Omni 4000 or badger 360??

Just to confuse matters further, have you thought about the badger 100?

I use a 100 SG with a fine head for detail paintwork, and straight out of the box I found it easier to use than my Omni4000.

Not sure how the 100 relates to the 360 though.

Karl

would u sell the omni 4000?

anyone know how the 360 works?

the 360 has a rotating cuff... rotated with the small cup facing up it is a gravity feed airbrush and can get some amount of small detail, rotated down you can stick a bottle onto it for large jobs that will require a lot of paint.

The ability to have a large amount of pain in the bottle comes at the expense of having to raise the pressure to pull the paint up into the airbrush. The ability to shoot with the cup in the up position comes at the expense of having to refill the pain cup often.

Both are good brushes I have heard (I don't own either although I own the sister brush to the 360, the Badger 155 which lacks the rotating cuff, mine is always siphon fed). To me if you spray cars you will be using the same color for a longer amount of time than you would be shooting details onto it. Something like the Omni4000 or Badger 100LG would both allow you to carry a decent amount of paint in the cup, while at the same time being able to shoot at lower pressures and if need be go in close to the body for a small piece.

Maybe you should read this article by a member here:

http://www.craigcentral.com/models/ab.asp

It answers a lot of questions like do I need a gravity fed or a siphon fed etc... Good luck to you!!

ok the 100 tell me more about it, does it come with 3 size heads? can i spray a fine lines?
i looked at 100 it is cheaper than o 4000 and the 360, anyone can tell me more about it?

i want to stay with badger
Rick

i was just badger's website wow the 360 had one of the highest rating across the board.

QUOTE: ok the 100 tell me more about it, does it come with 3 size heads?

Yes
Edit ... There are three heads AVAILABLE. It typically only comes with one. If you want the other two you have to buy the heads and needles.

QUOTE: can i spray a fine lines?

Yes

QUOTE: i looked at 100 it is cheaper than o 4000 and the 360, anyone can tell me more about it?

Excellent airbrush. I don't use mine as much as I do my Omni 4000 but that's mainly because I've had the Omni longer and am more accustomed to it.

Rick, I still use my Omni on a regular basis for large area work, such as general camo and gloss & clear coats, so I'll be keeping it for now.

The 100 gets used for detail work and retouches, both because of the small amount of paint that it will hold, and because it delivers paint in a more controlled manner than the Omni, in my hands at least.

Karl

Rick,

I bought a 100g with a fine tip recently. I need this configuration as I'm into WW2 German planes and their mottle camo. I've only had it for a month but as I see it, I'm only comfortable painting 1 inch widths at the largest.

Since you're painting single color like cars, I would go for the medium or even large tip and perhaps the 100lg for larger paint cup. With the medium cup in the 100g, I definitely have to refill to cover a full airplane (12" length & 12" wingspan). Refilling is no big deal for me since I use a shot glass to mix paint and thinner and an dropper to draw the paint from the shot glass to the paint cup.

does the 360 have a big cup too?

the 100lg can it spray as fine as the 360 or the 4000?

QUOTE: does the 360 have a big cup too?

Nope, not that I'm aware of.

QUOTE: the 100lg can it spray as fine as the 360 or the 4000?

I did this the day I got my 100. I already had some dark gray paint in my 4000 and just blew a line on some styrene just to compare the 100 and 4000. I poured the same paint in my 100 and blew a line on the same piece of styrene just to compare the line width. It wasn't thin enough to get good lines but I was just trying to compare the two brushes. I can get better lines from both of them.

I've found that I can get finer lines more consistently with the 100 than I can with the Omni, but then remember that I am using a 100 with a fine head fitted.

Karl

wow thanks for all this info,! over all what you rate the 3 guns Omni 4000 or badger 360,100lg, 1 being best and 10 being the wost/?

Rick