Help! First timer

CopeRulzU

Its a Iwata Ninja Jet is-35 compressor. and a paasche ez starter single action brush. All connections are tight. Air flows out the tip just fine. When i adjust the pressure the brush reacts. I have water in the paint cup so paint wont clog it. I mean i turned the tip in all directions to see if that would help, and i turned the trigger to see if that mattered. No luck. only air flows out the tip when the trigger is pulled but the water stays put. 

It may be a case of mismatched components.

The Ninja can suppy only 18 psi and very low in air flow. It may work ok with the better Iwata gravity feed airbrushes. Unfortunately, a less expensive airbrush need stronger compressed air. You can get a compressed air can and try it with the Paasche airbrush. If it works, you need a bigger compressor. Or a finer nozzle gravity feed aribrush.

What was your experience when you tried the compressed air can at the beginning? Did you get much stronger air stream?

Its a single action brush. still nothing but air.

Its a Iwata Ninja Jet is-35 compressor. and a paasche ez starter single action brush. All connections are tight. Air flows out the tip just fine. When i adjust the pressure the brush reacts. I have water in the paint cup so paint wont clog it. I mean i turned the tip in all directions to see if that would help, and i turned the trigger to see if that mattered. No luck. only air flows out the tip when the trigger is pulled but the water stays put. 

Hi CopeRulz, welcome to the forums :).

I'm guessing your airbrush is a double action, in which case, you are pressing down for air, but not pulling back for paint to be released. There is an art to using these devices, and not merely the end product either! 

So, to recap, a double action means press down for air (action 1) and as you have the button down, pull back to move the needle back and allow paint to flow (action 2). 

Even the cheap d/action a/b's have an adjustment screw at the back, so once you've achieved a level of paint to come out, back the adjustment  screw to ad a backstop to action 2, thus reducing the amount of paint released.

Hope this helps! :)

CopeRulzU

I have tried everything. I put water in the cup and tried spraying. No go. Tried turning all nozzles all directions. I cannot get anything to flow but air. And its all brand new stuff. So should be no clogging. Help! Thanks again.

What kind of airbrush and Iwata compressor model do you have? The following questions sound funny, but it happened before.

1. How did you connect the airbrush to the Iwata compressor? Are they connected?
2. Where did the air come out?
3. When you disconnect the airbrush from the compressor, are there air coming out of the compressor?
4. What do you mean by "turning all nozzles all directions"?

Did you take the setup to where you purchased them and ask for help?

A picture of your setup will be very useful if you want to receive help.

I have tried everything. I put water in the cup and tried spraying. No go. Tried turning all nozzles all directions. I cannot get anything to flow but air. And its all brand new stuff. So should be no clogging. Help! Thanks again.

If it's the kind like the Badger 250, there are a couple of possibilities.  The tube could be pressed against the bottom of the bottle blocking the paint or the tiny air vent hole could be blocked.  And, if it is that type, you do  know you have to adjust the nozzle to get a spray, don't you.

Don

  Not native to this Reality, just phasing through.

I did not know you could run water through the brush. I will try that. I just bought a cheap airbrush starter kit. I did not want to drop money until I figure out what the heck i am doing. Its the kind with the bottle below the brush. I have tried thinning it out. However, it does say testors acryilics are airbursh ready. I have tried both. And the paint flows up the tube in the jar, but never sprays. I will check out your tips page. Again, thanks for the help.

I think you need to give us a little more information.  Can you get water to flow?  Which airbrush do you have?  You might want to look at my basic stuff page.

Don

Hmmm. Have you thinned the paint with the appropriate thinners and ratios? Have you tried blowing water or a thinner through it to see if you have flow coming from the nozzel tip?