Do you shake the can of MSC before spraying?

I shake it lots.... mixes the dryer in with the other stuff.. seperates when sitting around. Just liek house paint..

 

I have a VAGUE feeling some cans of sprays say shake for one minute.... the rattling you hear when you shake is like little ball bearing things.. they put them in there just to mix the paint when you shake.

I saw your other q's.. and I actually hold the head when i am spraying and I sort of wave that about while waving the can about too.. that way nothing gets over sprayed. I don t seem to get much on my hand that is holding the head. But then i dont care about getting dirty .. but I LOVE to get clean. And remember after you are finished to hold the can upside down and spray till just air comes out (takes maybe a second or so) - you dont want to clog the nozzle for next use.

 

When I used to airbrush composition bodies (very similar to ball jointed bodies) I used fine wire and made little hangers and hung them all out on a clothes airer - or a clothes line if you have one? Just need to bend the wire a bit like butchers hooks.. long enough and then you can hold the wire and easily hang it on something when you are done (without having to touch the body bits). Dont know if you can get the visual of that. Easier than finding chop stick or similar and something to poke them into.. like oasis floral aranging stuff. And the 'balls" of compostion bodies were seperate - so chop sticks no good for that.

Looks pretty good all these body bits hanging on the line .. I usually did quite a few bodies at once as I used an airbrush to colour and spray can varnish sealer to finish.. and wasnt worth the cleaning etc doing just one.

Have fun! I am going to do wigs tomorrow as I want my kids all presentable.. sick of them being just naked! Love to take some group photos but they need to be "ready". All I do is think about these BJD's these days. Like it 1am here and I and still thinking about solving all the little sewing or wigmaking or whatever problems!!!

And I figure my Dreaming Shiwoo.. who is NOW called Stephan.. needs a body BADLY.. but no money .. but i also figure instead of biuying a body from Luts for 430.00.. I might get an El for $500 and they can share a body till I can afford another. that way I can have BOTH my boys for just an extra $70!

 

I do notice that - grrrrr! I think it must be airborn particles that land just after you spray, while the MSC is still wet. I usually scrape them out with a sharp scalpel after it's dry and make sure those area's get covered when I re-spray. Ofcourse when the dusted area has already been blushed... I just choose to ignore it, not worth scraping it out then.

- Therese

 

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I'm sorry if this question sounds extremely stupid, but are we supposed to spray MSC before or after the make up is applied?

Are the Volks limited edition dolls already sprayed?

Thank yoU~~^_^

 

Guest: both before and after. Also in between each stage/layer.

LE dolls... no actually all dolls that come pre-painted should be sprayed by the company before they are sold and shipped. Usually only the face is sprayed, not the body. Volks offers spraying and sanding service at an additional fee when you buy a doll from them.

- Therese

 

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OMG, EVERY time!! ...just one little thingy & and it's NEVERr on the back of the head, always where it can be seen :cry: I have some needle point tweezers that I use to lightly scrape off any tiny particles that appear - works great!