I cannot get this airbrush thing down. I bought this airbrush kit with 5 different nozzles. They all seem to be the same nozzle as far as spraying goes. The airbrush is the Aztek A4809. No fine line spraying at all. They all work great for just painting a coat on a plane, but that’s it. I thin the paints and clean the parts, this whole airbrush situation is a complete nightmare. I have read airbrush sites everywhere. Do I need to ditch this airbrush, or are they all this much of a hassle with very dissapointing results. It cannot be this difficult. HELP!
Any airbrush takes practice, I have used one for 25years and still have not mastered everything
I have the Aztek a407, which is the same as your except it doesn’t have the metal body. FIrst, make sure the knob in the back is turned to the left almost all the way. If you turn it all the way to the left, it will act as a single action brush. Meaning, just pressing it down will shoot paint and you will have much less control.
Now try practicing by slowly pressing down to get some air - not all the way - now pull the trigger back slowly. At some point you will see paint come out. Do this on a white paper, and bring the brush close, like a 1/2 inch or so. When you move the brush farther back, the wider the coverage. So you need to stay close, but you have to have enough pressue but not too much, otherwise it will run or cause ‘spiders’.
And as for being difficult, I’ll say yeah, its that difficult if you want anything other then general coverage. Most of the airbrush artiists use masks to get what they want, and don’t depend skill alone to get fine lines.
practice, practice, practice. Hope this is of some help.
I agree - it is just practice - all of a sudden it will come right! However try www.scaleworkshop.com/workshop/video3bg_1.htm - this is the site of Hypescale siteand a Brett Green seems to be a bit of a master with the Aztek gun - and has a rather unusual “grip” on the gun - which I now use and find a great help!!
Hiya budwieser unfortunately the power of advertising wins again,yes they promise the Aztek A4809 will deliver the perfect model as shown with the photo next to ad but in reality its a whole new ball game. Airbrushing is great but like anyting else start with the the basics
1st Master the single action capabilities with the airbrush before you even think about the double action principle
2nd As with practising on the single action this also teaches you how to thin paints now this is also an art I thin 60%paint to 40% thinner but this can vary depending on weather conditions (plus this also can depend on whether you are using single action or double action airbrush) I sometimes use a 50/50 ratio
3rd If you are worried about trying to achieve fine lines you can still achiev this with a single action airbrush its all about the air pressure lower it down less air less overspray but hold brush closer to work area
I have Aztek 490 system(which I no longer use) 3 Badger airbrushes and I still have the first system I ever bought which is the Tamiya single action system it was on this system I taught myself (and my son) and I still use cos no matter what they say the single action system still can produce the same results as all the other bells and whistle sytems.
Long and short my friend is get paint thinner consistency right which is same as milk (when I first started with airbrush I used to have a glass of milk next to me for comparison,sounds dumb but it worked) and master the basics of control with single action airbrush and air pressure feeding it (start with 20 psi tops) then move up to double action and trust me they are not easy to master as all the above factors have a different effect on double action brushes,but once you master single action it makes problem identification easier on double action and if for some reason you still cant solve the problem do what I do and go back to the single action[:)]