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Are model airbrushes generic? Can you use them for things besides models?

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  • Member since
    April 2003
  • From: Hayward, CA
Posted by MikeV on Monday, November 23, 2009 12:07 AM

 AModelBuilder wrote:
for example, if I had a compressor that could do it, could I use the badger, iwata, etc., for airbrushing a t-shirt too?  Or are most of the airbrushes on finescaled mostly for models?  Thank you.

Sure if you could get enough paint in the airbrush to paint a T-shirt and had 50-75 psi to do so. 

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  • Member since
    August 2005
  • From: Sydney, Australia
Posted by Phil_H on Sunday, November 22, 2009 10:22 PM

An airbrush does not know or care what it's pointed at. 

Airbrushes (in general) can be used for models, fingernail art, make-up application, cake decorating, T-Shirts, auto body art, illustration work, computer case art, phone shell art etc etc. The applications are endless, only limited by your imagination and individual skills.

As long as it delivers the spray pattern you desire while using a suitable medium, you can use it for anything.

  • Member since
    November 2009
Are model airbrushes generic? Can you use them for things besides models?
Posted by AModelBuilder on Sunday, November 22, 2009 10:07 PM
for example, if I had a compressor that could do it, could I use the badger, iwata, etc., for airbrushing a t-shirt too?  Or are most of the airbrushes on finescaled mostly for models?  Thank you.
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