Beej Curtis introduces the new E’TAC paints

We don’t see new airbrush paints or products that often anymore, much less from new companies! It is more likely the established manufacturers that occasionally introduce new products, extend a product line or improve existing products. So it came with a surprise when we heard about a whole-new series of paints called E’TAC and with more and more artists discussing and trying them we thought it about time to review them ourselves.

Beej Curtis is one of England’s most popular airbrush artists and a specialist in unique custom-painting jobs. He is the owner of Organic Image, an online airbrush store providing artists with everything airbrush, from workshops and products all the way to a full design service. Beej was actually one of the first artists to test the new E’TAC paint and with this article he shares his experiences with our readers.

 
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In this step-by-step we will be showing you how to produce a piece of airbrush art utilizing one of our new stencils, E’tac EFX500 and Private Stock and the Iwata HP-CH and Eclipse CS Airbrushes.

 
(Pic2) We have some panels pre-cut from a sign maker which are powder-coated in black so I have pre-cleaned the panel with HOK KC10 (de-greaser) and then cleaned it with HOK KC 20 (water-based post sanding cleaner). The panel is then covered in sign makers Transfer Tape and a squeegee is used to flatten the air bubbles.

 
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 I trimmed the edges off with my scalpel and we're ready to transfer our image onto the surface. There are many ways to do this; tracing it down from a sketch or PC print-out using Trace Down and then cutting, free handing it to the substrate directly or by using a stencil which is very quick and easy. This whole piece took only 2.5 hours to paint from start to finish by utilizing a stencil.

Read the whole article in issue 75.

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