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I am receiving a shipment of Nazdar GV124 Orange tomorrow. I will be shooting fades on some flame graphics for a truck. (I'm using Avery A8 yellow)
I am getting a quart of the stuff and have heard that you can make a gallon of it when you thin it. I was wondering about how much thinner to add to the quart to actually make the gallon. I know it sounds like a stupid question, but I don't want to put too much or too little and possibly ruin it.
Thanks,
Tony B
-------------------- Tony Broussard Graphic Details Digital Media Loreauville, LA Posts: 395 | From: Loreauville, LA | Registered: Jul 1999
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I wouldnt mix the whole thing at once, just mix it as you need it a couple ounces at a time. A little ink goes a long long way because it's THICK... and I mean, it will just barely even pour out of the can.
I usually wing it as far as the amount I actually thin it, but for airbrushing I thin it to the consistency of milk which works out to be about 2-3 parts thinner to 1 part ink - that results in 3-4 times the volume of what you started with. The first time I used the ink I poured out my ink from the can and by the time it was thin enough to spray I was pouring it off into other jars cause I had too much to handle at once.
If I'm going to run the ink through a detail gun or even my HVLP, I thin it considerably less because these guns can handle a heavier fluid and it covers quicker (less of that nasty stuff in the air too)
I use lacquer thinners to thin the inks.
Also when I do fades over yellow, I go straight for the red ink and use it sparingly so it blends into orange after it's sprayed.
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Mike Pipes stickerpimp.com Lake Havasu, AZ mike@stickerpimp.com Posts: 8746 | From: Lake Havasu, AZ USA | Registered: Jun 2000
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I just sprayed some over the weekend. Mike is right, DO NOT thin the whole quart down, unless you plan on painting the entire truck. The quart I was working out of is probably 15 years old. It's still 7/8's full! I get the ink out with the end of a knife. A glob the size of a cashew thinned down to an amount that almost filled the cup on my eclipse. You will have that orange for the rest of your career One tip, throw away ( and I mean get it outside the shop ) anything that that stuff touches, mixing cups , rags, stir sticks, etc. The stink lingers for days.
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Thanks guys. Mike, I am using the orange because this will be on a red truck. I thought about using red but at the end of the flame tips it'll be a solid color and might blend in too good with the truck color and you would'nt see it.
Yea, George, I can see that quart of orange stayin with me for a while. (Unless I sell a hell of a lot of flame jobs!)
Thanks Fellows!
-------------------- Tony Broussard Graphic Details Digital Media Loreauville, LA Posts: 395 | From: Loreauville, LA | Registered: Jul 1999
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-------------------- Tony Broussard Graphic Details Digital Media Loreauville, LA Posts: 395 | From: Loreauville, LA | Registered: Jul 1999
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I like the GV inks better, they have better gloss, but I also use 9700 on occassion when I need just a little of a color I dont have, and need to visit the local screenprinting shop.
The GV seems to result in a smoother texture/appearance.
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Mike Pipes stickerpimp.com Lake Havasu, AZ mike@stickerpimp.com Posts: 8746 | From: Lake Havasu, AZ USA | Registered: Jun 2000
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