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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, December 9, 2004 11:27 PM
Those airbrushes looks a lot like the Badger 350... and i bet the 350 is way better quality. like Model Museum said, a good airbrush will outlast a 'cheap' one - by a long time.
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, December 9, 2004 6:39 PM
Don't buy cheap airbrushes, pay a bit more and get a good one that will last you a loooong time.
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, December 9, 2004 6:36 PM
Just be careful guys! I bought some of the same airbrushes from HB but you have to watch out as they use a low grade brass and can split the needle valve assembly real easy.
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, December 4, 2004 11:10 AM
actually harbour freight does ship to canada but you will have to talk to there live customer service via internet messaging on there web site or phone there non 1-800 number.
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, December 1, 2004 8:22 PM
gass: i awlays pass the one near vancouver.

hf doesn't ship to canada :(
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Posted by Hoser on Wednesday, December 1, 2004 6:51 PM
My apologies to all you Canadians. Last I knew HF did ship to Canada, but that was awhile ago. Sorry ...
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Posted by Hoser on Wednesday, December 1, 2004 9:08 AM
Gass is right, the first is a single-action external mix, the second is internal mix dual-action. BTW - Harbor Freight does ship to The Great White North, eh? Big Smile [:D]

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Posted by Tankmaster7 on Tuesday, November 30, 2004 4:00 PM
Aren't those airbrushes external mix?
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, November 29, 2004 7:40 PM
aw man i need a site that hsips to canada

gass, which princess auto did you go to?
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Posted by Hoser on Monday, November 29, 2004 8:27 AM
That AB looks exactly like one offered by Harbor Freight Tools for $10. A few weeks ago I picked up two of these at the local outlet; they were on sale for $4.99 -

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=47791

They also have a Dual-Action for $20. Parts breakdown and numbering is the same as a Badger 150. I got one of these about 10 years ago; it works great -

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=1500

MusicCity is right - experiment with lower pressures and thinning ratios; you should be able to do some pretty fine lines. Good luck! Big Smile [:D]
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, November 28, 2004 10:12 PM
imageshack or photobucket hosts, and it's done like this: [img = yoursite.com/folder1/image.jpg[/img] without the spaces. i really gotta get me one even though i already have a badger 155.
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Posted by MusicCity on Sunday, November 28, 2004 3:23 PM
QUOTE: The narrowest spray I can manage is 1/4 inch but wothell ? Thats fine with me. BTW I use them on an industrial compressor throttled down to about 40 psi.

Drop your pressure down to about 10 psi, thin the paint about 1:1, and spray about an inch from the surface. I bet you can get that 1/4" down to about 1/8"

QUOTE: I would include a picture but am not sure how to do that on this site.

You have to have a host for the pictures and then include a link to them in your post. FSM doesn't have provisions for actually including pictures in the messages, only links to them on another site.
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Posted by Tankmaster7 on Sunday, November 28, 2004 2:02 PM
cool, that's really cheap!!!!! Although yuo might be able to get finer lines if you get yourself a regulator... You probably won't see a tremendous difference between that and the good brands, but you will probably see a much smoother spray pattern with more consistency on how well it sprays and that sputters less, i(f your sputters at all). But if it works for you, and you got it for under 10$, yuo are INCREDIBLY lucky!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Cheap Airbrush
Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, November 28, 2004 1:08 PM
urp !
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