Lube!

Sounds like a good idea. but, what did you use for lube? and how did you apply it?

hahhahahahhhhahaha, this guy is joking right...?

I didnt realize the results he had, but regdab lube by Badger made it easier for me to get some smaller lines and had a LOT less probs spraying acrylic (tip dry etc... it was really noticable on my Badger 175... it did ok before but really was easier to control the trigger with the lube... the 155 did pretty much the same as before, just a smoother pull on the trigger is all I noticed... maybe a little better control over my lines, hard to tell... (and easier to wipe off the needle when I was done)

I definitely don't say it's a cure for the common cold, but it helps!!!

QUOTE: Originally posted by pingtang Sounds like a good idea. but, what did you use for lube? and how did you apply it?

I use Badgers Regdab lube, got it from dixieart.com, it's available a lot of places... Iwata makes Medea lube pretty much the same stuff, MikeV even recommended using vegetable oil if you had no other way to get the stuff, but I decided it was worth it to buy name brand...

from the side of the bottle it tells you to put some down in the trigger assembly, just a drop or two, I also put a little on a lint free cloth and coat my needle with it before I reinsert it. You can read the previous message about my take on it but it definitely was worth the 3 or 4 US dollars for the bottle... and at 3 or 4 drops per good cleaning, it will last a lonnnnnngggg time.

I put some on my needle, and Wow it's wonderful

hahahahah.... 1337, uhmmm.... try WD-40 (spray in a cap(resevoir), apply with small glue brush move handle back and fourth... nothing but paint crosses my needle.... (EVER)
Sorry to sound so cynical to the oringal post but read through it....

QUOTE: Originally posted by tho9900 MikeV even recommended using vegetable oil if you had no other way to get the stuff,

I never said that. [:0]

Mike

QUOTE: Originally posted by MikeV QUOTE: Originally posted by tho9900 MikeV even recommended using vegetable oil if you had no other way to get the stuff, I never said that. [:0] Mike

hmmm thought you did inanother thread... I apologize if I misqouted then... sorry!

QUOTE: Originally posted by MikeV QUOTE: Originally posted by tho9900 MikeV even recommended using vegetable oil if you had no other way to get the stuff, I never said that. [:0] Mike

ahhh it was petroleum jelly... sorry...

I use Medea Superlube, but only because it's what the local art store carried. I think they are all silicone based and pretty much the same.

Personally I don't think using any type of petroleum-based lube is a good idea, especially if you use enamel or laquer paints. I'm not a chemist and I could be wrong, but I think that the solvents in those paints will dissolve petroleum based lubricants (petroleum jelly, WD-40, etc.) whereas they will not dissolve the silicone-based lubricants. I personally don't want to take a chance on seeing little spots of lubricant in a paint job I worked pretty hard on. A tube of needle lube costs about $4 and will last a loooooong time so why take a chance?

Again......

You don't use enough WD-40 to SOAK your air brush, you very very VERY lightly dab with a micro GLUE brush and wipe down.....

Again....

Nothing but paint /thinners pass through my brush....

QUOTE: You don't use enough WD-40 to SOAK your air brush, you very very VERY lightly dab with a micro GLUE brush and wipe down.....

Whatever works best for you is the best way for you to go.

QUOTE: Nothing but paint /thinners pass through my brush....

And maybe a little bit of air

Boooooo!!!!

QUOTE: Originally posted by tho9900 QUOTE: Originally posted by MikeV QUOTE: Originally posted by tho9900 MikeV even recommended using vegetable oil if you had no other way to get the stuff, I never said that. [:0] Mike ahhh it was petroleum jelly... sorry...

Somebody said it somewhere.....cause I read it too.
I've used vegetable oil on mine because nobody around here carrys any airbrush lubes.
Works fine.
I apply it about 3/4 up the needle and reassemble it, move it back and forth some, and it works just fine.
I don't think it lasts as long as a good airbrush lube, but it does work and I've never had it effect the paint any.

badger regdab badger hehe clever badger backwards... lol. sorry

I want to try this stuff, but no one in the UK seems to stock it

The closest I've come to it is Badger AB cleaner, which is supposed to leave a lubricating residue.

I'm sure my Omni would be evn better with a little lube!!!!

Karl