Paint and airbrushing tips and advice

[gamblor916]

I started to find dark flecks in my paint jobs so I had to have a look at my needle assembly. Turns out that I had a layer of crud that built up over time. Cleaned it out with wire brush cleaners and piksters so hopefully I'll keep this in check.

[UltraMarginal]

thats neat!

[Dan]

Thanks but - dammit - I only just now noticed that I put my comment in the wrong sub-section of this creative stuff section. Should I delete and re-post elsewhere?

[gamblor916]

You can make a new thread for it.

[SMHFConvoy]

Prepping a figure for painting and I tried giving the surface of the toy a light scrub with a steel brush which scuffs the plastic, providing tooth for the primer to grab onto.

[Thurmus]

What is the best method for removing the gum from masking tape without leaving residue that ruins attempts to paint over where it was? I am painting wood.

[SMHFConvoy]

To reduce the tackiness of masking tape put the tape strip on your clothes and peel it off, do this a few times.

I've also heard that it's a good idea to peel the masking tape off of the surface you're painting, a few minutes after it's been painted but I've never tried this trick.

[Thurmus]

So several months is not advised?

[SMHFConvoy]

So several months is not advised?

I know it's a joke but a long period of time could go 2 ways:

1.The tape peels away, it might ruin that clean paint job you did 7 months ago.

2.It peels away damaging the masked paint job you 7 months ago and leaving behind a sticky residue from the masking tape that you now have to
clean up.

[Thurmus]

It came off OK because it had cured properly before I put it on. But there are small mounds of sticky goo where the tape was in places.