spray paint problem

[ADW 123]

ive noticed somthing about painting recently.... this happens esp. with the color white. i use testors spray paint to paint my planes, but recently therehave been a lot of weird things with it... when i spray it there are little bubbles on it but they are craters instead of bubbles.... like someone took a top of a pin and moved the paint out of the way all over the place... like little dots... how do i prevent it?

[SteveM]

Are we talking plastic here or a tissue covered Guillow's plane? Sounds like oil contaminated plastic to me. If this is happening with tissue or silkspan on a Guillow's plane then probably some form of contamination as well.

[Xanadu]

Sounds like what is referred to as "fish eyes".......it is where there is too much humidity or moisture in the paint.
Use a air dryer on your sprayer.

[ADW 123]

its on covering on a balsa wood plain....i can use a paint brush on it and that gets rid of them, but it also adds brush strokes. where do i get a air dryer thing?

[joetraff]

thats a vital information to have because thats a reminder for me.

[ADW 123]

so when i paint it i use an air dryer on it until it is dry?

[Xanadu]

No.......a paint air dryer is an inline attachement that draws all the moisture, etc out of the air going thru the lines before it goes into the paint gun.
They start at about $25 and go up into the $100's

Any place that sells air tools and compressors will also sell the air dryer.

Looks similar to the second item from top of page on the attached link.
http://www.pacificaircompressors.com/arrowinline.htm

[ADW 123]

but im useing spray paint like in a presurized bottle, shold i get an airbrush?

[scigs30]

ADW123, I have seen your posts recently about painting model planes. The best choice is to use color tissue or don't paint at all. If you choose to paint your models, then yes go with an airbrush that way you control how much paint to put on a model. To learn about airbrushing, read the plastic scale builders forums. Spray painting with cans adds a lot of weight. You can try this paint from Michaels http://www.dmcolor.com/products/
This paint goes on light and does not add too much weight. Stay away from all other spray paints, too heavy for freeflight.

[ADW 123]

and is there a place where i can get good colored tissue?

[SteveM]

and is there a place where i can get good colored tissue?

http://www.easybuiltmodels.com/ebl.htm
http://www.shortysbasement.com/index.ph ... at&catId=6