Is Airbrushing Case like Painting a Case ?

[Mr.B]

Hey Everybody, My name is Bryan, I live in California. I like this place allot, some of you i recognize from sites like Gruntville and such so whats up. Not new to the modding scene but definitely new to the painting (airbrushing mostly) scene. :)

So lets quit the small talk and get right down to the nitty gritty^_^ . Heres my questions..

I have some work im doing on my rig. Mostly dealing with the painting of plastics and bondo and metal. I know the steps to take for a glass like finish using spray paint but i just got my airbrushing equipment and i would rather use that to paint my rig and selected pieces. So my questions are..

1. Do i follow the same techniques as i would when using spray paint, instead just supplementing the spraypaint for some airbrushing paint and a few other details like airbrush coats for adhesion???

2. Do i need a different Primer for the Airbrush paint or will the stuff im using now (Plasti-kote's Flexible Spot Filler - Sandible Primer) good enough for the job ???

3. Do i need to use a buffing compound with airbrushed paint like i would with spraypaint, I know airbrushing usually yeilds a really smooth finish but would the buffing compound be appropriate or is it not meant for airbrush paints ???

4. Do i need to lay down a last coat of midnight blue (6th coat above) before i apply the clear coat or can i simply just wash it off and apply the clear coat ??? the same with the second clear coat before the buffing compound ???

5. And lastly, what is the difference between spray paint, and airbrush paint, besides airbrush paint being applied much thinner than spray paint ???

So if I were to paint my case and what not today using my airbrush, these are the steps i would follow..

- Wet-Sand Aluminum with 320 grit wet or dry

- Apply 1st coat of primer
- Wet-sand with 320 again
- Apply 2nd coat or primer
- Wetsand with 600 grit wet or dry
- Apply 3rd coat of primer
- Wetsand with 800 grit wet or dry
- Apply 4th coat of primer
- Wet-sand with 1000 grit
- Apply 5th coat of primer
- Wet-sand with 1500 grit

- lay down my "Auto Air" Base coat sealer "Dark"
- lay down my "Auto Air" Aluminum Base "Fine"
- Lay down first coat or "Auto Air" Midnight Blue 4200 Series paint
- Wet-sand with 800 grit paper
- Second coat of Midnight Blue
- Wet-sand with 800 grit again

- Lay down 3rd coat of Midnight Blue
- Wet-sand with 1000 grit
- Lay down 4th coat of Midnight Blue
- Wet-sand with 1000 grit

- Lay down 5th coat of Midnight Blue
- Wet-sand with 12/1500 grit
- Lay down 6th and last coat of Midnight Blue

- Clear Coat with "Clear Uv- Blocking" coat
- Wet-sand with 12/1500 grit
- 2nd Layer of Clear Coat

- Buff with 3m Buffing compound

Thanx to all those who help me out. Ill post pics up of my worklog when I get some of this stuff done.

6. And does anyone know where i can get this paint the Bill used on his case.
http://www.mnpctech.com/GalDeuce.html (http://www.mnpctech.com/GalDeuce.html) I would especially like it in airbrush paint but spraypaint is good too, could anyone out there be nice enough to maybe throw me a link or at least tell me ??? Thankx ALLz..:)

Bryan-

[Endo]

well I dont know that much about paint but first question is what kinda paint are you going to be useing with your air brush cause if its like rust olem oil paint in a can that gonna be just like spray paint but if its aotu grade paint then its going to dry alot harder and yes your going to want to use a polishing compound when you finish wet sanding

[Mr.B]

Ya its Auto Air airbrush paint. Ill put a link up for it in a bit so you can get a better idea of what it is.

Here ya go http://www.airbrush-depot.com/scripts/depot.exe?pgm=autoairhome.bbx