Woody V Posted April 20, 2019 Share Posted April 20, 2019 (edited) Ever wonder why your perfectly clean airbrush spits chunks and/or gets clogged? It's probably the paint. Why take chances? Get some pipe filters and save yourself a lot of frustration. From today: Not an isolated incident.... Five cup fills and five filters save the day. Edited April 20, 2019 by Archer Fine Transfers D.B. Andrus, Gazzas and LSP_Kevin 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeanKB Posted April 20, 2019 Share Posted April 20, 2019 Interesting. What make of paints were you using? And what size filter were you using, please? EBay sell them, £2.99 per hundred, from 10mm up to 25mm. Thanks - great idea as well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woody V Posted April 21, 2019 Author Share Posted April 21, 2019 16 hours ago, DeanKB said: What make of paints were you using? And what size filter were you using, please? Valejo Model Air. Yea, yea, I know. I'm back in the hobby after 20+ years and I'm having a love hate relationship with paints and will be testing the paints from Mission Models based on the reviews I've seen, but I've been straining my paint since the 80s. Size is hard to say because it depends on your airbrush cup. The ones I use fit about 3/4 the distance to the bottom of the cup. An alternative would be to use a strainer funnel like this. You should be able to get these at a large art supply house like Dick Blick. D.B. Andrus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thierry laurent Posted April 21, 2019 Share Posted April 21, 2019 I guess you will probably not believe me if I tell you that I did it once with woman stockings as I wanted to paint on a Sunday, all shops were closed and I had nothing else to filter paint! D.B. Andrus, Woody V and Gazzas 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themongoose Posted April 21, 2019 Share Posted April 21, 2019 1 hour ago, thierry laurent said: I guess you will probably not believe me if I tell you that I did it once with woman stockings as I wanted to paint on a Sunday, all shops were closed and I had nothing else to filter paint! Those work great...my wife got mad when i started using the good ones! D.B. Andrus, Woody V and Gazzas 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted April 22, 2019 Share Posted April 22, 2019 What a great post! I have never filtered my paint and always thought the faults were crud from my airbrush. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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