Model Forum / General / Models / July 2008

Hi all - I have a question. I have a bunch of old Model Masters
Metalizer Bottles that I bought years ago when a craft store folded.
(25¢ a bottle) I never got around to using them because all the
bottled plainly state "For Airbrush Only". Recently, I got hold of a
couple of Mini-Art knights and was looking at the armor and chain mail
and wanting to paint them in contrasting colors. So I got out the
bottles of Metalizers and chose Steel for the armor and Gunmetal for
the chainmail.
Before I realized it, I was brushing the paint on and found that it
quickly dried and left NO brush streaks.
So why was it "For Airbrushing Only"? The stuff works perfectly.

Oh one other point, I put a recycled rattleball from an old spent can
of spray paint into the bottle too, to keep the paint mixed. That
works nicely.