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Posted by KJ200 on Wednesday, November 17, 2004 7:02 AM
I want to try this stuff, but no one in the UK seems to stock itBanged Head [banghead]

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

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Posted by Tankmaster7 on Tuesday, November 16, 2004 5:14 PM
badger regdab badger hehe clever badger backwards... lol. sorry
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, November 16, 2004 3:31 PM
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... Disapprove [V] 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.

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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, November 16, 2004 7:25 AM
Boooooo!!!! Laugh [(-D]
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Posted by MusicCity on Monday, November 15, 2004 9:57 PM
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 Tongue [:P]
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, November 15, 2004 8:15 PM
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....
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Posted by MusicCity on Sunday, November 14, 2004 9:10 AM
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?
Scott Craig -- Nashville, TN -- My Website -- My Models Page
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Posted by tho9900 on Sunday, November 14, 2004 7:09 AM
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... Disapprove [V] sorry...
---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!
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Posted by tho9900 on Sunday, November 14, 2004 7:06 AM
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!
---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!
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Posted by MikeV on Sunday, November 14, 2004 12:00 AM
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

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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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, November 13, 2004 10:19 PM
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....
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, November 13, 2004 9:57 PM
I put some on my needle, and Wow it's wonderful
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Posted by tho9900 on Saturday, November 13, 2004 8:31 PM
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.
---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!
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Posted by tho9900 on Saturday, November 13, 2004 8:25 PM
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!!!
---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, November 13, 2004 6:33 PM
hahhahahahhhhahaha, this guy is joking right...?
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Posted by pingtang on Saturday, November 13, 2004 6:24 PM
Sounds like a good idea. but, what did you use for lube? and how did you apply it?
-Daniel
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Lube!
Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, November 13, 2004 4:59 PM
I've been having problems with my airbrush for a long time, with it spraying all over the place . Originally I thought that I'd bent the tip or split the head but on close inspection both where fine so I was puzzelled as to why it had such a poor spray pattern . Assembling it after I checked I decided to lube the needle for the first time , this was the best thing that could have happened at that time! . Now with my lubed up needle I am getting nice smooth tight spray patterns and it is much easier to control the paint flow , So if your are experiencing any thing wrong with your spray patterns maybe you should give your brush a good lubing!
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