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    February 2007
6 color airbrush kit
Posted by mitsdude on Tuesday, June 5, 2007 1:06 PM

$129.99 

Anyone have experience with one of these or something similar?

Does the base hook up to a regular hobby compressor or do you need something bigger?

Any idea what kind of airbushes are included?

Its from Harbor Freight.

SIX COLOR AIR BRUSH KIT WITH HOLDER

Paint with six colors without having to stop and clean your airbrush. Comes with seven 6 ft braided air hoses with 1/8"-28 NPS fittings and 1/4"-18 NPT adapter.

  • Six siphon feed air brushes connect to the base for regulated air supply
  • Six glass 3/4 oz color cups
  • Dual action trigger for one-finger control of airflow and pattern width
  • Internal mix air brush is designed to assure uniform coverage
  • Rotates 360°
  • Color coded for easy identification
  • Stable suction cup base

Comes with wrenches, 0.35 mm nozzles;15-50 PSI working pressure;

  • Member since
    April 2005
  • From: Baton Rouge, LA
Posted by T_Terrific on Thursday, June 7, 2007 9:20 AM

The airbrush is a knock-off of a Badger 150-7, and it has a very good reputation. I have three of them and they work very well. It might even be made by the same factory in China as a Badger Wink [;)]

As for the compressor, as a minimum, I would use something with a receiver tank, like this:

  paasche airbrush

Harbor Tool has been running specials on small compressors suitable for tire-filling or air-brushing, with two or three gallon tanks for under $60.00 recently. All you gotta do is pick up one of their $15.00 filter-regulators for airbrushing and make a couple of trips to your local Ace Hardware for the correct adaptors.

To me, this looks like a unit for more then a single user at a time,and actually it lists for $149.95

The problem I see with this unit is even though you don't have to worry about changing airburshes to change colors, if you are spraying more then one color, and you set the brush down, and switch to another, it still can clog up on you if you don't do the old solvent flush right away. And once you have done that the newly cleaned brush is good for another color anyway.

On the other hand, if you count the airbrushes alone, that is like getting them for $25.00 each, with the weird stand thrown in. Wink [;)]

My preferred method is to use the quick-disconnect airbrush hose they sell at Harbor Tool's, and simpy buy more then one, using the disconnect fittings for more then one airbrush, making a quick-swap, like for acrylics to enamels,etc.

OK?

Tom Cowboy [C):-)]

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