Doing a project on the Natural Finish Group Build on Finescale - a subject of which I know little. I do know that some metallic paints use non-organic pigments. Some of the earth color acrylics that use them can have pretty thick bits of pigment - carbon black would be a good example. Anyway, I've heard that for at least some of the metallics that it's a good idea to use at least a .35 nozzle: that some of the smaller nozzles can clog. My main gun is a .20 Harder Steenbeck, but I also have a Paasche Talon at .5 that I use for a lot of stuff. I'd really not like to find the hard way that tiny hunks of metal are going to gunk up the HS. Anyone know if bigger is better for nozzle size and NMS paints?

Eric

I've never encountered a problem spraying metallics through a .20mm nozzle. I have used an Iwata, Badger and generic brush for this. The paints I've run through it include Tamiya's acrylic line, MM enamels, Floquil lacquers and decanted spray cans.