After some really great primer tips, we got this little beauty in our inbox. And after some mulling over, it's sparked a new segment here on TPC. This tip comes from Mr. Awesome, a newer reader with a great tip for all the corpsmen (and corpswomen!) out there.
He writes:
To The Painting Corps,
First off, great articles, I found your website today and I am loving it!
I do want to offer some tips on primers if I can...and its going to be a possible weird one.
But first, a bit of history about me...I am 27, and I used to do a lot of graffiti when I was younger, still do stencils and commission/fun stuff from time to time...but what I learned about paint/primers is its not just the paint mixture that's important. No that is hardly the case, its the pressure as well as the tip.
Yes the tips/nozzles/caps whatever you want to call it. That also helps regulate the flow of the paint/primer. One can take a high pressure primer, and slap a low pressure "fat cap" on it, and it will have a wide soft spray that even if you hold the cap down wont group together or run. OR you can do a really fine angled/directional high pressure cap on there and turn it into a monster of a can. For most model making I would recommend a low pro cap...Check out this site.
If you do want to try these caps out I recommend ordering this set , for all the different can types.
I hope this is of any help if you have any questions please feel free to write back to me.
Mr. Awesome.
After picking up a new can of GW spray, I noticed the change to the new fat caps with a lower pressure spray. So far, I'm really digging it, and I think it's about time I throw a few bucks into picking up a set of them for all of my cans and really see the difference. When I get around to it, expect to see an in depth review of the results.
A huge thanks to Mr. Awesome for this tip, and if you have a great tip you'd like to see us share with the community, submit it to ThePaintingCorps@gmail.com and we'll pick the best to share with your fellow Corpsmen.
I too enjoy the new caps on the GW primers. They seem to coat much better and not clog as often.
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ReplyDeleteThanks for the insights, Mr. Awesome.
Yeah the new cap is cool and all but does anyone else seem to think that they put less primer in the cans themselves? i could swear i could get more of an army primed up with the old cans then the new ones with the new caps, or is it just me?
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