airbrushing: pl taylor limited

[Robert Lambie]

now thats very smart… looks printed mate, you must be a dab-hand at that airbrushing 😉 keep them coming.. you know we luv’em! 😛

with regards to the ink. i too use ink on vinyl and banner materials..
when spraying vinyl what do you do to achieve a gloss finish. i get a silk sort finish but stands out against the high gloss vinyl.. i always cover the spray & vinyl in a clear vinyl before cutting. so its not a problem for me. i just thought ide ask/be nosey 😉 if you do simular or just leave the finish as it is? 🙄

[Terry Bull]

Rob
I dont clear coat all I airbrush -its dependant on the amount of airbrushed effects and how it dries on the vinyl, also where its going to be applied on the vehicle

If all goes just right then usually it blends in and looks like the rest of the vinyl
For this particular job I clearcoated with 1 shot clear ,cause the bulk of it is sprayed and the drivers are not the most considerate when it comes to maintaining them

So how do you put a clear layer over before cutting ?

[Fat Bob]

Hi Terry

Got to have a go at this

Could you do a little item on what inks you use, Whats there expected life is do you need to thin them down what sort of product you need to clean the airbrush after Ect. what pressure do you need and all the techie stuff

please Please PLEASE (!) (!) (!) (!)

Im sure im not the only one who wants to Know Perhaps you could get together with Mike and do a day at sign school

Regards…………..FB

[eddie cotter]

yeah, i second that!!!!! this is something i am dying to learn,
over hear no one washes a van by hand its all real hot steam cleaning
so how would this type of work last, what type of vinyl do you air brush on to & is it matt, what brand of inks do you use, what type of thinners as well, mabe rob can open a new forum on air brush work! 😉
i was thinking of being able to air brush onto vinyl on the bench,
laqer it & fit it to a van, can it be done this wat, thanks eddie (?)

[Martin Pearson]

I’ll go along with Bob and Eddie, I would love to be able to do work like this as I know other sign companys locally dont do anything like this. Anything that is going to help us be better than the local competition, would it be possible for you to put together a demo Terry, as has already been said I think a lot of people on the site would be interested.

[Joe McNamara]

😮
Very nice Terry,
I do the odd airbrush fade with createx auto air but…
DEMO…DEMO……DEMO PLEASE 😀
This type of work is what we should all be learning to do – it puts an element of the craft back into the business.
Excellent.
Cheers
Joe

[Steve Broughton]

Here’s a few airbrush related websites:-
http://www.airbrushaction.com/
http://airbrushtalk.com/learn.htm
http://www.howtoairbrush.com/
http://www.medea-artool.com/
http://www.smdesigns.co.uk/
http://www.ultimate-airbrush.co.uk/
http://www.airbrush.com/
http://www.airbrushes.co.uk/
http://www.letterhead.com/steps/index.html

The Letterheads step by step page is brilliant, not that I do all of these things but I saved and printed the whole lot and put it in a folder, great for reference and ideas, also check out this one as well :-

http://www.letterhead.com/profiles/anderson/