Wicked Colors W101-00 2-Ounce Wicked Primary Set Airbrush

Shout-out to Mike at Spray Gunner for expertly packing my order! Got the box before it was expected to be delivered and I'm thoroughly pleased with my order. Works perfectly in my fine detailer 2mm airbrush! High quality and it all made me feel like I was painting in oils with how well the colors blended and laid on my brother's welding hood. Thank you for the excellent service

Great paint

First a disclaimer that I haven't tried other acrylics yet with my airbrush. Compared to using solvent-based paints, these have very different properties, but that's more likely the difference in style of paint rather than Wicked specifically. My goal was to find a good water-based paint for the environmental benefits. That said, my comments are as follows: - Though technically ready to use from the bottle, I found a 1:1 ratio mix (2:1 for blue) with the reducer gave the smoothest results. This means that this set will quickly run out of reducer. - While the drying time was relatively short, especially with a hair dryer between coats, this only gave me a surface dry. Testing for me indicated that the surface was not fully workable until the paint had set overnight. This means that any sanding needed on the surface (to remove a dust speck for example) could only happen a full day later. Sanding any sooner would result in deep scratching that required sanding back down to primer and starting over. Even waiting overnight meant sanding only with a very fine grit and very lightly to sort of polish out the dust specks. I'd be very curious to know other painters experience with this. - I only used the black, red and blue so far. Black and red went on fine (black over dark primer and red over white) with smooth, even coverage. The blue, however, was very different (also over white primer). The pigment was much thinner (which is why I used less reducer than the others) and it was very difficult to get even coverage. Unlike the others that gave opaque coverage after a few coats, the blue never really achieved opacity. I instead just had to go on very lightly with even coats to get a deeper and deeper blue until I was comfortable with it. The blue never did reach its full saturation color even after using about a third of the bottle (compared to maybe 1/10 of the bottle for the other colors). I would prefer to find a different blue in the future. In hindsight, the Wicked website does show you what each color will look like over black and white primer. The red, for example, looks like a full red over either primer, but blue is a night and day difference. - Overall the durability feels good. All of my coats went on lightly (too wet of a coat looked and felt too thick). For many applications, the durability might be fine on its own, but I could dent it with my fingernail if I really tried. I opted to use a clear coat over it (Krylon) that really makes it feel more durable. In summary, I'll use these again, at least to use up what I already have. Aside from the blue, I really didn't need much paint, so they'll last awhile. I'd like to find another water-based option for comparison, at least for the blue pigment, so any recommendations would be appreciated.

Easy to use, great coverage and color very good paint will never buy any other brand for my projects and the reducer is the best I've ever used period, will buy Everytime from now on

So the seller is great. On my 3rd or 4th transaction with them. Definitely recommend. However, these wicked paints suck. It's impossible to spray out of the bottle unless you seriously over reduce it. It works great once you add some 4030 balancing clear as a flow improver and then reduce it on top of that. 4030 works miracles for this paint. I shouldn't have to buy all this extra reducer and balancing clear to make the paint sprayable though. It's expensive enough the way it is. Also the bottle of blue paint I received was trash no matter how much I shake it can't get the ball to start moving or the settled paint in the bottom to mix. The others I had to do some serious shaking to make them sprayable again. They were separated. Reading through a bunch of reviews I'm not the only one to have this problem with wicked paints. If you must go with wicked I'd use the detail colors those are a little better. I've also heard good things about regular Createx paint. I think once I get some practice in I'll have to go for the illustration colors.

Been airbrushing 40 years, but lately have started doing illustration work. The Createx line of paints really has been a dream to spray, whether straight or reduced but as much as 70%.

I've used solvent base automotive paint for a long time. Figured I would give them a try. so far, they are working good.

This is a name brand company so they have quality. It's also the best deal / best quality / best in a full set. This is a great start for airbrushing.