Degassing spray paint for your airbrush

Degassing spray paint

By degassing spray paint you can save some money and thinner and get some good paint that is basically ready for your airbrush.

• First you need the supply's for it. you will need the spray paint, paint jar(large jars or bottles are great for this), a pen or thick straw, tape(duct tape or masking tape works), a stick or paint stir.  

          some optional items are Paint thinner, pipettes, small metal or glass beads, and container                      put the paint jar you are working with in warm water.

• You need to make a tube the paint will go in from the can to the jar. The full length of a pen tube is good just cut the ends off the pen or use a straw the same size then tape the nozzle of the can to the tube make sure the seal is good and wont leak.(label the tube if you use more then one paint)
   
   
• Just like with using spray paint normally put the can in warm water and shake well until it is ready (if you are using a container for putting the jar of paint in fill it up with warm water.)

• Put the paint jar on a flat surface with some paper towels just encase you get some overflow.(put the jar in the container of water if you are using one)

• Spray the paint in to the jar using the nozzle you taped the tube to in short bursts and shake the can every so often and if the can gets cold run it under warm water make sure you don't fill the jar too far or you will have it spill over.
  
   
• Now you need to be careful or it will spill over. you need to gently stir the paint until most of the bubbles go away(if you use a water container you might need to change out the water if it gets cool)
  
    

•  Once the large bubble stop you can use a pipette to pull the paint back and forth to get more gas out I like to add a little bit of thinner here because of the next step.
  

•  Now that most of the bubbles are gone you might think you are ready to use the paint and yes you can use it but some gas will come out with the paint and will most likely mess up your paint job(In a pinch you get speed this up by putting the paint jar in hot water and stirring it hard for 10 min)
• Next is to put the lid on the jar clean up the jar then make sure the jar is not fully closed and let it sit over night, next day make sure the lid is tight shake the paint then open it slowly (it is like a soda) and repeat until no gas is in the paint.

some paints take longer to degas then others clear paints like top coats take much longer then normal paints(I have had flat coat take 3 days to degas and plain black only took about a day)

Over all you can get a lot of paint out of degassing spray gas you can also pry the top off the cans when they are completely empty to get the last bit of paint and the paint marbles to use in your own jars.