Think I've angered the AB Gods!

I don't have a badger, mine's a Paasche, but when I have that issue, it's because the nozzle doesn't have a tight seal, and it's pulling air in, which creates the back pressure that makes the bubbling occur.

I agree, most likey one of your seals is bad or not seated.

I use Badgers, once a friend loaned me one of his to try and when I used it there were bubbles in the cup. On close look I saw the nozzle, (the little cone shaped part that the needle tip passes through,) had a small split. Replaced with new one, worked fine. I believe your 200NH and the 155 use the same type.

If you have your manual handy, its either part 41-004 or 003, depending on the needle size. Also might be a bad seal at the different front bits. Bees wax or Chap Stick can help to seal a bad fit. Sounds like you have sufficiently cleaned, so those are the things that come to mind.

Using very high magnification look closely at the nozzle ends, they are very delicate and don't take well to force, they require gentle handling. If there is a split it will be very noticeable.

Last, have you had a good look at "Don's Airbrush Website" yet? He covers your airbrushes among many others, plenty to be learned there, highly recommended.

Best of luck getting it sorted, please let us know how you do.

Patrick

The airbrush gods say ( spoken in a deep god like voice)

You must repaint...... and thin no more !

Sorry..... I have been waiting years to use that line.......

I'm sure Don Wheeler will pop in soon to give you advice on what to do.

littletimmy

Sorry..... I have been waiting years to use that line.......

 

Thanks for all the advice! So far, my guy and I were able to get one working with the chap stick thing. The one thing I didn't try because I didn't think it would make that much of a difference. It's not my favorite one, but hey... I can at least spray some paint now! Well, as soon as the weather clears up (today, tomorrow, Friday, next month... who knows when)...

Still going to try to get my good one figured out. It's torn down as far as it'll go right now and I'm wanting to cry looking at it, but I trust he'll figure it out for me and get it back together soon. Never realized how protective I was over these babies until he touched them. My now ex husband never had an interest in them, but I've been trying to convince my bf he could be pretty good with a little practice. Now I see I may have to get him his own, as much as these mean to me...

Tommy, thanks so much for the laugh this morning! Took me until my second cup of coffee to realize, kept thinking "How can you thin water..." Then, I giggled when it hit me.

Hopefully, I'll be able to update my two build threads soon with a couple progress pics... Fingers crossed!

Michelle

One of the airbrushes I have had trouble with when spraying Alclad is a Badger 150.  Even with paint thinner I get bubbles into the jar (suction feed) when I start air flow.  First thing I checked was the teflon washer. It looked okay.  I swapped with the washer in my 200, which was new.  Same thing.  Now, the trouble I have been having with Alclad is most likely clogging somewhere that I am not getting clean, so I am thinking that clogging in some areas may also create airflow into the paint supply.

 

You should try not to be stripping them down so often.

 

The chap stick really must have been the answer! Played around with quite a few colors, thinning ratios, pressures, testing coverages, spraying during a passing rain shower (i know, not exactly smart, but it was barely enough to wet the ground)... It worked! It all worked! Felt good and decided I actually like the lacquer thinner better than the Testors thinner for the flat colors I tried. And only took the head off once after I was finished to make sure by doing a swipe with a damp paper towel. No color at all, so I'm fairly hopefully that I'll be able to start next time with no problems. Fingers still crossed to see what tomorrow brings, but hopeful! Michelle

GMorrison

You should try not to be stripping them down so often.

 

 

We tried not to, but can't figure out why it won't even spray water, so he wanted to check every movable part to see that it was clean, looked like it was supposed to, fit right, whatever he could check on it. I just took the head sections apart to clean them, and took the needles out to check for a bend, or paint buildup. I almost had a heart attack when I saw my favorite one in all the pieces... Praying once it goes back together I'll never have to see it like that again.

Michelle

Michelle,

If you haven't already, you might want to look at the paragraphs on Bubbles on this page.  The joint between the nozzle an body has to be clean and smooth or air will blow back into the paint cup.

Don

Don Wheeler

Michelle,

If you haven't already, you might want to look at the paragraphs on Bubbles on this page.  The joint between the nozzle an body has to be clean and smooth or air will blow back into the paint cup.

Don

 

That was the first place I went to try to figure out what was going on. Cleaned it twice following your directions, just skipped the chap stick. Once I actually put some on the tip, it worked with no problems except the user of the brush, lol.

Got my Anthem back together, going to test it out with some water after I cook supper, then hopefully tomorrow, will be painting more than the spoons I did today!

Thanks for all the work you did on putting that amazing site together!

Michelle