What is the correct way to switch colors when airbrushing?
The answer is so simple that you may kick yourslef. Get more cups. (I used glass jars with mine.) Prepare all the ink colors you expect to use ahead of time (filtering and thinning) and lay them near you at your work station. Be sure to keep them covered when not in use. New jars cost less than a dollar apiece. Unscrew the one color, swish the tube in a pail or tub of water, spray out the pigment in the sprayer and screw in the new one. Spray a couple of seconds with the new color to get the remaining water out of the system and keep on working. Total time for the switch should take less than a minute with practice. By the way, properly thinned and applied airbrush paint should be virtually dry within seconds of application. If you paints remain wet on the substrate for more than a few seconds, you are thinning them too much. Inks should be mixed to the consistancy of heavy cream. It should be sprayed in a fine mist, and if more coverage in needed, come back in a few seconds and apply
