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Poor man's gravity feed... sort of

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  • Member since
    June 2008
  • From: Iowa
Posted by Hans von Hammer on Monday, November 17, 2008 11:21 AM
 dmk wrote:

 Hans von Hammer wrote:
I do the same thing, DMK... 'Cept I just plug the hole with a piece of duct tape..
So you can turn it over and hold it normally?

 This doesn't interfere with the suction and draw of the paint?

Works fine, you can hold it normal, but you do have to "let it breath" now and again by "popping" the tape open a skosh now and then... You'll know when you need to give it a breath, cuz the paint will stop coming out..

dmk
  • Member since
    September 2008
  • From: North Carolina, USA
Posted by dmk on Wednesday, November 12, 2008 1:09 PM
 doc-hm3 wrote:
Cool trick, I found that if I wrap the air hose around my forearm a couple of times it helps to control a little better.
Good idea. I found the hose was getting in the way when I tried it, so I threw it over my shoulder. I'll try wrapping it around my arm next time.
  • Member since
    August 2007
  • From: The Plains of Kansas
Posted by doc-hm3 on Wednesday, November 12, 2008 1:00 PM
Cool trick, I found that if I wrap the air hose around my forearm a couple of times it helps to control a little better.

All gave some and some gave all.

dmk
  • Member since
    September 2008
  • From: North Carolina, USA
Posted by dmk on Wednesday, November 12, 2008 12:11 PM

 Hans von Hammer wrote:
I do the same thing, DMK... 'Cept I just plug the hole with a piece of duct tape..
So you can turn it over and hold it normally?

 This doesn't interfere with the suction and draw of the paint?

  • Member since
    June 2008
  • From: Iowa
Posted by Hans von Hammer on Wednesday, November 12, 2008 11:33 AM
I do the same thing, DMK... 'Cept I just plug the hole with a piece of duct tape..

dmk
  • Member since
    September 2008
  • From: North Carolina, USA
Posted by dmk on Monday, November 10, 2008 9:53 PM

 bud156 wrote:
I wish I would have read this tip yesterday. I spent a few days painting a car body and realized the trunk lid still needed to be painted as it is a seperate piece. Of course I noticed this right after I cleaned up my airbrush after putting the final coat on. Not knowing any better I just brush painted the trunk and it's much darker than the rest of the body. Oh well, I still would have had to re-clean everything, which is the worst part of this hobby (other than those "man, did I screw up" moments).
Sorry to hear that, but can't say I haven't been there too. If it was me, I'd strip the trunk lid with some Purple Power or Brake Fluid, wash it off really good and paint it again with the airbrush. Maybe I'm just anal, but that would bother me way longer than the hassle of cleaning the airbrush would.

 

 

  • Member since
    May 2003
  • From: La Crosse, WI
Posted by bud156 on Monday, November 10, 2008 9:06 PM
I wish I would have read this tip yesterday. I spent a few days painting a car body and realized the trunk lid still needed to be painted as it is a seperate piece. Of course I noticed this right after I cleaned up my airbrush after putting the final coat on. Not knowing any better I just brush painted the trunk and it's much darker than the rest of the body. Oh well, I still would have had to re-clean everything, which is the worst part of this hobby (other than those "man, did I screw up" moments).
Mike
dmk
  • Member since
    September 2008
  • From: North Carolina, USA
Posted by dmk on Monday, November 10, 2008 8:41 AM

 Bgrigg wrote:
...that takes getting used to the trigger being underneath!
It's actually not that bad. I wouldn't want to do a mottled camo this way, but for just hitting small parts or the inside of the fuselage of a small airplane, it worked pretty well. I'd imagine I could even touch up some camo with practice.

 

 ABARNE wrote:
I've never quite gone that far, but when I need to paint a very small item, I will thin only a drop or two of paint in my color cup, and hold the airbrush with the trigger on the side.  With the airbrush then working more or less as a side-feed, it sprays up the barest amount of paint.
That's a good idea too Andy. I need to try that.

 

  • Member since
    February 2003
  • From: Southern California, USA
Posted by ABARNE on Sunday, November 9, 2008 11:26 PM

I've never quite gone that far, but when I need to paint a very small item, I will thin only a drop or two of paint in my color cup, and hold the airbrush with the trigger on the side.  With the airbrush then working more or less as a side-feed, it sprays up the barest amount of paint.

Andy

  • Member since
    May 2005
  • From: Left forever
Posted by Bgrigg on Saturday, November 8, 2008 8:00 PM
I've heard a couple of people do this. It's a good idea, though one that takes getting used to the trigger being underneath!

So long folks!

dmk
  • Member since
    September 2008
  • From: North Carolina, USA
Poor man's gravity feed... sort of
Posted by dmk on Saturday, November 8, 2008 1:09 PM

 I had to paint a couple small items today (flat black on my P40's instrument panel and dark gray for the tires). Really just needed a couple drops of paint. So I came up with an idea... Cool [8D]

 I put a couple drops of acrylic paint in the pocket of an old foil pill package, a drop of thinner, drop of retarder, and mixed it up with a toothpick. Then I took an eye dropper, sucked up the paint, inverted my Badger 200 airbrush and dropped the paint right in where the bottle plugs in. I sprayed the brush using my middle finger on the button (which was now at the bottom). To clean up, I just sprayed out the remaining paint, squirted some windex in there, wiped around a bit with a Q-tip, then squirted some more windex and sprayed it through the brush until it came out clean. Took longer to write about it...

 Actually found I had a decent amount of control. It surprised me.

 

 Has anyone else tried this?

 

 

 

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