Today I went round two on cleaning up my join lines. More putty, more sanding. Lots of patience. Again trying to get those nice lines with 220gr, 400gr and finishing with 1500gr paper.
Touched up the bare areas with Lt Ghost Grey acrylic to see if oiling my Glock really was necessary. Turns out I can put my bullet away.
Looks fairly decent. Might even pass Wayne's muster after a fifth of whiskey. Them's good odds in my opinion. [Wife has the camera, dangit. You would think her Nikon D80 would suit all her needs, but Noooooooo, she needed the $hitty camera too for some unnamed chore. But I digress...]
Wanted to finish up by putting another coat of Future prior to official painting. But my airbrush is dead. WTF? No biggee, me thinks. she's getting air through, but blows bubbles in the medium. Hmmm. I take her apart thinking it had a clog or nozzle blockage. I'm anal about my post cleanups and my gun being almost 30yo looks brand new. No go. Blows bubbles.
I then take the jar off and the feed mechanism. Nothing looking out of the ordinary.
I can see daylight completely through and I can physically blow through the system from end to end via lung power. My last medium was Future. Okay.
Attempted to run hot water through the gun. Nope. Attempted to do a quick soak and run paint thinner through the gun. Nope.
Well now the gun is soaking in thinner. Give me a reason. Just give me a reason and all my love for you gun is out the window. I'll buy a young and hot airbrush with sexy lines, better features, and guaranteed not to give me any grief. Just give me a reason.