new paint for 400?????

[iron_inc]

Always been a xs650 fan and I just happened to stumble across the 400 site thought I'd shoe some of my paint and ask for any opinions, likes, and dislikes. Thanks guys

 

[iron_inc]

P.s. I see a lot of guys with questions about paint feel free to ask if I can help I will

 

[levdir]

Wow, you do beautiful work. I think the white and red set with the koi designs is my favourite of this lot. Thanks for sharing

 

[Requiem]

Great paint! Been thinking about painting my own tank soon, have an airbrush for other hobbies which I might try for some cool effect... Will have to see if it's doable though
Probably won't turn out as good as yours though hehe

 

[iron_inc]

Greatly appreciated levdir. requiem. Feel free with any questions or shoot me some of your ideas and I can let you know what your gonna run into

 

[xschris]

Nice work

 

[Requiem]

Greatly appreciated levdir. requiem. Feel free with any questions or shoot me some of your ideas and I can let you know what your gonna run into

Basically I feel confident I can use my airbrush correctly and (with stencils) get a nice design although i haven't decided what I'm going to make yet, what worries me is getting nice and even coats and finishing up with such a beautiful coat of clear as you've got. I've been looking into the sanding process and quite honoustly it's seems daunting.

I've currently got little space to do the painting, I only have a small compressor and airbrush (0.2 and 0.4 nozzle) for airbrushing so I'm stuck using rattle cans for the regular coats, or I need to buy a bigger spraygun and compressor.

I'd really love to do something similar to your Koi tank, though that hardly seems feasible for a beginner hehe

 

[iron_inc]

How big of an air C? A small pancake compressor would work and I shot the orange tank with purple hf gun so its doable. sanding isn't that big a deal the trick is starting and ending with the right grit although I would be tricky with rattle can clear I don't think it's as hard or thick

 

[Requiem]

I've got one of those typical compressors like these:

If that compressor is strong enough I might consider just buying a HVLP gravity gun for the basecoats and clear coat.

Thanks for the advice

 

[iron_inc]

Too small

 

[Under Dog]

Would one of these work? What kind of spray gun? Oh... and what sort of respirator???

 

[iron_inc]

http://m.harborfreight.com/20-oz-8-cfm-gravity-feed-spray-gun-67181.html
This will work fine or the purple gun with the regulator Is a bit better and a 3m respirator will work. The pancake compressor may work but you will have to check the cfm

 

[Requiem]

Thanks for the advice Will consider options, buying a compressor and spraygun for 1 tank will be hard to explain to my GF hehe, may just have to go for rattle can or have someone else paint the tank for me