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Can you spray oil base ??

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    November 2005
Can you spray oil base ??
Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, September 15, 2009 7:04 PM

If i make a wash or filter from oil's, is it safe to spray through an airbrush. I have a badger 150, with small and medium tips and I'm not sure if the oil would clog the airbrush. A stupid question for most, but for me I'm scratching my head. Thanks.

  • Member since
    April 2005
  • From: Baton Rouge, LA
Posted by T_Terrific on Friday, September 18, 2009 11:20 AM

I would think so, but why not go to Harbor Tool or Hobby Lobby or Model-Expo Online.com, and get a cheap external-mixing airbursh, just in case you get some clogging?

SINGLE ACTION AIRBRUSH SET

This is their item number:

Item #: HS38 Price:  $ 19.99

Link:

http://www.modelexpo-online.com/product.asp?ITEMNO=HS38

I think Hobby Lobby sells this under the Badger label, only it is molded in red plastic and costs a bit more for the Badger name. But then you can always download one of their 40% off coupons.

I get mine from Harbor Tool for around $8.00, and I use them for general spraying, as well as for paints that are prone to clogging, such as metallic colors (the metal paste can mess up a nice air brush in a hurry), so I do not mess up the double-action internal-mixing models I have.

The main difference is that Harbor Tool's comes in a cheap cardboard box, with a weird shaped mixing bottle (I guess for de-canting), whereas the Model Expo's has a nice hard plastic acse, and as I recall Hobby Lobby's is in a bubble pack.

Otherwise, they are all the same brush.

Cheap and easy to clean.Wink [;)]

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  • Member since
    June 2008
  • From: Iowa
Posted by Hans von Hammer on Saturday, September 19, 2009 3:40 AM

I've had no issues with oils and airbrushing... Just make sure that you thin it properly, completely mix it so there're ZERO clumps, and STRAIN it into a CLEAN jar.   I use the wife's old panty-hose for  strainers... 

As always though, test it on a paint hulk..

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