Re: Airbrushing turned items

Binh uses "metal acid dye - water base"
>From Liberon supplies 800-245-5611

Walt



On Tue, 29 Nov 2005 17:22:49 -0000, "Ron Headon"
<Ron_Sheila@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Hi all,
>
>I know this may be a somewhat heretical idea to some but I've been
>experimenting with airbrushing my turnings. Binh Pho makes a superb job of
>it and I have to say that he's the main inspiration behind this although I
>would never be able to aspire to his creative genius (I'm not being
>sarcastic - I really do think his work is out of this world). Anyway, here's
>the thing; I've been airbrushing acrylics onto a beech bowl with a
>reasonable level of success apart from the fact that when dry the painted
>area is incredibly rough - even though I "raised the grain" and sanded back
>before applying the paint. Sanding back the painted area to make it smooth
>simply removes the paint. Overcoating with an acrylic gloss coat simply
>makes the whole thing very rough - as well as cloudy. Unperturbed, I scraped
>all the paint off with the trusty bowl gouge and started again. This time I
>didn't use the gloss coat on top of the acrylic colours - I used carnauba
>wax instead to see what kind of effect that would produce. In a word, the
>result was "awful". I can't work out how to produce a nice smooth, even
>glossy, finish. Would it help if I applied cellulose sanding sealer first
>and airbrushed on top of that? Any other ideas about what I can do to
>achieve what I want (apart from totally abandoning this subversive obsession
>and just letting the figure and beauty of the wood speak for itself!). If I
>can nail this problem the design possibilities are practically limitless.
>
>Thanks for all replies
>
>Kind regards
>
>Ron Headon
>Swindon, England
>

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