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Can I spray lacquer through my hobby airbrush?
Probably. What kind of airbrush is it? If it uses a teflon needle seal or bearing you'll be fine but if it uses a rubber O-ring lacquer will cause it to swell and deteriorate.
Tony
Another problem with lacquers is the fast dry time, so you must have the discipline to clean out the airbrush immediately after spraying.
Nowadays we have both the conventional old lacquers and acrylic lacquer to deal with. BTW, Alclad is lacquer, and it airbrushes marvelously!
Don Stauffer in Minnesota
Wingman_kz Probably. What kind of airbrush is it? If it uses a teflon needle seal or bearing you'll be fine but if it uses a rubber O-ring lacquer will cause it to swell and deteriorate. Tony
Tony, those are two seperate things, the O-ring is in the air valve and the needle bearing is in the body of the airbrush. Lacquer can be sprayed through just about all airbrushes without incident however if you are spraying a lot of lacquer I would make sure the airbrush has a PTFE (Teflon) needle bearing which most do.
Mike
You're speaking of two different things but I'm not. Some airbrushes use a rubber or Viton O-ring as a needle seal.
Which airbrushes have a rubber needle bearing? Surely not one I would buy.
Until recently, any TC Omni that uses a needle seal or Badger Renegade used a Viton O-ring. So did most Iwatas. Some copies used a plain O-ring. So no, probably not one that you would buy.
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