How to Achieve Pinstriping and Automotive Airbrushing Effects

When custom auto modification first became popular, so did the need to add finishing touches and imagery to one’s vehicle. This was all done by hand by skilled artists who could add fine attention to detail to any car with their expert hand.

Now you can also transform your car into something unique with a wide range of automotive airbrushing equipment.  With the correct paints, stencils and tools you will be able to create custom painting graphics of your choice, giving your car, truck, motorcycle or helmet the ultimate finish.

Createx Auto-Air Colors

Auto Airbrush Paints

Createx Auto-Air Colors are the latest breakthrough in water-based, non-toxic automotive coatings technology. They are highly durable and come in a selection of bright colours to achieve the ultimate car art imagery.

Auto Stencils

Airbrush stencils also have a wide range of uses and are perfect for nail and body art, illustrations, cartooning, airbrush tattoos and auto graphics. The stencils are available from various top industry brands including Medea, Artool Flame O Rama and Craig Fraser.

The majority are made from solvent proof polymer material and can be easily cleaned with solvents and bent around irregular surfaces without being damaged. Various visuals are available to choose from including skulls, flames, tribal, shapes and pin up girls.

Auto DVDs

Pinstriping can be described as the application of a thin line of paint used for decoration. This is usually combined with airbrushing to create automotive art and imagery. Custom Auto DVDs can be used to demonstrate and teach various pinstriping and airbrushing techniques as well as offer other helpful advice such as the best paints to use and how to create the perfect line.

Pinstriping

If this is going to be your attempt at car airbrushing, remember to practice your techniques before airbrushing on a real car. This will give you a chance to familiarise yourself with your brush and the other equipment you will be using. Like any canvas, make sure the surface is clean before you start. Then once you start your airbrushing, try to spray as carefully and slowly as you can.

GraphicAir offers an extensive range of airbrush paints and stencils ideal for modelling and hobby use for all experience levels. For all your art, graphic, design and auto airbrushing requirements visit our website today for a wide choice of top quality equipment including Createx Auto-Air Colors and airbrush stencils.

 

 

Airbrush Paints – The Brands and Varieties

There are a wide range of brands and varieties of airbrush paints available so in order to ensure that you get the right airbrush paints for your specific project, there are a few things to keep in mind.

The first obvious thing to consider is what you are going to paint on as this will hugely affect the type of paint you will need. Also keep in mind which airbrush paints are best compatible with your specific airbrush. Once you are clear on these two things it will be time to decide which brand you will be going for.

• The Kopykake Kroma Kolors brand is the best choice when it comes to food colour paints and is commonly used for cake decorating. All the colours can easily be mixed to create your desired effect to ensure that your final product is as delicious to look at as it is to eat.

• Liquitex Soft Body Acrylic Paints on the other hand are used for body painting as its rich colour and consistency help guarantee a smooth finish with little to no brush marks.

• Medea Body Art Colours are also used for body painting and because they are alcohol based, they are long lasting and will stay on the user’s body for up to five days.

• Medea Textile Colours are suitable for both beginners and professionals and are ideal for textile painting, offering good fabric absorption.

• Medea Nail Art Colour Range is a collection of colourful nail paints that allow users to create unique and eye-catching nail art.

• LifeColor Paints are great for those who enjoy modelling as a hobby as it can be used on various materials from plastic and metal to wood and cloth.

• Createx Paints are well known multi-purpose paints and although they were originally a textile paint they can also be used on metal, wood, canvasses and fibreglass.

• Createx Auto Air Paints are water-based paints which are best used on custom paint jobs such as painting cars and helmets.

• Com-Art Paints are ready-to-use acrylic paints. They do not require thinning, filtering or straining and are literally convenience in a bottle when it comes to airbrush paints.

To buy your airbrush paints online visit the Graphic Air website now. They have a wide variety of other airbrush equipment online to suit all your creative requirements.