is the badger 100 lg a good starter airbrush? also could some one recommend a compresser?
I have the badger 100g, which is the same airbrush as the 100lg, it just has the smaller color cup. In my opinion I don’t think you can go wrong with any of the badger airbrushes for your first time out. The first airbrush I used was a badger 155 anthem, still use it. The 100 series brushes probably are better suited for fine work and the 155 is more suited for general usage, base coats, spraying future etc.
As as for compressors, I’ve used everything from a craftsman shop type compressor, a pancake compressor, and I now use Badger Cyclone 180-12. Got it from Micheals using their 50% off coupon. These airbrushes aren’t finicky when it comes to their source of air, just as long as blows a steady psi, it’s happy.
An excellent airbrush, easy to use, easy to clean, should last you your lifetime. The dual action trigger will take a bit of practice, but once you wrap your mind around it, it becomes second nature. I started on the 150 which is the siphon version of the 100LG, but I ended up with two 100LGs!
Ditto
I started with a Badger 175 Crescendo, great brush, ended up selling it on eBay two years later for about what I paid for it originally. Bulletproof brushes. I have a Badger 100LG that I use for fine detail stuff, an Iwata HP-CS for bigger stuff, then a Paasche single action for wide area, Future sprays, etc.
The 100LG I got from Badger’s website on their “Garage Sale” section. It was reconditioned, but I think I got it for around $30 or so.
I run both a 100G and an SG, the former with a medium head set up, the latter with a fine head.
Peior to these I ran an Omni & a Badger 200, but the 100s are a big improvement, and I’ve been using them for nigh on 5 years now.
Wouldn’t consider changing.
Karl