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  • Member since
    February 2003
  • From: Saratoga Springs, NY
Badger 360 question...
Posted by Jeeves on Tuesday, July 27, 2004 1:39 PM
Any tips on getting fine lines with this airbrush?? I haven't had to spray any yet...but want to practice so I can do them when needed....
Mike
  • Member since
    November 2005
Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, July 27, 2004 3:26 PM
Turn the pressure down 15-25psi, thin the paint to spray at that pressure. Your trigger control and practice is what will give you fine lines-You can get a fairly thin line with practice but don't expect to get super fine lines with the 360.
John
  • Member since
    April 2003
  • From: Hayward, CA
Posted by MikeV on Tuesday, July 27, 2004 7:50 PM
You might get a slightly more controllable fine line in gravity mode with the 360.
Try it as John says and see what you can come up with.
The 360 will spray fairly thin lines as I was able to get this line of around 1mm a few months back when I was playing around with the different Badgers.


Mike

Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom. " Charles Spurgeon
  • Member since
    February 2003
  • From: Saratoga Springs, NY
Posted by Jeeves on Tuesday, July 27, 2004 8:37 PM
Thanks gents... 'tis much appreciated. I tried it with PSI of around 8-10, and what I think was thin enough paint, but didn't get any lines close to yours Mike...course I am new to this stuff so need much practice making any sort of lines Wink [;)]
Mike
  • Member since
    April 2003
  • From: Hayward, CA
Posted by MikeV on Tuesday, July 27, 2004 9:06 PM
Keep practicing Mike as it takes a little time to educate your finger as to how much to pull back on that trigger.
8-10 psi might be a little too low of pressure also. The picture I posted was shot at 20 psi. Paint atomizes better at higher pressures, but spraying fine lines with little overspray becomes increasingly difficult at the higher pressures.
I would try about 15 psi with about a 1:1 mixture of paint to thinner and see how that goes.
If the paint stops flowing then point the airbrush off into the air and blast a little bit of paint, clean the needle tip with your fingernails or a cotton swab and go back to painting those fine lines. Wink [;)]

Mike

Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom. " Charles Spurgeon
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