the easiest way I’ve found to carry my airbrushes and if done right, if the box falls your airbrushes should come out
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ok. I dropped mine already and my airbrushes were fine, just a little paint came out of the breather hole. I hope this makes life easier for you with out having to spend a lot of money.
* Airbrush Holder by Kimmo Material used: 1 sheet of 15 x 10 cm (6mm) Plexiglas and 10mm size drill bit and heat gun
I have two airbrushes so I drill two holes with the 10mm drill bit through the Plexiglas. I then use the heat gun and blow on both sides of the Plexiglas heating it up than I bend it to a 45 degree angle. Done ,,,,use a spring clamp to attach it on your table .
*Keep the paper you are practicing on now and put them in
a folder. Put the folder away for 6-12 months then pull them out when you’ve reached a frustration point and want to give up , you’ll realize how far you have come along. Again Good Luck and Keep Sprayin’ by Denis Burgess
* For those that are just starting out.....On top of all the equipment you need, you also need to buy the paint....... there are so many colours out there......
Well this may seem obvious, but there is no cheaper way to start than buying
.....Red, Blue, Yellow, Black and white..... from these you can mix many
colours......and will stand you in really good stead for being able to mix your own colours by eye........You will need to decide which colours are the purest red, blue, yellow etc.... Good luck - Sue Johnson
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