02.12.2009, 09:52
Hi Reflected,
Are you using the ready to use Vallejo varnish? (the type that you can just airbrush straight on without diluting?)
I am not a big fan of Vallejo paints, have always found them to be much to thick and requiring a lot of dilution to make them work right. (mind you, I haven't used Vallejo for a couple of years, so maybe that has been corrected by now)
I prefer Tamiya acrylics personally, but everyone has there own favorites. I just find with Tamiya the mixture ratio is pretty well always 50/50, which makes mixing way easy!
Anyway, as far as our problem goes, it sounds to me like either there is too much water in the mix which could result in the decals crinkling up and the white patchiness. (I sometimes mix my paint with a high water dilution on purpose to get the discoloring effect)
Another simple thing to check, is you airbrush nice and clean before you apply the varnish? If there is still some cleaning residue in the gun, that could also cause those kind of problems.
Please keep us posted as to what you find out!
Dale
Are you using the ready to use Vallejo varnish? (the type that you can just airbrush straight on without diluting?)
I am not a big fan of Vallejo paints, have always found them to be much to thick and requiring a lot of dilution to make them work right. (mind you, I haven't used Vallejo for a couple of years, so maybe that has been corrected by now)
I prefer Tamiya acrylics personally, but everyone has there own favorites. I just find with Tamiya the mixture ratio is pretty well always 50/50, which makes mixing way easy!
Anyway, as far as our problem goes, it sounds to me like either there is too much water in the mix which could result in the decals crinkling up and the white patchiness. (I sometimes mix my paint with a high water dilution on purpose to get the discoloring effect)
Another simple thing to check, is you airbrush nice and clean before you apply the varnish? If there is still some cleaning residue in the gun, that could also cause those kind of problems.
Please keep us posted as to what you find out!
Dale