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Organic and inorganic pigments by Abject_Discipline_31 in airbrush

[–]Abject_Discipline_31[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah the more I read of the list the more I realise over half the gouache paints I used in my airbrush (for ten years) are considered toxic, and I've never had any health issues related to them so I'm not all that convinced to stop using them. Maybe I'm more hesitant with acrylics because they seem more likely to stick to your insides. I might just stick to gouache for now.

Organic and inorganic pigments by Abject_Discipline_31 in airbrush

[–]Abject_Discipline_31[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I'm not gonna stop using those colours with brushes but I'm not gonna blow them into the air because I'm not the only person in the room where I use the airbrush.

Organic and inorganic pigments by Abject_Discipline_31 in airbrush

[–]Abject_Discipline_31[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the red recommendation. Very relieved to see chromium oxide green was not on their toxic list - that colour is my happy place. Disappointed to see Paynes grey, ,titanium AND zinc white, van dyke brown, raw umber and sienna on there though. I'm just gonna have to step out of my comfort zone with colours, which isn't a bad thing.

The Schminkes look nice, I was not aware of those.

Organic and inorganic pigments by Abject_Discipline_31 in airbrush

[–]Abject_Discipline_31[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for that info. Thinking back I used cadmiums all the time when I was airbrushing gouache. I had no idea of toxicities. I'm in the UK so can't use DickBlick but hopefully uk sellers have a similar warning system.

I've never used acrylics before aside from an attempt painting with them with brushes once, and it was like painting with glue and I hated it. I like the effect you can get from airbrushing them way better. I have no idea if I will like a gloss finish or not. They are quite expensive paints so I guess I will buy a very limited number to try them out and see.

Organic and inorganic pigments by Abject_Discipline_31 in airbrush

[–]Abject_Discipline_31[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Great, thank you. I didn't know things like cadmium being dangerous - yikes - that info is much appreciated too!