I am new to the airbrush world and after using my Badger 200NH siphon feed on a few models now I am learning that you can waste a lot paint when you want to spray something small but still have to fill the bottle up over the siphon tube for it to work. Do the gravity feed airbrushes for the the small jobs save paint compared to the siphon feed ? If so ,would the Badger 200G Fine or the Badger 100G be a good brush for this purpose and other fine detailing that requires very little paint? I would still use the Badger 200NH for the larger areas to paint.
Yes, gravity fed brushes waste less paint. Try this before you buy a second AB. Turn your 200NH upside down and drip some paint into the siphon tube. Voila, you have teeny tiny gravity fed AB!
It will be a bit tricky using the AB that way, but a single action will be easier than a dual action.
And yes, either the 200G or 100G are excellent brushes at fine details.
George, another thing to try is the get a color cup which can paint with a lot less paint than a bottle. Using a color cup instead of a bottle, I can put as few as ten drops of paint into the bottom of the cup, thin it, and the AB will paint just fine.
Yes the Iwata would use less as it is a micro-tip airbrush whereas the Badger 150 is a cone tip airbrush. The Badger 100 series would be in the same category as the Iwata HP-C, etc.
Actually the Badger 150 and 100 series share the same head, and aside from the paint feed are identical air brushes. Are you thinking of the Anthem 155?
Oooh, Burn! Mike must have been half asleep when he made his post! [zzz]
The 100 series (SG, G, LG, SF), the 150 and the 200 series (SG, G & 20) are all the same tip, head, and needle, with the 100 & 150 being dual action and the 200 being single action. The 200-20 has the PPS paint adjustment system, as well.
The 200NH which shares the same two angle cone head assembly of the 155 Anthem.
