model air varnish?

[Rev]

Hi guys,

having recently bought an airbrush I\'d like to experiment with somem spray on varnishes (Ive found cans from all manufacturers unreliable in the past).

Has anyone used varnis from an airbrush, and can you tell me if it produces more consistent results than from a spray can?

I\'ve got a bottle of vallejo matt model air here I can try. Is it anygood, does it need thinning?

FW masterclass recommends thinned daler rowney soluble matt varnish, anyone tried that through an airbrush?

Advice appreciated.

rev

 

[Einion]

Originally posted by Rev
Has anyone used varnis from an airbrush, and can you tell me if it produces more consistent results than from a spray can?

Oh yeah. And then some!

One of the great things about airbrushing varnish is that you have a lot more control over the coat thickness. Simply being able to dilute it gives more flexibility than a spraycan equivalent, but regardless the atomisation should be finer which is almost always a good thing.

But varnish is varnish - to be on the safe side always spray a little test on a scrap first.

Einion

 

[DaRat]

I\'ve used Liquitex (Gloss and Matte), Lascaux (Matte, my favorite), and Reaper Master Series Brush On Sealer. All work just fine and give good results.

 

[ScottRadom]

I\'ve used the VGC Matte and Gloss varnish. Worked great thinned about 1:1 with vallejo thinner.

 

[Ritual]

I recently bought Vallejo Model Air satin varnish to use on resin plinths (after spraying them black). Works really nicely and gives the plinths a very pleasing finish. Like Einion said, applying it with airbrush gives you superior control.

 

[winterdyne]

Save yourself some moneys!

Use Future floor polish (Klear here in the UK).

Pure Klear is very glossy, very hard. Excellent for protection and as a surface to decal onto, and also for doing oil washes (as the oil won\'t attack the Klear).

A 7:3 mix of Klear and Tamiya X-21 flat base is dead matt. Again, an oil wash doesn\'t seem to attack it, but the wash will spread on the surface. Which might be what you want.

Both will spray straight through an airbrush. Clean it out with a dilute ammonia solution or windowlene. Do not use Tamiya thinners first as it gums the Future.

The transforming toy in my gallery was varnished with these, and it copes with handling and the surface wear of transformation very well. Most gaming mini\'s wouldn\'t be so abused, so would should hold up even better.

Klear\'s cheap too. VERY heavily used in military modelling.