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First nice airbrush, Badger 360, looking for tips please

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Posted by MikeV on Thursday, May 14, 2009 2:36 AM
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Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom. " Charles Spurgeon
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Posted by bbrowniii on Wednesday, May 13, 2009 10:23 PM

Mike,

I appreciate the suggestions.  Typically, I try to shoot a couple of color cups of cleaner between colors - usually windex (since I mostly shoot acrylics), followed by water.  I do think  am guilty of letting the AB sit too long, though.  I'll have to be more conscious of that.

I'll give that Needle Juice a shot.  I usually use glycerin soap to lubricate my threads and the needle, but I guess it can't hurt to see if I have better results from the stuff you recommend.  I also like the idea of putting it in the color cup - I do notice how much the paint can build up in that thing...

Thanks again!

Still, man, 14 ABs....!!! Get yourself into that program QUICK!! Smile,Wink, & Grin [swg]

'All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing' - Edmund Burke (1770 ??)

 

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Posted by MikeV on Wednesday, May 13, 2009 1:31 AM
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Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom. " Charles Spurgeon
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Posted by Andrend on Tuesday, May 12, 2009 8:27 PM

Hijack it or not, I may learn something new out of it. Be my guestSmile [:)]

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Posted by bbrowniii on Tuesday, May 12, 2009 5:10 PM

 MikeV wrote:

True Gerald but it does not need to be disassembled after each painting session and I wish people would realize that as it would result in less damage to tips and needles! Wink [;)]

Hey MikeV,

Of all the people on here, you often seem to have the best insight into airbrushes (do you really have 14!!), so I have a question, that I hope is related enough to this thread not to hijack it - I believe you when you say I don't need to take the brush apart after every session, but it seems like if I don't, I'll have HUGE problems waiting for me at the start of the next session (I've got a Badger 150, by the way).  Even in the same session, I find that I'll often have to break it down and give it a good cleaning between colors.  Any suggestions?

PS - if this is too far off the current topic, feel free to PM me.

Thanks!

'All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing' - Edmund Burke (1770 ??)

 

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Posted by MikeV on Tuesday, May 12, 2009 4:11 PM
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Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom. " Charles Spurgeon
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Posted by HawkeyeHobbies on Tuesday, May 12, 2009 3:47 PM

The most important tip is: KEEP IT CLEAN! A clean airbrush is a happy airbrush and is owned by a satisfied owner.

This is my airbrush. There are many like it but this one is mine. I will care for my airbrush always so it will shoot straight without splattering or blowing bubbles...Whistling [:-^]

 

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Posted by MikeV on Tuesday, May 12, 2009 1:18 PM
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Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom. " Charles Spurgeon
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Posted by Andrend on Tuesday, May 12, 2009 2:04 AM
I was playing with model masters at the time. After I adjusted pressures, I did fine with flat colors. Tonight, I was playing with chrome silver model masters, and ratio was 3:1, bad idea for that particular color. it had a lot of splotching (not a technical term obviously), after I went 5:1, 15 PSI in the color cup top feed mode was fine. Live and learn I suppose. I kinda felt confident with the Aztec, I guess I will have to build back up to that with this thing. Just wanted a really nice airbrush my whole life, and now I have to go through figuring it out I suppose.
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Posted by Killjoy on Sunday, May 10, 2009 12:17 AM

My question is; what type of paint are you using, and how thin is it?  (3:1, 2:1, etc.)  At lower pressures, you need thin paint to get good atomization.

Chris

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Posted by Andrend on Saturday, May 9, 2009 2:55 PM

So 15psi is too low for jar feed then? I will crank it up a bit today then. I bought more paint and thinner and decided to spend some time this evening playing with it. I think I also may have thinned the paint slightly much, but it worked fine for the Aztec.

I will certainly try playing with the air pressure some more this evening and see what I can get. Until then, Morels are in season, gonna go srounging for some to put alongside my steak this evening! Thank you for the suggestion.

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Posted by MikeV on Saturday, May 9, 2009 4:10 AM
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Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom. " Charles Spurgeon
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First nice airbrush, Badger 360, looking for tips please
Posted by Andrend on Friday, May 8, 2009 11:19 PM

Having been modeling for a decent amount of time (since I was 9, now 32), and working towards a final goal of doing a tribute for all my fathers years of service, I finally took the plunge and bought a good airbrush, as far as I can tell, a badger 360. I also got a decent AC, again, to the best of my knowledge, a model TC-20T. For about 5 years I was using the nice aztec metal body with the testor a/c, and honestly, it served me well. I did however, wish for a better level of detail, and a better control over air pressure, and paint flow. Be careful what you ask for?

Turns out that the AB is kicking my butt. So far, I know my paint is well thinned. I know I am running around 15 psi. What I am not getting is good lines. I don't get a good mist at all. More like small droplets, if that makes sense. I am positive its me, just not quite sure what the heck I am doing wrong.

You're welcome to take your n00b of the day cheapshot at me for being too inexperienced to work with such a tool, but please, by all means, give me any info you may have about this set up or problem. A little frustrated and don't wanna waste too much more paint before I figure this out. Thanks! 

 

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