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oldermodelguy

One thing about lacquer is you can always stretch it out a bit with more thinning. At least to a point.

 

Indeed...

Well, I sorted out the adapters, couplings, ect. I ordered fittings for my Badger brushes as well and installed them. No air leaks. In fact... I had the Paasche installed for a few days and the compressor tank held its pressure. 

That said, I like it. The convenience of popping off a brush in an instant is a cool thing. I wish I did this sooner.

Thanks for the help, guys.

Not sure from the photo but it looks like a lot of hardware there. Are you sure there isn't something in line that you don't actually need ?

oldermodelguy

Not sure from the photo but it looks like a lot of hardware there. Are you sure there isn't something in line that you don't actually need ?

 

Hey Dave, I am not sure of anything anymore. 

Yeah, I questioned the same thing as I assembled it. After review, I don't see anything I can take out of the equation. If you see something, let me know.

See as follows:

One correction to that diagram. The badger hose adapter is not as long as I depicted it. It should start after the first knurled section past the hose. The first knurled section is part of the hose.

Ya, I wasn't thinking Badger hose but Paasche hose. Carry on.

oldermodelguy

Ya, I wasn't thinking Badger hose but Paasche hose. Carry on.

 

One other thing to add. The brush came with their own hose that I could eliminate the Badger adapter, but when I compared the two in terms of assembly length, I didn't gain anything using the Paasche hose. I say that because the crimp ferrule on the Paasche hose is much longer than the one on the Badger hose. It really became a horse a piece situation with one exception. I'd have to buy an adapter on the compressor side of things to connect the Paasche hose. So, I left it as the Badger hose.

And that is a lot of hose talk. Lol.

I get it. My quick connect is 1/8th and the Ganston/Iwata knock off hose. The nipples are 1/8th as well so I adapted one to Paasche and one to Badger, course the Ganzton is 1/8th so no adapter there.

In art work is where this gets handy because I can load a couple of brushes with different colors and just switch out easy. It wasn't till my wife passed that I thought about airbrushing art work, thus the lean towards the disconnects. I went nearly 50 years without them in modeling lol ! But mine is not as air tight as your rig is, my compressor did lose air over night, I'll have to mix up some soapy water and see if I can track that down. I just unplug the hose for now.

oldermodelguy

It wasn't till my wife passed that I thought about airbrushing art work, thus the lean towards the disconnects. I went nearly 50 years without them in modeling lol !  

Bakster

 

So are you creating artwork? Or coating artwork? I remember you saying that you applied some varnishes and such. But are you creating art as well? 

 

I've varnished prints when we had the photo studio, varnish on canvas and lacquer on photo albums etc.. And then I varnished all my wife's ceramics works. But the best way to term what I'm doing now as the will strikes is "attempting" to do airbrushed art. There are a few folks who do great at it on youtube and I'm attempting to get the hang of some of their ways. With some degree of success but nothing noteworthy for canvas yet. I've been acrylic coating in white sketch pad paper in white, then I have pages I can save or toss out as the case may be. I can do a half decent rendition of a humming bird at a flower but not so great on a scenic backdrop, at least not my goal in a scenic back drop as yet. Maybe ok if you like it rather abstract which actually could be ok if that were the goal.. Part of the issue is deciding if I want to get serious with it. I have multi hobbies, also meet with a pastor friend where we record bible studies and such for local cable tv. Play piano, create music pieces and play those live for the study recordings as well. In sumer we meet in parks and such and record there. I'm on zoom bible studies three mornings a week. I do wood turning in the fall months. So how much does one commit too ! Meanwhile I'm on some forums, have adult children, grand kids, a tenant in attached apartment and a friend also who rents a room from me. And on we go.

I do like to airbrush though. By the way, far more than painting the house.

Holy cats Dave, you are a busy guy, and you have an impressive list of interests. I marvel at people that can create  art using an airbrush. I thought about trying it once or twice but similar to you and your struggle, I knew it would take a serious commitment. I barely have enough time to build a model, so I dropped the idea. If you ever want to share your art, I would love to see it. No pressure though.

Thanks for sharing all that. It's cool learning about peoples interests. I am impressed with your faith based commitment's too. Extra thumbs up to that.

I found my little air leak. It's non of the new fittings but the orginal I had on the hose end that plugs into the compressors disconnect. Just need a little thread tape. I squirted a little Fantastik there and it blew big 4 inch bubbles lol. It's a minor slow leak.

oldermodelguy

I found my little air leak. It's non of the new fittings but the orginal I had on the hose end that plugs into the compressors disconnect. Just need a little thread tape. I squirted a little Fantastik there and it blew big 4 inch bubbles lol. It's a minor slow leak.

 

I was surprised how much tape I needed on that tapered thread, clearly had not used enough originally. Truth be told I always preferred plumbers pipe dope to tape anyway. But I didn't have any. Anyway, all set now.

Now I need to go out and air my car tires though, the low tire light came on a few days ago, typical about this time of year for that car 200 miles short of an oil change and service. It will take me three weeks to go 200 miles lol.

oldermodelguy

I was surprised how much tape I needed on that tapered thread, clearly had not used enough originally. Truth be told I always preferred plumbers pipe dope to tape anyway. But I didn't have any. Anyway, all set now.

Good job, Dave. It's the little things in life that we can hang our hats on.

oldermodelguy

Now I need to go out and air my car tires though, the low tire light came on a few days ago, typical about this time of year for that car 200 miles short of an oil change and service. It will take me three weeks to go 200 miles lol.

That is funny because the exact same thing happened to me. The dash was showing around 29 lbs of pressure when the low tire pressure light came on. Like you, I was not close enough to my next oil change. So, I dragged out the portable compressor because the gas station air was pathetic. Anyhow, I  added air to 34 pounds. Guess what? The low tire pressure indicator would not clear and  it showed only gaining 1 lb per tire. Not happy about that because it is a pain in the you know what to do this on hands and knees. I am not sure why this happened. Maybe my pressure gauge is shot. Disgusted, I drove it like that for another week when the change oil light came on. Lol. I thought, ok, let them fill the tires when I take it in. And that is what I did. All good now. 

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