air brush demo

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John K Jordan

Well, I'm disappointed! I'd hate for you to be driving on the big hill in a snow storm, though.

As for the working space, if you had room for it I have a classic commercial drafting table in my storage. The table tilts as needed or sits level. Also, if interested someone gave me a dozen sheets of 3/4" A-B plywood and 2x4 wood frames which would easily make a wonderful art station with a shelf or two, easier to fit into a tighter space. (and the price is right!)

JKJ

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Joe Fleming

Nice warm-up doodles

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Donna Banfield

John, I recall you sort of apologizing that you weren't that good with the airbrush (your mirrors). I hope that you've put that in your rear view mirror, because the stuff on your sketch pad alone is far beyond a novice or beginner. You know what you're doing. BTW, love your 3-D box that you airbrushed. -- See? you know what you're doing.

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John C Lucas

Looks good far.away. when you get up close you can see the lack of skill. At least compared 3to the people who actually are good. Im having fun and improving every day. Its a lot like turning it takes practice and good equipment. When i started i had a terrible time. Fortunately there are some good.you tube videos. The right paint was the biggest challenge. I didnt know at first and struggled with a mediocre air brush. Then i bought a good air brush and got better. Then i started playing with the paints. That has made a huge difference. Buy the Golden brand to start with. I started.with Createx and constantly sruggled. Then bought jacuard. A lot better. Then when i was in Nashville i found some Golden. A lot better. So much better that even the $9.99 harbour freight air brush will for many techniques.

Golden was also rec by our club's airbrusher!

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William Rogers

John, for a place for your paints and pyrography just setup a table on the other side of the window. That way you can take advantage of the nice white background you have.

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john lucas

I would but it's 1 degree and snowing outside that window today. I have a large window in the back of the shop that will eventually be my carving and painting area but I need to build the workbench/cabinet there before anything else gets done.

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Jim Seyfried

What brands or types of air brushes are considered good ones to get?

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john lucas

I have owned a Paasche and now an Iwata. Binh PHo used to recommend the Iwata. The problem is there are lots of models of each and I simply don't know what to recommend. I purchased what Hobby Lobby had on sale. I will have to get the model #. Grex gets a lot of good recommendations but I've never used one. I do think the trigger kind of paint regulator might be easier than the top button to learn how to use.

You also have to consider whether you want gravity feed or bottom feed. with bottom feed you can have interchangeable bottles that is a lot faster. Those however take a lot of paint and not sure how long you can store the paint in them. If you do a lot of work like the guys in the T shirt design business it would work out.

If your just wanting to spray large areas like coloring part of a hollow vessel or filling in large masked off areas then a really cheap airbrush like the Harbour Freight $9.99 model will work. If you want to try and draw fine lines or have much better control then you need to look at the higher dollar variety. I've been watching videos where guys teach you how to improve your less expensive air brush. Seems like a lot of work.

For someone like me who only occasionally does airbrush work and not in high quantity I think the gravity feed works better. I can put in just a few drops if I want to. Lots of considerations. Read as much as you can. I hope maybe other will chime in

Need Space . . .

Don Stephan

" I really need a dedicated surface design area with places for all my paints, dyes, inks, pyro and carving equipement as well as having place for my air brush compressor and a hook up to my big compressor. "

Isn't that what the living room is for?

Re: Need Space . . .

John C Lucas

Im.married now. When i was single i used to carve in the kitchen in the winter.

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Donna Banfield

I have 3 airbrushes. The Iwata (purchased from Binh Pho in 2010), the Grex T3, purchased from David Nittmann (after watching Joe Fleming's demo at an AAW Symposium) that has the trigger control, and a Masters (inexpensive). I had a hard time getting used to the top of the gun finger control on the Iwata. I had no trouble using the Grex with the trigger control, right from the start. When trying to use the Masters, I spent more time trying to get it to work.

Like with most tools, machinery and equipment, you get what you pay for. Very limited, or only occasional use and you can probably get by with a less expensive airbrush. But it you want to do a lot, or work in fine details, you'll be a lot happier with a good quality airbrush, and expect to pay $100 and up.

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John C Lucas

Thanks Donna. Ive been reading up on how to make an inexpensive air brush work better. Too much hassle. Buy a good one i The first place. I ha e.not used the Grex yet but will talk to Joe at the AAW symposium in a couple of weeks. I think the trigger would be a lot easier for us new air brush users. The top finger models are probably better for actually drawing with the air brush ecause its more like holding a pen.

Grex

John K Jordan

I tried both of the Grex airbrushes at his booth at the NC symposium and I did find the trigger model a little easier for me. (I've never used an airbrush) I think I could get used to the other one.

I almost bought one but then I ran out of money, or maybe I was somehow suddenly struck with the disturbing feeling of self restraint.

JKJ

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john lucas

I'm going to glue my wallet in my pocket so it's really really hard to get out. That way when I walk around the vendor floor I might have a little bit of restraint.

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Jim Seyfried

Thanks John and Donna. I looked up Joe's website and there is a wealth of information there, both on the Grex air brush models and airbrushing.

Joe's website for those interested  *LINK*


https://www.airbrushingwood.com/

Re: Need Space . . .

Bruce Markwardt

My shop is the bedroom of a little “guest house” on our property. My painting, pyro, etc are set up in the bathroom. Put a piece of plywood on the vanity for my work area. I put shelves in the bathtub to hold supplies. Stuff I want close at hand sits on the toilet. Sounds totally goofy, but it works!

I ued to have a color.darkroom in a bathroom

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Ron Lynch

I did too, had to give it up when the kids got old enough to open the door and barge in. Usually at a critical point in the process. Now I'm writing this on my darkroom.

Re: I ued to have a color.darkroom in a bathroom

John K Jordan

I've had darkrooms in two bathrooms and a laundry room. In one bathroom I built a workbench over the tub which was hand for rinsing things.

I always put a latch on the inside of the door.

I think the only thing I kept from the darkroom days is an old Gralab timer, I'm guessing made in the '50s.

JKJ

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Bill Blasic

Guess I was lucky as I had a whole room in the basement built to be a darkroom. Sold everything except a little B&W enlarger just in case.

I've got y'all beat for a compact ......

JamieDonaldson

....color lab space! For 22 yrs. my production lab was in the tail end of a 5th wheel trailer, floor space 8'X7' with a Kreonite 16"roller transport print processor, 2 1/2gal. C-41 basket film processing line, and enlarger with related equipment. Photographing horse shows all around the central and southeasten US was how my wife and I made our living for 33 yrs. I cranked out thousands of 8"x10" and 16"x20" prints overnight from that lab each year, didn't have a whole lot of time to sleep in those days!