Createx acrylic paints

eeun · Post by **eeun** » Thu Aug 31, 2006 10:14 pm

I picked up some Createx airbrush paints recently. Not their Auto colours, just grabbed a few basic colours of the Opaque line to try.

Seems thick for airbrushing, but it sprays well from my Badger's cup. Clean-up with window cleaner. Alcohol causes this stuff to gum up in a horrible mess.

I found that adding Future floor acrylic to thin the paint increases its adhesion, as well as nicely thinning it. The test model I used had light and dark areas from previous experimentation, and the paint stayed opaque over this and still dried with a matte finish. A second coat with more Future dried to a satin finish.

The reason I tried this brand was the price. For about the same (local, at least) price as 1/3 oz. of Tamiya, I get 2 oz. of Createx.

Only complaint so far is I'm not getting as fine a spray for painting a gradient. Maybe I need to thin it more, but that might not be possible as this paint is slower drying.

Kylwell · Post by **Kylwell** » Thu Aug 31, 2006 10:58 pm

I thinned mine with Tamiya thinner, sprayed ok but was very, very soft. Even after several days of drying if you looked at it wrong the paint would come off.

I'll have to try the Future trick, might help with that issue. They've got some great colors but most of it is made for fabric work.

eeun · Post by **eeun** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 2:24 pm

Now that I've had a bit of time to experiment, I've found heat curing also helps the paint stick better, as well as drying the paint for recoats in much less time.

I used a heat gun. Er...fortunately I worked on test pieces until I figured out how much heat it takes to cure the paint but not melt the plastic

Since the only hobby store nearby says getting Alclad across the border involves enough paperwork to drive the price up to that of a BMW, I bought some of the Createx pearlized silver and mixed it with black. Makes an acceptable substitute for the Alclad Steel I wanted to buy.

(...course, if any others up here in Canuckistan know where to get Alclad through domestic mail order, I'd still appreciate the tip)

Kylwell · Post by **Kylwell** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 2:42 pm

eeun wrote:I used a heat gun. Er...fortunately I worked on test pieces until I figured out how much heat it takes to cure the paint but not melt the plastic