I am looking to improve my air spray paint jobs. they turn out OK but take me forever to do… I don’t use a “airbrush” not into fine detail stuff. I use a large 20oz HVLP and a touch-up gun to do my sprays. most of my sprays are large panels and fades. I am looking to find ways to help me speed up the process. it takes me some times up to 6 hours to just to do taped off black pin-lines and 2 full panels. the masking and prep just takes me forever. would the JC airbrush 101 be of any help or is it for fine airbrush type work? are there any books or other videos that you would recommend?. Thanks.
Ive never even watched Airbrush 101. I would guess it would do nothing but help - but a lot of what you need to know with airbrushing can be found out on this site and on the net.
I’m sure plenty of people will be able to tell you more - specially those that have actually seen the thing
damascus Master Glasser video does not cover airbrushing, but does cover a lot of taping off, and resing penline work. I have not seen the 101 series but was very impressed with the master glasser video.
I truly dont think you can learn anything from that vid, It just shows they dont explain any techniques or answer any why questions, Theres money better spent on other things,
Shipman, I don’t think that will help all that much. I have the whole set and I watched that one once and put it on the shelf. Granted t shows how to do some cool stuff but your time issue is with taping not the spraying. I don’t like how long it takes to tape either but it is a necessary evil. I use 2" tape and masking paper. The paper helps cut some time. The attached image is a zebra pattern I did for one of the grom riders. 8 hours to tape off, pattern and cut out before painting. Very tedious but came out great.
I agree, of the 3 JC videos, the airbrushing one was the least helpful. You’re probably better off asking specific questions here than spending money on that tape.
(Maybe borrow a copy and watch it once, but don’t buy it.)
I think it’s worth having. It depends on how you learn. If you can learn a technique from reading instructions, probably don’t need it. If you learn by watching someone perform a technique then it is a great resource. Mike
krokus that Zebra board looks like it could have been a real bee-ich to tape off. that would have taken me 24 hous to do. nice work though. I do you use the 2" and 3" tape plus lots of masking paper…I will skip the airbrush 101 and get some books or videos on auto painting or something…
Shipman, Yep the trick is taping off the whole board then drawing the design THEN using an exacto to cut it out. Can’t tell from the picture but it is actually a nice fade from light lime rails to cobalt blue in the middle of the bottom. I linked a shot of the deck in action. Board is 5’4" squash.
I’m working on a cool hybrid right now I’ll post up once it’s painted.
nice board…the dude riding it couldn’t handle it : ) Never tried cutting the design out on the deck cause I just know eventually I will do some major damage to the foam at some point. I have cut out designs on contact paper.(see attachment below). Don’t really have problems doing a good paint job. it’s just that I am slower than molasses. this one took me 7 hours to do. I can shape a board in less than 3 hours but just can’t get a average paint job done in under 5 hours. I am going to be painting a couple more boards this week. Gonna try to work out a way to cut time down by not being so anal…
Shipman, I would agree with nay’s on this one. I bought all three video’s and the airbrush one wasn’t worth the money. The producer seemed to be facinated with filming a paintpen artist doing a picture. Not a whole lot of help with taping and spraying. And the soundtrack was so irritating I turned off the sound.
Too bad, but the others were pretty good. Two out of three isn’t bad. Doug
I learned a lot of basic techniques in a book from Badger Airbrush which showed detail gun and airbrush work. This was a pretty old book because the examples were different graphics painted on vans from the 70’s. It covers pin stripes, fades, stenciling, masking, etc. The book is still available from www.badger-airbrush.com/access1.htm, item #510. You can also find it a hobby or art stores that sell Badger airbrushes.
Maybe I’m not understanding correctly, but you lay down the 2" tape on the board then cut it. Wouldn’t it be easier to use 1/8" automotive pinstriping tape, then mask off around it. That stuff will bend around most any curve you want.
Howzit mogwai, A good trick is to tape off the whole board then use the 1/8" to tape off the design and then cut, leaving the 1/8" tape which will hold down the wider tape. This is how I’ve seen car painters do it and it works really good. Aloha, Kokua
Open that link above to the zebra board then imagine making all those curves with 1/8 tape then coming back to tape in between. BEEEAAATCH! When you tape and cut everything is nice and flat and fairly quick. Running 1/8 where you are going to cut is a good idea but I haven’t found it necessary if you use good 3M tape
I thought the airbrushing video was pretty good.There are some very subtle things in there that you have to watch for…especially the taping and I have taped a lot of boards.The posca paint section was really good.The way he blended the wet on wet colors was great…the guy is a fine artist.
Krokus: Holy smokes, it took you eight hours to tape off that green zebra striped board? What would that cost? If you charged 25 bucks an hour that would be two bills right there. Wow!
I need to go back and thank my shaper for those inexpensive, yet intricate airbrush jobs he did for me back in the eighties (when riding a white board just wasn’t an option for a teenage boy).
I can shape a board in less than 3 hours but just can’t get a average paint job done in under 5 hours. I am going to be painting a couple more boards this week. Gonna try to work out a way to cut time down by not being so anal…
