Using airbrush lube

Thanks mike.  It's weird though for my 100LG, SG and 155, only for the 100LG I feel there is some friction, feels like metal rubbing, between the trigger and the slot on the body as I move it.  the 100SG and 155 moves very smoothly without a problem.  I switched the triggers between the 155 and the LG and the rubbing is slightly minimized, but now I got both the 155 and LG to have some slightly less frictions though I could still tell that they are there.

Maybe I will try to get some lube in there and see what happens.

MusicCity wrote:

I just spray it through a plastic soda straw into a bottle.  Stiring the paint afterwards will help dissipate the propellant quicker.

??  why are you talking about de-canning spray paints???

archangel571 wrote:

MusicCity wrote: I just spray it through a plastic soda straw into a bottle.  Stiring the paint afterwards will help dissipate the propellant quicker. ??  why are you talking about de-canning spray paints???

Sorry, my mistake  That's what happens when you have to use two browsers on a forum.  I detest Internet Degrader and refuse to use it any more than I have to to but can't post here with Mozilla.  I read the forum with Mozilla and if I see something I want to respond to I have to use Internet Degrader.  Just put the right response in the wrong topic.  It should have been here

RadMax8 wrote:

What do you guys use for lube, where can I get it, and is it cheap?

I use Badger Needle Juice and you can get it from Badger directly, as well as many other online stores such as Bear Air. At Bear Air it is $4.41 for a 1 oz bottle which will last you probably 3 years unless you use it a lot.
http://www.bearair.com/prodinfo.asp?number=110605

I use valve lub from the music store, a 1$ bottle will last years.

Just my 2 cents

stindle wrote:

I use valve lub from the music store, a 1$ bottle will last years. Just my 2 cents

I wouldn't recommend any lube on the needle other than Badger's Needle Juice or Media's Super Lube.

Other lubricants can affect your paint, these two lubes will not.

stindle wrote:

I use valve lub from the music store, a 1$ bottle will last years. Just my 2 cents

stindle wrote:

I use valve lub from the music store, a 1$ bottle will last years. Just my 2 cents

Just be sure it is glycerin or silicone based like some of the 'newer lubes' ("way back when I was in band in the stone age") were... the older "light machine oil" type instrument lubes can gum up the needle bearing....   if it drips out like water it is most probably a light machine oil.  If it oozes out like watered down honey it is probably silicone or glycerin... but check the bottle to be sure.

tho9900 wrote:

stindle wrote: I use valve lub from the music store, a 1$ bottle will last years. Just my 2 cents Just be sure it is glycerin or silicone based like some of the 'newer lubes' ("way back when I was in band in the stone age") were... the older "light machine oil" type instrument lubes can gum up the needle bearing....   if it drips out like water it is most probably a light machine oil.  If it oozes out like watered down honey it is probably silicone or glycerin... but check the bottle to be sure.

Torio wrote:

Nobody tried WD 40 ? Just a question as WD means "water displacement" it should not mix with whatever painting fluid one puts into his airbrush . But I may be utterly wrong.