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Has anyone tried Golden airbrush paints? I recently tried Com Art but I really don’t like it. Especially their white behaves poorly compared to the paints I used before (they are no longer available). I heard Golden should be better but before buying it (I haven’t found it locally yet) I would like to know more about it. Any information would be appreciated. Thanks, Ed

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Thank you everybody who replied to my question regarding the Golden paints. I received a lot of really good information and I do appreciate that very much. Happy spray painting, Ed

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Thanks!! I first scuffed the front of the car with a scotch brite pad, then I drew the flames on with chalk, then I taped everything off, and layed down a light coat of white paint then layered the blue on top of it. Then I striped off the tape and went in and shadowed the flames with black paint.  Then when I was done I just clear coated it with some kind of general clear coat paint that is available at orelillys auto parts.  I can’t remeber the name of the paint.  It worked out fine and the paint is still to this day on the car so It worked fine hope that helps you out Hey Damsell, I finally got to see your Camaro.jpg.  Pretty cool!  Did you laydown the base coat or just go over the factory finish?  What about clearcoating? Thanks, Gary I use golden paints and I really like them.  I have used both aqua flow (which their scented paints bother my nose) and createx, and I like golden much better.  Golden paints seem to be brighter and more vivid but thats just my opinion  :)   I have painted everything from shirts to a car with it and had no problem with the paint at all. Hope this helps Has anyone tried Golden airbrush paints? I recently tried Com Art but I really don’t like it. Especially their white behaves poorly compared to the paints I used before (they are no longer available). I heard Golden should be better but before buying it (I haven’t found it locally yet) I would like to know more about it. Any information would be appreciated. Thanks, Ed

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Thanks!! I first scuffed the front of the car with a scotch brite pad, then I drew the flames on with chalk, then I taped everything off, and layed down a light coat of white paint then layered the blue on top of it. Then I striped off the tape and went in and shadowed the flames with black paint.  Then when I was done I just clear coated it with some kind of general clear coat paint that is available at orelillys auto parts.  I can’t remeber the name of the paint.  It worked out fine and the paint is still to this day on the car so It worked fine hope that helps you out – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Hey Damsell, I finally got to see your Camaro.jpg.  Pretty cool!  Did you laydown the base coat or just go over the factory finish?  What about clearcoating? Thanks, Gary I use golden paints and I really like them.  I have used both aqua flow (which their scented paints bother my nose) and createx, and I like golden much better.  Golden paints seem to be brighter and more vivid but thats just my opinion  :)   I have painted everything from shirts to a car with it and had no problem with the paint at all. Hope this helps Has anyone tried Golden airbrush paints? I recently tried Com Art but I really don’t like it. Especially their white behaves poorly compared to the paints I used before (they are no longer available). I heard Golden should be better but before buying it (I haven’t found it locally yet) I would like to know more about it. Any information would be appreciated. Thanks, Ed

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Well Nerd, Thank you for the quick reply. Of course I do know that white is a nasty ‘color’ to use but with my Com Art paint the pigments even sinks to the bottom of the cup after several minutes which doesn’t make it’s use any easier. I’m sure I shook the bottle well (it even has one of those little balls inside) but still. Thinning didn’t solve the problem either because it took too much thinning to improve the flow (even for a little while) which then caused the opaqueness to be gone. Maybe I’ll try just the white of Golden first though I don’t like the cancer story either. Anyway, I do wish you luck picking up your airbrush again! Ed

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I like Golden, but I also like Com Art, so my input may not help you much. It’s been a couple of years since I picked up my airbrush, but spraying white seemed to be a problem in general, frequently clogging if memory serves. To those with less experience: Always read the labels before spraying and take the necessary precautions. Several of my Golden paints contain "chemicals known to the state of California to cause cancer." Yikes! I’m going to jump back into airbrushing this week after a LONG hiatus- I’m painting a large canvas for a friend. Wish me luck!  - nerd Organization: Road Runner Newsgroups: alt.airbrush.art Has anyone tried Golden airbrush paints? I recently tried Com Art but I really don’t like it. Especially their white behaves poorly compared to the paints I used before (they are no longer available). I heard Golden should be better but before buying it (I haven’t found it locally yet) I would like to know more about it. Any information would be appreciated. Thanks, Ed

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Hey Damsell, I finally got to see your Camaro.jpg.  Pretty cool!  Did you laydown the base coat or just go over the factory finish?  What about clearcoating? Thanks, Gary – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I use golden paints and I really like them.  I have used both aqua flow (which their scented paints bother my nose) and createx, and I like golden much better.  Golden paints seem to be brighter and more vivid but thats just my opinion  :)   I have painted everything from shirts to a car with it and had no problem with the paint at all. Hope this helps Has anyone tried Golden airbrush paints? I recently tried Com Art but I really don’t like it. Especially their white behaves poorly compared to the paints I used before (they are no longer available). I heard Golden should be better but before buying it (I haven’t found it locally yet) I would like to know more about it. Any information would be appreciated. Thanks, Ed

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I like Golden, but I also like Com Art, so my input may not help you much. It’s been a couple of years since I picked up my airbrush, but spraying white seemed to be a problem in general, frequently clogging if memory serves. To those with less experience: Always read the labels before spraying and take the necessary precautions. Several of my Golden paints contain "chemicals known to the state of California to cause cancer." Yikes! I’m going to jump back into airbrushing this week after a LONG hiatus- I’m painting a large canvas for a friend. Wish me luck!  - nerd – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Organization: Road Runner Newsgroups: alt.airbrush.art Has anyone tried Golden airbrush paints? I recently tried Com Art but I really don’t like it. Especially their white behaves poorly compared to the paints I used before (they are no longer available). I heard Golden should be better but before buying it (I haven’t found it locally yet) I would like to know more about it. Any information would be appreciated. Thanks, Ed

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Ed, Have you tried using a retarder?  It seems to help me out a bit with the Createx, on the rare occaision I am forced to use it.  Hope this helps, Gary – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Well Nerd, Thank you for the quick reply. Of course I do know that white is a nasty ‘color’ to use but with my Com Art paint the pigments even sinks to the bottom of the cup after several minutes which doesn’t make it’s use any easier. I’m sure I shook the bottle well (it even has one of those little balls inside) but still. Thinning didn’t solve the problem either because it took too much thinning to improve the flow (even for a little while) which then caused the opaqueness to be gone. Maybe I’ll try just the white of Golden first though I don’t like the cancer story either. Anyway, I do wish you luck picking up your airbrush again! Ed I like Golden, but I also like Com Art, so my input may not help you much. It’s been a couple of years since I picked up my airbrush, but spraying white seemed to be a problem in general, frequently clogging if memory serves. To those with less experience: Always read the labels before spraying and take the necessary precautions. Several of my Golden paints contain "chemicals known to the state of California to cause cancer." Yikes! I’m going to jump back into airbrushing this week after a LONG hiatus- I’m painting a large canvas for a friend. Wish me luck!  - nerd Organization: Road Runner Newsgroups: alt.airbrush.art Has anyone tried Golden airbrush paints? I recently tried Com Art but I really don’t like it. Especially their white behaves poorly compared to the paints I used before (they are no longer available). I heard Golden should be better but before buying it (I haven’t found it locally yet) I would like to know more about it. Any information would be appreciated. Thanks, Ed

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Hi, Ed… i’ve been interested in using Goldens for some time- I first heard about them in the early 90’s. Thanks to this ng (Damsel- you gaave me the good advice), I just found some, and I’m going to try them out real soon. I read a couple of the posts about Golden paints and the cancer hazard. The fact is, all pigments used in all paint is essentially toxic. The cheaper paints used dye based pigment, and some of the dyes are vry toxic. More expensive paints often use ground minerals and/or oxidized metals, which can be just as toxic, but in a different way- lead poisoning is a commonly known hazard, but zinc, titanium, cobalt, and other minerals are just as bad. In these days of Cover Your Butt From Litigation, everybody is listing anything in their products which may be potentially dangerous. The Golden company, I think, is just being as responsible as they can, and I personally appreciate the information they put on their labels. Airbrushers simply need to be sure and wear masks if they don’t want to risk exposure to bad stuff, period. it’s your personal responsibility to limit the amount of exposure to the atomized chemicals you’re blasting into the air all around you when you’re working. To disregard one brand of paint because of the label is silly- they’ll all get you if you don’t take proper precautions. Stanger

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Has anyone tried Golden airbrush paints? I recently tried Com Art but I really don’t like it. Especially their white behaves poorly compared to the paints I used before (they are no longer available). I heard Golden should be better but before buying it (I haven’t found it locally yet) I would like to know more about it. Any information would be appreciated.

I use both the Golden Airbrush Colors, as well as the Golden Fluid Acrylics for all my airbrush and conventional brush painting. The "Airbrush Colors" are pre-formulated, ‘ready to shoot’ paints that are highly pigment loaded for superior color intensity, without sacrificing a good flow, even through the smallest of brushes – they work in my Micron straight out of the bottle. They can be used for just about any application *except* Textile Art – you can make them usable in that capacity by adding Golden GAC 900 Heat-Setting Medium, but it would be advisable to use the Golden Fluid Acrylics for Textile applications instead. The Fluid Acrylics can be formulated by the user for any of the applications the Airbrush Colors can accomplish, including the Textile Art simply by adding the right Medium for the job. Fluid Acrylics are ‘airbrush-ready’ for Textiles by a simple 1:1 mix of color to Golden Airbrush Medium. You can tweak them to suit your needs for any other application by adding the appropriate Medium. Golden has wealth of information online for all their products <http://www.goldenpaints.com/ If you have questions regarding anything you find there, call:  1-888-397-2468 …and ask for Mike  Townsend The Fluid Acrylics are the most versatile paint system I’ve ever used – coupled with the diverse range of Golden Mediums, you are only as limited as your imagination and the effort you wish to invest. Regardless of what *any* paint manufacturer says about the safety aspect of their products, you should *ALWAYS* wear a mask when airbrushing – when atomized for airbrushing, these paints become airborne foreign bodies – they may be labeled "AP Non-Toxic" but as "foreign bodies" they do not belong in your lungs… Ever. Jw

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I use golden paints and I really like them.  I have used both aqua flow (which their scented paints bother my nose) and createx, and I like golden much better.  Golden paints seem to be brighter and more vivid but thats just my opinion  :)   I have painted everything from shirts to a car with it and had no problem with the paint at all. Hope this helps – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Has anyone tried Golden airbrush paints? I recently tried Com Art but I really don’t like it. Especially their white behaves poorly compared to the paints I used before (they are no longer available). I heard Golden should be better but before buying it (I haven’t found it locally yet) I would like to know more about it. Any information would be appreciated. Thanks, Ed

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