Airbrushing Leather (Buying An Airbrush)

[fredk]

2 hours ago, GingerPowered said:

Thank you! I didn't see it necessary to spent so much on cleaner, I knew you all did something that was easy yet effective. I will get a magnet tray, that's great advice thank you

If I'm having a session airbrushing acrylics I just rinse the a/b out with some alcohol then water, put in the new colour, spray a bit off target, on to some handy card, then continue on target. At the end of the session I clean out the a/b as above then strip it down and give it a good cleaning, especially the needle. You/I don't want dried paint in the a/b

I recommend you get a couple of sets of these a/b cleaning brushes. If you shop around you can get them for about $2 a set. There are dearer sets but they are the same as the cheap ones

 

Edited February 16 by fredk

[fredk]

On masking; go to a shop that deals with plastic modelers. There are several masking fluids available. One is Maskol by Humbrol. But you can also buy liquid latex and paint it on to the area to be masked. The latex works out cheaper and is the basis of all the other masking fluids. I've even used PVA glue as a mask

[AEBL]

@GingerPowered, There is another thread here on the form showing latex from HobbyLobby being used to mask dyes: