What PSI do others recommend for Mr Paint

[Paul2660]

Title says it all. What PSI setting do you recommend for Me Paint acrylic lacquers. 
 

I am using a .03 nozzle. 
 

Thanks 

Paul C 

[Giorgos]

I spray them around 10psi and the results it's good. 

[Wackyracer]

5 to 10psi

[Woody V]

Air pressure and paint viscosity are variables, the same as shutter speed and aperture in photography, so there is no "correct" air pressure for spraying paint just like there is no "correct" shutter speed when taking photographs. 

[Greif8]

I generally spray them at 10-15 psi and get good results.

 

Ernest

[CraigC]

Just wondering if  anyone uses  additional MRP thinners or the MRP retarding thinners. If so in what circumstances?

[Woody V]

On 1/15/2022 at 7:19 AM, CraigC said:

Just wondering if  anyone uses  additional MRP thinners or the MRP retarding thinners. If so in what circumstances?

I generally thin 50/50 Mr. Paint with Leveling Thinner for basic painting but I mix by eye and might add more just because it doesn't look right. I have found that sometimes the paint in the jar is thicker than it should be.

 

Adding much more thinner would be the ticket if you wanted very light coverage like to slightly post shade panel lines, etc.

Edited January 20, 2022 by Archer Fine Transfers
Clarified that I'm referring to Mr. Paint

[BarryWilliams]

11 minutes ago, Archer Fine Transfers said:

I generally thin 50/50 with Leveling Thinner for basic painting but I mix by eye and might add more just because it doesn't look right. I have found that sometimes the paint in the jar is thicker than it should be.

 

Adding much more thinner would be the ticket if you wanted very light coverage like to slightly post shade panel lines, etc.

I have never thinned MRP and have never seen the need to do so.  They spray fine right out of the bottle even when spraying fine lines or shading.  I have used them for 5 years exclusively through the airbrush. 

[Out2gtcha]

1 hour ago, BarryWilliams said:

I have never thinned MRP and have never seen the need to do so.  They spray fine right out of the bottle even when spraying fine lines or shading.  I have used them for 5 years exclusively through the airbrush. 

 

 

This is me to a tee.  Same, same, I have honestly never yet found a need to thin them.  From everything from ultra fine line mottling work, to large overall bodies of paint at the same time, I've found MRP sprays perfectly right OOB.  

I normally spray anywhere from 10 to 20 lbs pressure depending on if I'm doing fine line work or large blocks of color.

[CraigC]

thanks for your replies Disappointed that paint isn't available in Australia now.

[Woody V]

17 hours ago, BarryWilliams said:

I have never thinned MRP and have never seen the need to do so.  They spray fine right out of the bottle even when spraying fine lines or shading.  I have used them for 5 years exclusively through the airbrush. 

 

This thread has gone off-topic.
MRP and Mr. Paint are two entirely different paint lines, but Mr. Paint is sometimes referred to as MRP due to the naming history of MRP.

My comments are regarding Mr. Paint.

Edited January 20, 2022 by Archer Fine Transfers

[LSP_Kevin]

8 hours ago, Archer Fine Transfers said:

 

This thread has gone off-topic.
MRP and Mr. Paint are two entirely different paint lines, but Mr. Paint is sometimes referred to as MRP due to the naming history of MRP.

My comments are regarding Mr. Paint.

 

I think you've confused things a little here, Woody. MRP is simply a rebranding of Mr. Paint, since people were confusing it with the Mr. Color range from Gunze (which is an entirely different line).

 

Kev

[Woody V]

14 hours ago, LSP_Kevin said:

I think you've confused things a little here, Woody.

 

Right you are and I stand corrected. 

[BarryWilliams]

On 1/20/2022 at 10:44 AM, Archer Fine Transfers said:

 

This thread has gone off-topic.
MRP and Mr. Paint are two entirely different paint lines, but Mr. Paint is sometimes referred to as MRP due to the naming history of MRP.

My comments are regarding Mr. Paint.

On the contrary.  Mr Paint was the original name for MRP and was changed to MRP because of confusion with the Mr Color range from Gunze.  
 

I still have a couple of old MRP bottles branded Mr Paint.