Turn Your Car Into Painting: The Secrets of Aerograph
No car spends its whole life without its surface damaged. Whether the damage was caused by a minor collision or a scratching object, knowing how to do the repair yourself can save you time and money. Whether it’s chrome or painted surface, the repair is needed in order to maintain the great aesthetics of your car. Painting a car’s surface is like restoring chrome parts of a Dodge Charger. Skill, precision, and patience are needed in order to achieve great results. If you are skilled with an airbrush, you can use it to help you apply a replacement finish. With the right materials and the right technique, you can repair the car’s surface.
What is Aerography, or Airbrush Painting?
Aerography is an art, but even a beginner can create airbrush quality designs with style, clean time, and patience. Adding graphics to your car is a sure way to attract attention, but because car art is very visible, much practice on how to handle the tool is needed. Once you’re ready to apply art to your car and secure a well-ventilated work area, put on your protective mask and clear goggles, and then launch.
Airbrush painting on cars is becoming more and more popular. You can see a lot of contemporary art designs on cars like abstract, Disney characters, cartoon characters, Marvel superheroes, and many other modern and contemporary arts. There is no limit to what type of design you can make if you know how to properly use the tool.
Airbrush: How it Works
The airbrush is a small pistol-like tool used for painting work. Operating through a compressed air system, this device projects paint onto any type of medium. Known for its high precision, the device is a must-have in the field of car decoration.
While the airbrush first built its reputation in the field of artistic painting in general, it quickly became indispensable for those who customize auto accessories. And for good reason, this device offers foolproof work accuracy.
A Versatile Tool
It’s not just an instrument that we recommend for coloring the surface. It can also be used to customize the interior of your car, and the accessories you install there. Its versatility makes it a perfect device for artistic works. In the field of the car, it is preferred over the conventional spray gun because it is more accurate and easy to handle. Tuning enthusiasts are interested: the airbrush maximizes detail and sets your car apart from the crowd. Less thick, the material also dries faster and is more resistant. Overall, the tool simplifies the creative process for highly qualitative results.
How to Use an Airbrush
Using an airbrush to color and design a car’s surface or even just using it to retouch bumps or scratches, can be a complicated process if you have no previous experience. However, an airbrush will allow the most control over the finishing aspect of your car. With practice and patience, you can get the skills needed to use the airbrush efficiently and make your car look like new.
Instructions
Make sure to have your design pattern ready before holding any tool. Some popular contemporary art designs include mythical characters, animals like birds and reptiles, and other creations. There are also structures like buildings or vacation spots like resorts and beaches. Make sure your drawing or other reference material is ready.
- Clean your car thoroughly to remove any dust or debris that may accumulate in scratches or bumps. Use a dyed cloth to wipe all the dirt away and leave without fibers.
- Determine the color you will use by testing several samples. Many times, the paint will have a different color when applied and then fade or lighten after drying. The color can also become embellished with multiple layers of the same color, which is recommended, in order to take that in effect. Use a similar piece of material to test your aerograph, allowing it to dry and then comparing it to the car you are working on.
- Hide the areas that you’re going to be retouching.
- Apply the primer to the smooth area, even strokes. If using primers, simply spray it on as you would with paint.
- Sand the primer after letting it dry completely. First sand with 220-grain sandpaper, then the 600. Wipe again with a tweak cloth to remove debris from accumulating during sanding.
- Apply the paint on your vehicle where you want to touch it up. To use the sprayer, hold the gun with your dominant hand and use your other hand to stabilize it. You want constant movement with your hands so that you don’t have uneven surfaces or stains that are denser than others. On top of the airbrush will be a button or lever. Press the lever (or button) and this will open the valve and allow air to circulate through the nozzle shooting the chemical. Depending on how hard you press the lever determines how much material is expelled from the gun. Press the button and spray, even on the area you want to touch up.
- Leave the first coat dry. Remove masking and reapply. Reapply the mask after each coat to make sure you are not moistening the tape, causing it to loop or lie down, and therefore the paint possibility to seep underneath.
- This is easier said than done but creating a design and mastering it would need hundreds of hours so long patience is really needed.
- When all colors are applied and the design is finished, paint a second layer directly on the first layer, allowing that to dry as well. Determine if your car needs a varnished or glazed finish. If your car is shining normally, it’s a good idea to apply a new coat of varnish to the layers, but if your car has a smoother, duller finish, give up the varnish finish.
It might be difficult at first but with proper practice and patience, there is nothing impossible. The good thing about doing it yourself is that you can change the color and the design anytime you want without paying other people a huge amount of money.