Gravity Feed Airbrush

Yes, gravity fed brushes waste less paint. Try this before you buy a second AB. Turn your 200NH upside down and drip some paint into the siphon tube. Voila, you have teeny tiny gravity fed AB!

It will be a bit tricky using the AB that way, but a single action will be easier than a dual action.

And yes, either the 200G or 100G are excellent brushes at fine details.

George, another thing to try is the get a color cup which can paint with a lot less paint than a bottle.  Using a color cup instead of a bottle, I can put as few as ten drops of paint into the bottom of the cup, thin it, and the AB will paint just fine.

Andy

nzgunnie wrote:

I've just got an Iwata C-Plus and compared to my badger 150 I have myself using way less paint.

Yes the Iwata would use less as it is a micro-tip airbrush whereas the Badger 150 is a cone tip airbrush. The Badger 100 series would be in the same category as the Iwata HP-C, etc.

MikeV wrote:

nzgunnie wrote: I've just got an Iwata C-Plus and compared to my badger 150 I have myself using way less paint. Yes the Iwata would use less as it is a micro-tip airbrush whereas the Badger 150 is a cone tip airbrush. The Badger 100 series would be in the same category as the Iwata HP-C, etc.

Actually the Badger 150 and 100 series share the same head, and aside from the paint feed are identical air brushes.  Are you thinking of the Anthem 155?

Oooh, Burn! Mike must have been half asleep when he made his post!

The 100 series (SG, G, LG, SF), the 150 and the 200 series (SG, G & 20) are all the same tip, head, and needle, with the 100 & 150 being dual action and the 200 being single action. The 200-20 has the PPS paint adjustment system, as well.

The 200NH which shares the same two angle cone head assembly of the 155 Anthem.

Bgrigg wrote:

Oooh, Burn! Mike must have been half asleep when he made his post! The 100 series (SG, G, LG, SF), the 150 and the 200 series (SG, G & 20) are all the same tip, head, and needle, with the 100 & 150 being dual action and the 200 being single action. The 200-20 has the PPS paint adjustment system, as well. The 200NH which shares the same two angle cone head assembly of the 155 Anthem.

Oops! Too many beers last night, my bad!

The Badger 150 is a siphon-feed though so of course the Iwata gravity-feed mentioned will use less paint.