Air Brush Rant...

[Grendels]

awesomepaintjob over on YouTube did a video on airbrushes. He talks about different brands of airbrushes and does a comparison between them.

Airbrush Rant

 

[FW190A-8]

Thanks for that Grendels.

 

[Gundamhead]

Bah. There's no Paasche there. Paasche rules all others drool. ;D

 

[sunsanvil]

A little long, but a good rant. Totally agree with the whole "no single best airbrush". I never thought I would have more than one gun and now, having no less than four, I can tell you each has a use and on a given model I'll use at least two different ones, sometimes three or even all of them for different stages of the finishing.

 

[Grendels]

Bah. There's no Paasche there. Paasche rules all others drool. ;D

I currently use a VL, but I won a badger in the contest and have another badger on the way.

I will be able to compare and contrast soon....

But I posted the video because I agree with him that there is no best airbrush, there is only what is best for you.

 

[sunsanvil]

I currently use a VL, but I won a badger in the contest and have another badger on the way.

Two words for you: Quick Disconnect.

 

[Elm City Hobbies]

LOL...already on it!

 

[RocketSilo]

Thanks for the vid Grendels ,, this guy is so spot on about AB's.
I'm somewhat of an AB geek.

I'm up to 5 AB's..I have a passche H and VL, they are both great,and reliable AB's ,
I have a T&C omni 5000 , amazing AB,, it has a small cup for more quicky spray ,clean , put up situations.
A Badger 175 that is very much like the Passche VL

..and my go to is the Badger 155..it is my workhorse , It has only one needle because it has a dual angle ... pull back slightly for really fine lines ,, get past the halfway point and it kicks into overdrive...amazing AB ..can spray just about anything.
What I find really is impressive about it is ..it's a siphon feed and doesn't know it ...lol. No problem spraying heavier paints at really low pressure.
Like everyone says , It's in the users hands..
You can buy a top of the line Les Paul guitar , but you still have to learn to play.
(but it helps to have a nice reliable guitar to begin with).

one advice I would add is if your airbrush come with different needle sizes ..get them.
don't try to do everything with one airbrush , one needle size..and drive yourself crazy chasing thinner ratios and psi. . Seems like the universal solution to AB problems is .."thin the paint more".
In a lot of cases , that is not always the correct solution.

 

[Grendels]

I currently use a VL, but I won a badger in the contest and have another badger on the way.

Two words for you: Quick Disconnect.

As Scott said, he is on it, I contacted him right after ordering the second badger....

 

[spud]

all you need now is a second compressor and you can go dual brushing ;D

 

[Coladito1]

cool vid.