regulator/pulsing

QUOTE: Originally posted by Jabbe I don't have the airbrush yet, but I was going to purchase the Badger 180-1 or the 180-11. It's good to hear that pulsing isn't a problem with that model, i was curious. How do you like it?

I basically like it. All in all it does a good job for me, although if it ever were to break an need replacement, I might investigate some of the alternatives out there.

On the plus side:
It provides more than adequate air pressure and volume, and at least through the airbrush, is steady.

It seems solid and well made, and has never acted to the contrary, so hopefully I should never need to replace it.

On the minus side:
It's pricey. It doesn't include a regulator/moisture trap, so that simply add's to the expense.

It lacks an on-off switch, other than plugging it in. There are fairly easy ways around this (I built an paintbooth with a switched outlet), but it is irritating nontheless. The 180-11 has a pressure switch, so when you press your AB trigger it starts. I'm not sure that strikes me as a good alternative.

In spite of Badger's claim (propaganda) to the contrary, I find it to be quite noisy. Out in my garage, that's not a huge issue, and perhaps it helps my concentration by drowning out any other noises that my distract me while painting. For that matter I don't thing that it is especially light or compact, in spite of Badger's claims.

In spite of little rubber feet, it does "walk", so some provision should be made to hold it down.

Hi,
Pressure regulator with water trap should reduce pulstaion as the water trap serves as little air tank IMHO. However fully open may not be as effective. In that case I would install something between comp and regulator i.e. hose which will increase volume of air.

Macio

im no expert on this, but i think that adding a regulator on the end of ther hose could stop or reduce pulsing...
my logic behind this is that the regulator would force the air hose to act sort of like a tank....
maybe 2 regulators, one on the compressor, and one on the ab end, with the regulator on the compressor set higher than the one on the ab.... dunno if it will help, but its some food for thought....

Diaphram compressors are notorious for pulsating, a compressor with an air tank will cure this problem, you get steady air flow from the tank. there is an attachment for diaphram compressors called a "pulse eliminator" but I think you would be better off getting a compressor with a tank.

I don't have the airbrush yet, but I was going to purchase the Badger 180-1 or the 180-11. It's good to hear that pulsing isn't a problem with that model, i was curious. How do you like it?

Possibly not, but then again it might not matter. Do you feel the pulsating through the end of airbrush or do you feel it coming from the compressor or open hose? The reason I ask, is that I have a Badger 180-1 diaphram compressor, with the ubiquitous regulator/moisture trap fitted, and if put my finger to the end of the open hose, I can feel the air pulsating. This is why I suspect that a regulator, in and of itself would not eliminate any pulsating. However, once I connect the airbrush to it, I cannot feel any pulsating coming out the tip of the airbrush, regardless of any airbrush/regulator settings.