As it is, I have to spray in the garage, setting some of the equipment up each time. The smell escapes into the kitchen, and it's the coldest room in the house.
Which is why the first coat of Humbrol Wine (73) was applied to the wagon using a brush. The second coat on one side and the end was applied the same way.
Then I caved in, stopped being lazy, and fired up the airbrush. Even allowing for cleaning, a task I hate, painting this Gauge 1 wagon this way was far, far quicker than manually slapping it on with the brush. The finish is much better too.
I still wish I had a suitable spare room though.
2 comments:
Phil, Have you ever tried one of those fold up modellers airbrush spray booths with an extractor on the back? I use one in the garage with the additional hose on the back. The far end is poked out of my garage window when in use and the gaps plugged with old towel and bedsheet. It does a very good job of containing the extraneous spray droplets and hugely, though not completely, diminishes the odour. Alas, it doesn’t heat the garage too. I wouldn’t want to use it in the house but it saves complaints when the Domestic Authority enters the garage later in the day.
Chris TGG
There's no window in our garage sadly. I have the version with a filter, but was just too lazy to set it up. It's really the faff of thinning paint and cleaning up the airbrush that I don't like. That said, the dream airbrushing room with a really BIG extractor still appeals!
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