Thinning paint

[ralph]

When i thinned down createx paint i get little bubbles in it . I pour it in a sepperate bottle and add the water. Then i use a battery operated mixer (badger). Is it because of the mixer? I also have the same prob. with aa. It makes the ab spit and sputter. After mixing should i let the bubbles settle first? You do thin aa with water right? What the heck am i doing wrong?
Thanks .......Ralph

[pitontheprowl]

you could let it sit, but if you strained it that would also remove them.

[brushbyair]

Ralph, when I thin my Createx I use water and a toothpick and mix my paint in a sewing thimble. About the only time I thin the paint is when I am painting on canvas or hard surfaces so I thin for lower pressures ( 10-20 psi ) that is why I mix smal amounts of paint at a time. When spraying T-shirts (60 psi) I don't have the need to thin them as the higher presure allows the paint to flow easier. Hope this helps ya.

[Cameron Arts]

When I used to shoot shirts at the parks, we always just thinned Createx & Aqua Flow with water. As for Auto Air, yes, you can thin it with plain water, but I've found their reducer works MUCH better. It's worth the few extra bucks to use it. It helps a lot with smoother spray & tip dry. It's a noticeable difference to me, especially with the latest reformulations.

I've never used a power mixer, so I can't say whether that's causing probs or not. (I doubt it.) I've always just shaken stuff in either my AB bottle (siphon feed) or in the cup (gravity) or stirred with the handle end of a paintbrush or something in a small mixing cup.

[lsabourin]

Ralph, it's because of the mixer. It will aerate the paint. It has to sttle for while. For AA I would suggest using the 4011 reducer. I mix mine right into the cup (that's if you have a gravity feed!).

L

[Goldbrush]

Ralph, I am in the process of using AA paints to do my first blue true fire paint job
on my husband's motorcycle. I'm using their reducer and it works great. I now
stay on top of cleaning the tip of my airbrush often BEFORE it starts to spit and
sputter (that was hard lesson after hard lesson). I mix the paint and reducer
right in the cup and mix with a small plastic stick. I have a gravity feed Iwata.
GB

[malleywood]

You shouldn't thin it with water, use Createx reducer or windex works as well( cheaper too)

[ralph]

Thanks for the advice everyone!!Sorry for the slow repley been at work for the last 2 days. Is there a ratio of paint to reducer?
thanks .......ralph