This seems to be a stupid question since I’ve been airbrushing for years, but I’ve run into a snag lately. I usually use a dual action airbrush for about 60% of my work, I use a Badger 200 single-action for large scale coverage, but lately the Badger has been a little finicky. I’m not getting very good flow, and a good deal of clumping on the tip. When I do get it working there is very little adjustment available between no flow and the kind of spray that needs to be 8 feet away to prevent running. Once I do get a decent spray, I get two or three passes before I lose paint all together and have to do the adjustment dance all over again. I’ve been using the same combo of paint and thinner that I’ve been using for years so I don’t think that’s the problem, but I would welcome anyone’s recommendations to keep me from throwing this thing out the window.
tipdry: Use a q-tip to clean, q tip soaked in thinner. do not leave any cotton from the q tip inside the airbrush tip. try not thinning paints so much
I have a siphon feed 200 and every time I’ve had that problem it was between the brush and the bottle.
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If you have the siphon feed brush make sure the air hole in the bottle cap isn’t covered or plugged. Occasionally the seal inside the cap will turn and cover the hole and that will cause the feeding problems.
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Again, if you have the siphon feed, make sure the tube into the bottle as well as the fitting in the cap aren’t partially plugged with dried paint.
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Make sure you don’t have an air leak. The Teflon seal between the head and the body will flatten over time and not give a good seal. The most common symptom of that is a pulsation in the spray, but it can also cause them to not pull the paint very well (been there, done that).