blazt* Posted April 28, 2011 Report Share Posted April 28, 2011 A couple of days ago I tried mixing Createx (the regular airbrush colors) fluorescent blue with fluorescent red to get fluoro purple and the result just didn't have much "glow" at all. Also I think the blue looks a little too much like mild, regular blue to start with. Just wondering if the Auto Air Hot Purple ( in their fluorescent line) would be better, or if I could get another blue (the red is really bright...it's the blue that kills it. Also I could mix the perfect shade if I got another blue.) I'm staying away from Wicked because you have to buy the big bottles. I have half a mind to cruise walmart for some blue but I'd be afraid it wouldn't spray right or look good right next to Ctex. The last fluro purple I worked with was Lurecraft Poly-Sil, which was truly great - but that was a urethane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blazt* Posted April 29, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 29, 2011 Oh yeah, and I forgot to ask if a bottle of the ctex airbrush colors fl. purple would be better than mixing red + blue. I want it to look as "hot" as possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobP Posted April 29, 2011 Report Share Posted April 29, 2011 Auto Air generally has more color "pop" than standard Createx, so I'd give them a shot (but I haven't tried the purple). As far as cruising Walmart and buying "hobby paints", nothing wrong with them if you have an airbrush with a large enough tip to shoot their coarse pigments and don't mind the attendant hassles (thinning, clogs, rougher dried paint surface). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spoonbender Posted April 30, 2011 Report Share Posted April 30, 2011 A couple of days ago I tried mixing Createx (the regular airbrush colors) fluorescent blue with fluorescent red to get fluoro purple and the result just didn't have much "glow" at all. Also I think the blue looks a little too much like mild, regular blue to start with. Just wondering if the Auto Air Hot Purple ( in their fluorescent line) would be better, or if I could get another blue (the red is really bright...it's the blue that kills it. Also I could mix the perfect shade if I got another blue.) I'm staying away from Wicked because you have to buy the big bottles. I have half a mind to cruise walmart for some blue but I'd be afraid it wouldn't spray right or look good right next to Ctex. The last fluro purple I worked with was Lurecraft Poly-Sil, which was truly great - but that was a urethane. [/quote I have the Createx flr purple, aint' bad but get a brighter purple by mixing flr Pink and flr Blue. Just my 2 cents.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tekoutdoors.co Posted April 30, 2011 Report Share Posted April 30, 2011 I just got some iridescent purple ctex from tcp global and that looks pretty bright. I have not tried to spray it yet but maybe you want to look at that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blazt* Posted April 30, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2011 I have the Createx flr purple, aint' bad but get a brighter purple by mixing flr Pink and flr Blue. Just my 2 cents.... Hadn't thought about that. Might be worth a shot. Really makes me wonder how they produce fl. pink, though - that's really a mystery because when I mix fl. red with white (and I've never even heard of a fl. white!) it's just kind of pastel looking. And since pink is not a primary color...how in the hell do they do THAT trick???? And one thing I noticed right off the bat - the fl. red is more like red-orange. So maybe the yellow in there is toning down the purple. But the "red" is one of the brightest I have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blazt* Posted April 30, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2011 I just got some iridescent purple ctex from tcp global and that looks pretty bright. I have not tried to spray it yet but maybe you want to look at that. Thanks for the suggestion - do you have any pics? It would be good to stare @ the screen and visualize what a purple back would look like against regular chartreuse, etc! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blazt* Posted April 30, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2011 Does anybody think layering shots of the red and blue or vise versa would help? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
