Contacted them and waiting on an answer. The quick disconnects for air brushes are they all able to connect to the same disconnect on a hose or the female ends different for each brand?
They should interconnect once you have the male/female ends set up right between different brands. Least as I understand it ( mine are set up different than that, I just disconnect at the compressor with the big utility style disconnect used for my lvlp guns and nail guns, I have an 8 gal portable compressor I use around the house and yard and airbrushing).
Were you able to come to any conclusions ?
yes. As for question to usa airbrush i will just say not happiest with customer service but got my answers i needed. The badger did not ship due to “delivery” of shipment they need but it is what it is. The iwata shows up on saturday. Couldnt choose so bought both.
So is the Badger still coming ? Either way congrats ! And happy airbrushing.
Yes the badger is on the way just no clue when its shipping. (Asked for estimated time of their delievery they need to ship it to me and got no response in 24 hours) the iwata will be in hands on saturday for me to mess around with so was thinking of taking a crack at the vallejo (think thats how you spell it) acrylics also while at it. I tends to do everything enamel guess my younger habits still are kicking in lol.
Vallejo Model Air I presume ( hope) ? Much easier to learn on at first than Model Color. Make sure you really stir it well, get all the pigment stirred in well till your stirring stick come out of the bottle with no sediment on it, then stir a little more… In Vallejo Model Air even though it’s ready to spray I still like a touch of thinner in it with a little retarder. Do that it will go down over primer like silk .
Enamels spray very well through an airbrush.
the acrylics thin with alcohol right? And whats this retarder you speak of?
No don’t put straight alcohol in Vallejo paint. I make my own thinner but as a beginner I suggest you get some Vallejo thinner and retarder, some people like their flow aid. You will be better off to shoot the Vallejo straight from the bottle if you can’t get the thinner between now and saturday than to use alcohol, assuming it’s Model Air. It will spray ok. Too much alcohol in Vallejo paint will jam your airbrush up solid with what looks like a latex membrane ! Don’t even think about it.
Are regular acrylics viable to use once i learn a little more?
What are “regular acrylics” ? I have several brands of craft paints going down well if that’s what you mean. You’re going to want to prime first with most any acrylic paint, I use Stynylrez primer personally.
Sorry should of clarified i mean like craft store brands arcylics loke michaels hobby lobby etc.
They all spray when mixed right, so the really really short answer is yes.
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I have used Michaels craft acrylics when I couldn’t find the exact color and shade I wanted. Thinned it with rubbing alcohol (propyl) and it worked fine, so I concur.
I limit my thinner blend’s alcohol content to 30% actual true alcohol, because some paints go nuts if they get too much alcohol ( like some of the DecoArt offerings and also Valleo). Just take what ever ipa you use and add in filtered water till the alcohol content in the ipa is now 30% instead of what ever it said on the bottle label. It will spray fine and you skip the potential of blocking your airbrush up from the cup to the nozzle lol.
In my 18 months of testing acrylics and thinner blends I specifically took straight 91% ipa and thinned some paints with it. DecoArt was one that looked great in the mixing cup and as soon as I hit the trigger on the airbrush the whole thing turned to gel. Yet I had sprayed it already several times with just 30%. I was expecting the needle or nozzle clog but not the entire package of paint to gel up in the air brush. I was checking alcohol limits and started on the wrong end of the scale. So with that paint I can confidently say 30% is fine and 91% terrible. Don’t know where the tipping point is because I don’t care, 30% works for me.
Vallejo is pretty finicky for airbrushing. Never was a fan of them. I find them not very durable when dried and tend to have a vinyl-y look. Why not start with simple acrylics instead. Tamiya, Model Master, Humbrol, Mission Model acrylics to name a few.
I don’t have any trouble spraying Vallejo Model Air, I think it goes down great ( can’t speak for Model Color never tried airbrushing those). What happens with some people is they get dried crud in the dropper top and then shake the crap out of the bottle and mix that dried stuff right in. Better to remove the dropper top and stir the paint, give the top a bath and proceed from there. It does need to be well mixed though.
That said, I can’t argue against any of the paints mentioned, they all spray nice if mixed right. I kind of have a soft spot in my heart for Model Master, it behaves itself, it’s available locally. Just make sure the surface is primed.
That badger primer is acrylic is it not? Is it safe to put enamel over that? I know my tamiya is laquer so enamel goes over that fine. And i case of stacking enamel over acrylic do i need to put a protective clear coat between? Few recommendations on sprayable clears be great also please.
update on badger. Just got an email it might take 3 weeks to ship and they will know more on monday.
only reason i ask arcylic is scarce in my area mainly enamel at my local hobby shop along with just the generic arcylic testors kit usually floating around.
Ya know what ? I’d cancel Badger, shoot your Iwata when it gets here and decide then. But that’s just me, since having both is rather redundant anyway. Once you know what you want get something else then. I wouldn’t want two of the same style brushes really.
Enamel goes over Stynylrez fine. But I didn’t know you had the Tamiya primer and last I knew you were going to spray Vallejo Paint which certainly needs some kind of primer under it. Just use what you have, the Tamiya primer is excellent. What enamel are you going to spray ?