Free Airbrush!!

Because I'm using a single-action external-mix airbrush made by Aztek/Testors that's about 8 years old and I'm a cheapskate who won't spend the money on a new one.

Are the Aztek airbrushes that bad

I don't think my 430 is horrible, just limited, and a bugger to keep tips clean.

i need one! im using a basic entry level aztec airbrush. and i love it, but the hose is patched with duct tape, the nozzel is about to fall off and all my paint jars are missing parts!

it funcions worse than my single

Because I'm a poorman who can't afford to buy one. Even the Wal-Mart 19.97 one is out of my price range. Being unemployed is no fun, but I am getting caught up on the models I stock piled.

Did I mention that I've never owned an airbrush before?

hey man, give it to roadkill. i have a airbrush, he dont

roadkill, email me your address, i may have a suprise for you. later.

BTW, Mark, you better not be spraying Alabama Crimson Red on with no junkie airbrush!!! just teasing fellow, rock on. later.

are you sure you want it? it's really horrable, but if no one else claims it soon, I guess roadkill takes the cake/airbrush

Better wait til Chril talks to him... as what Chriss uses... maybe that aztek should go else where . If youre doing what I think you are doing Chris my hat off to you.

QUOTE: BTW, Mark, you better not be spraying Alabama Crimson Red on with no junkie airbrush!!! just teasing fellow, rock on. later.

lol man, why the harsh coments about aztec? i love them if no one wants it ill take it, otherwise, someone probanly needs it more than me! - mark

hey mark, if'n you like it, i love it bubba!! let it rip tater chip!! later.

Thanks for the offer 1337 but I 'd rather use of what i have.

i'm going to blow my paycheck on a new airbrush... first real airbrush too! Thats why i'm giving this away.

Currently: roadkill is "Winning"

I guess I can't make an honest claim on it, since I'm using a bottom=of-the-line Paasche (they're so ashamed of it, it doesn't say Paasche anywhere on it), which looks exactly like a Badger 350, only even cheaper looking. In defense of my need for the Aztek, I have not yet, in three months of owning this thing, been able to make paint or even water come out of it. I mean, I'm poor as a churchmouse these days, unemployed, boo-hoo, etc., but I have 20 years experience with airbrushes and I know there is nothing simpler than this design, so why will a brand new airbrush not provide a spray, even with the air pressure at full blast? I could use suggestions.
As for Aztek, I didn't love mine when I had a really good one. I missed my old badger 200, but these Azteks were being touted as the wave of the future, the first airbrush made specifically for modelers and their particular paints. It was all bunk. But I'd rather have a bad Aztek than a worse Paasche. Oh, well, I can always revert to the Testors 14 dollar spray gun until I can afford the real article again. I didn't pay much more than that for the Paasche, on sale.

QUOTE: I have not yet, in three months of owning this thing, been able to make paint or even water come out of it.

I'm not at all familiar with Passche airbrushes, but if nothing will spray even with a lot of pressure something is obviously plugged up (but I guess you figured that out by now ) Paasche's web site has complete parts lists for their brushes, so if it were me I'd strip it down to nothing and make sure every part that is supposed to have a hole in it has a hole in it. It can't work any worse than it is right now.

Does air come out? If you have air but no paint, then it's something in the paint feed. If it has a bottle make sure the vent hole in the bottle isn't plugged or covered by the liner inside the cap (common problem with bottom feeders). Make sure the siphon tube isn't plugged, etc.

If you aren't getting air, unplug the hose at the brush and make sure you are getting air there. If so, it could be a bad air valve. Not sure about Paasche, but Badger air valves can be disassembled and cleaned up. Sometimes paint will blow back that far and get in the valve.

It HAS to be something simple, and it can be fixed. There are some Paasche users around here that can probably help you out.

here come the tears, , just messin with yea man. i think youll like aztec.

sharkskin made me laugh harder so I think he should get it. Still LOL.....

Dean

Personally I think MikeV or Salty should get it so they can see what a real he-man airbrush works like! Have them converted from that Badger / Iwata stuff in no time.

PS ... Just don't send it to me!!!

the current "winner" (read:loser) is Roadkill.

if roadkill decides on a "Not as versitile, non-ergonomic, heavy, un-balanced, stainless steel/brass/chrome airbrush, then i guess salty or mike gets it.

Sure I'll take it as it's better than nothing. e-mail me with instructions at fishbedj@yahoo.com

Being an Iwata user, I've NEVER seen where someone wanted to give away an Iwata airbrush. That says something about the Aztek. You'll know it's REALLY bad if you can't even GIVE it away! Ask MikeV what he thinks about Azteks!