lol i surrender, I know i have been posting “i love my aztek” but from advice from MikeV I am buying a badger 155-7 anthem, I now require more from my airbrush and the aztek is not supplying, therefore i need something that is much easier to work with. So I am now giving a honk, i can no longer support something that is so moody, lol
When I first got it I loved it. Came with a lot of accessories and had fairly good results. After about a year of heavy use, a internal hose kinked, and I lost pressure. had to take it apart and only fix was to bypass that hose. The kink turned into a tear. Works as a single action only now. Since then I bought a Iwata BCS Eclipse. I love the feel of metal, has better balace and easy to clean. Too bad Aztecs cups and jars don"t fit. Only use the Aztec for really small jobs now.[:(]
HONK!! I bought an Aztek as my first airbrush. The double action was non-existent and the cleaning instructions were woefully inadequate. I had no idea that the this brush required such THOROUGH cleaning. Sure it was inexpensive but I would have rather spent a little more for an airbrush that: 1) was easier to clean and 2) actually had double action!!
HONK
number of aztec plastic airbrushes: 7.
number of iwata plastic airbrushes: 0
number of t&c plastic airbrushes: 0
number of badger plastic airbrushes: 2 (but thems good)
cost of aztec nozzles where i live: 13
cost of badger needles where i live: 8
cost of iwata needles where i live: 17
AND they wont replace yur fuggin airbrush if you drop it, or do anything to it
stupid aztec, they should have warrenty on nozzles
ATTN AZTEK FACTORY/COMPANY
send me several airbrush nozzles and i will like your airbrushes.
lol
anyone have any broken azteks that testors wont replace? email me i_r_rule@hotmail.com i am trying to “mod” one so it takes a standard needle and is gravity feed…
Amen brother!!
I have been using Aztek airbrushes for years, and have never had a problem with them. Nozzels do wear out but are cheap to replace. I own an A470, a single action and a standard double action. The old single action is near 10 years old, and still works like a champ. All new nozzels work in it. Most companies when they go to a new model or style the parts are not interchangable. Aztek/Testors make the old work with the new.
Plus any tech question I have or had, they either explained the solution to me or sent me tech papers to keep on hand. So do Azteks suck rocks? I don’t think so!!!
yah i agree single aztek’s are l33t
had 1 for 4 years, use it more than the double
I’ll submit a small Honk!!!, however I can’t tottolly diss the Aztek, after all, It was the first airbrush I’d owned that enabled me to paint some awesome free-hand camo like I dreamed as a kid. Now-a-days I use Iwata airbrushes exclusively…I’ve since framed the Aztek A470 as an antiquity!
HONK!!!
Ok so I said in a past reply that Azteks are a good solid airbrush [banghead]
Here’s what changed my mind , and I must say in a big way .
While painting my Alien kit , with my metal aztek , I experienced to my horror a blow up , YES I said blow up , my airbrush just blew up ! I just finished cleaning up the mess . I have never had any problem with it until now and I have to say if I didn’t have an Itwata HP-C and a Pasche VL I would be up [censored] creek right now , I will never buy another aztek nor will I ever use another one , Testors can [censored] my [censored] ! STAY AWAY FROM THEM !!! they are cheap and for a reason .
I had trouble with my first aztec, but it was a fairly low end one. I just got one of their 4700 series brushes, and it seems to be working fine. I had however, an irregular spray pattern, but from reading this forum, it’s probably due to erroneous cleaning on my part.