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Post by ghostwalker on Apr 25, 2014 12:59:34 GMT
Not really sure where to put this sooo..
Ok so i am trying/planning to paint my pegasus bridge set today. With such a big model the only real option to get the base layers down is an airbrush. So off i toddle.
An hour later and a pause to clean the airbrush and hey look...Dark grey phlegm.
Now i always have used the little disposable masks and never had any problems. But the previous sessions have been short 15-20 minute spates of work.
So looking at the bridge, less than half way basecoated, looking at the interesting colour coming from my insides and wondering...
What masks do you guys use for airbrushing...where do you get them from and do they keep the nasties out.
Im sure i probably have multicoloured lungs already...but hey its never too late...right?
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Post by The Irontooth on Apr 25, 2014 13:21:32 GMT
Not really sure where to put this sooo.. ... Should be in the painting section I think.  Can't help you as I don't have an airbrush. |
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Post by Farseer Kyladras on Apr 25, 2014 13:31:34 GMT
Masks for airbrushing- I had not even considered needing one to be honest, none of the tutorials I have watched mention it, nor does the 90 minute DVD that came with my new airbrush. Obvious really though, atomised paint can't be good for the lungs really can it? I wonder if some of our longer standing airbrush users have any thoughts on this?
Also: moved to painting section...
FK
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Post by ghostwalker on Apr 25, 2014 13:46:33 GMT
I have spoken to a few fellow airbushers and they all recommend 3m masks available online or from builders merchants etc.
I am picking one up from a local farm suppliers as i dread to think what the work has already done to my lungs.
Today was a real shocker as its the first time i have had anything other than a little bit of paint stuck in my nose lol. But seeing it getting down into my throat and probably my lungs has given me more than enough drive to go out and get one.
The local farm shop is selling them for about £22 each.
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Post by The Irontooth on Apr 25, 2014 14:24:19 GMT
I do wear a mask when I undercoat my models with a spraycan. Maybe just ask at your local DIY shop what masks are suitable for spraying work.
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Post by Farseer Kyladras on Apr 25, 2014 14:45:50 GMT
Spraycans yeah you should wear a mask as the propellant in the cans is really bad for you but airbrushing is different- it's just normal paint and air, nothing toxic in it.
FK
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Post by Farseer Kyladras on Apr 25, 2014 14:47:51 GMT
Tried to move this thread but when I click the `move` button nothing happens, maybe a browser issue, will try again later.
FK
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Post by badfang on Apr 25, 2014 14:59:05 GMT
Just been spraying a 17 ton JLG 800 access platform wearing one of THESE, use them now even for priming a single mini - your lungs don't really want anything that isn't fresh air in them. |
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Post by ghostwalker on Apr 25, 2014 15:13:25 GMT
thats roughly what i just bought badfang.
Yeah its air and paint and thinnner, but its not supposed to go into your lungs lol. Hence enough is enough on my end and i have caved in to safety lol. Maybe its because im getting older!
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Post by Stretch on Apr 25, 2014 16:18:58 GMT
I've got an extractor setup to alleviate this. They're not expensive and cheaper in the long run than masks
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Post by badfang on Apr 25, 2014 16:59:57 GMT
Maybe its because im getting older! We learn all sorts of things as we get older - don't poke screwdrivers into mains sockets, don't drink battery acid and don't paint the insides of your lungs.... I've got an extractor setup to alleviate this. They're not expensive and cheaper in the long run than masks Just about all industrial/commercial sprayshops have some sort of extraction system in place - and the sprayers still wear masks, admittedly we aren't dealing with industrial quantities of paint (unless we're painting a zog-off great bascule bridge) but extractors are mainly good for keeping the mess down more than keeping all the paint out of your lungs (your mask will be effective for longer though as extractors do take most/some of the paint away so it won't clog your mask as quickly). |
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Post by Geifer on Apr 25, 2014 17:33:06 GMT
Should be in the painting section I think. Only if we get pictures of gray phlegm.  Nah, you're right. Painting's a good place for it. And moved.Spraycans yeah you should wear a mask as the propellant in the cans is really bad for you but airbrushing is different- it's just normal paint and air, nothing toxic in it. FK I like to think that if you are concerned, wearing a mask now is better than wondering twenty years from now why you are retching up your lungs. You know, better safe than sorry and all that.  Tried to move this thread but when I click the `move` button nothing happens, maybe a browser issue, will try again later. FK Aww, I moved the thread before I read this. Now I spoiled your fun.  |
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