Airbrush

[Anonymous]

I wanna get an air brush and compressor I got 250 bucks any ideas on some packages or what

[tcf511]

I'm relatively new to airbrushing but I would suggest not buying a compressor made for hobbies. I bought one on sale at Sears for $100. It had a pressure tank built in, has an adjustable pressure guage and is relatively quiet. You can also buy accessories to use it for a couple dozen other things around the house.

[wrumbel]

Brand isn't as important as type. Make sure it is double action type. When you push down on button air and paint come out. The farther you pull back on button the more air comes out, and more paint. This makes it more useful when using for weathering cars and trucks, much better control.

Wayne

[Anonymous]

I love my Badger 360 universal airbrush it works wonders. Get a good airbrush (check out E-bay), make shure it is a badger; a very experenced friend of mine had some bad stories about Pasches. As for a compressor just pick up a cheap one at your local hardware store.
James[C):-)]

[jwar]

Before getting a cheap air compressor, be sure to check the duty cycle on the mfg plate, A 30% duty cycle will cycle about three times...then the thermal overload kicks in and it about a 7 to 10 minit wait before it starts again.

As above unless you just have to have it, get a regular oilless air compressor, $100 bucks and $6 to 12 for a water in line water separater. My 150 Badger was $105 with a fine, med and course tip. main reason I got it was the parts availability in my area. Whatever brand you buy follow the instruction manual as the techniques will give you good results and shortens the learning curve with less flustration.

Alot of guys like the single stage, I have the double stage amd after one gets the learning curve down, 15 to 30 min, you will never use a single stage again....John

[JCasey]

Hi Nick,

Check out this web site. They have a lot of different equipment and a good explanations of the uses. Hope this helps. http://airbrushcity.com/abk1/

John

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by tcf511

I'm relatively new to airbrushing but I would suggest not buying a compressor made for hobbies. I bought one on sale at Sears for $100. It had a pressure tank built in, has an adjustable pressure guage and is relatively quiet. You can also buy accessories to use it for a couple dozen other things around the house.

[#ditto]Roger that. "Hobby" compressors are junk.

Also be sure to budget about $30 for a good respirator mask - it's a must have if you're going to airbrush, even if you use water-based paints.

[Anonymous]

Be sure to include a paintbooth with an external (to your house) exhaust. I bought the Micro-Mark booth and used a flexible dryer exhaust hose and a piece of plywood to vent it outside. Just cut the plywood to fit your window opening and then cut a hole for the vent hood. Hook one end of the flexible hose to the vent and the other to the booth exhaust port and you're in business. I also mounted the booth on another piece of plywood so I could add an airbrush holder and have somewhere to put stuff. Drilled a coouple of holes in the back end of the plywood so I can hang the whole thing under the benchwork when it is not in use.