DonH 1,344 Posted April 12, 2019 Has anyone tried to use Artool FX templates to do a similar thing? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KitmodellerNZ 427 Posted April 12, 2019 On 3/29/2019 at 2:42 AM, Colin said: Do you have to up the air pressure when sraying to force the paint through the pad. Will definitely give it a go as like you say the normal way seems to take for ever and my hand starts to get painful Colin, I just spray through the pad with the pressure set to around 20psi. You could give it a go though. I guess the main factor is how much you have pulled at the Scotch Brite. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gazzas 6,640 Posted April 14, 2019 I was going to do this then I realized my lap was covered with tiny green flecks of scotch pad. No way I was going to blow that into my paint. How do your avoid that? Gaz Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SapperSix 452 Posted April 14, 2019 (edited) 9 hours ago, Gazzas said: I was going to do this then I realized my lap was covered with tiny green flecks of scotch pad. No way I was going to blow that into my paint. How do your avoid that? Gaz Gaz, I washed mine in the sink with soap and water. Then made a few passes with compressed air at about 25 PSI. No problems yet. I have tried both the Scotch Brite Industrial pad (larger holes) and the Heavy Duty. I also used scissors to "shave" off and thin the pad as to get the right thickness for this technique. What I have come up with appears to be madness but is working wonderfully. Edited April 14, 2019 by SapperSix 3 nmayhew, KitmodellerNZ and Gazzas reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KitmodellerNZ 427 Posted April 14, 2019 14 hours ago, Gazzas said: I was going to do this then I realized my lap was covered with tiny green flecks of scotch pad. No way I was going to blow that into my paint. How do your avoid that? Gaz I didn't do anything except give mine a good shake and a high pressure blast with the airbrush. 2 Gazzas and SapperSix reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dashotgun 341 Posted April 17, 2019 On 4/11/2019 at 10:08 PM, DonH said: Has anyone tried to use Artool FX templates to do a similar thing? hmm that looks like a workable idea 2 Out2gtcha and SapperSix reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DonH 1,344 Posted April 18, 2019 (edited) 10 hours ago, dashotgun said: hmm that looks like a workable idea Yep, that was my thinking. I've seen some stuff on tinterweb where these are used for weathering/post shading but I don't see why they can't be used for black basing. More expensive than ScotchBrite, of course! Edited April 18, 2019 by DonH Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KitmodellerNZ 427 Posted April 25, 2019 (edited) The Scotch Brite idea came about as a cost saving technique for me. I'd be paying around NZ$50 to get a set of the Artool FX Mini templates sent to me here in Auckland, NZ from an airbrush store in Australia. Edited April 28, 2019 by KitmodellerNZ 1 SapperSix reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
