what airbrush

[gingapaint]

It was from a airbrush artist forum, that I read the review. Can't remember which one, I just googled it at the time. Could be wrong, I guess, but they seemed to know more than me (not difficult I suspect!!)

[andys]

Good info on this thread

If I were to upgrade my £10 airbrush - which I'd like to do, is there a good value brush & compressor set I should look at ?

Also, what's the best value compressor out there - do you need one that's runs all the time, or one with an air 'tank' ?

Cheers guys.

[U1timate PigDog]

A tank is a must in my opinion, the thing to remember is that the bigger the tank the less noise you will have whilst working as it will need replace the air less.

I think mine cost around £75 a few years back, its now about £125 or something but I'd put a wanted up in the trade section here and also keep a eye on ebay for a good deal.

There is a similar discussion on airbrushes in one of the other threads and the feeling I get is everyone agrees on Iwata as the best and if your looking for something quality thats what you want.

The Iwata revolution is what I would put my money on but is around £75 on ebay so depends how far you want to dip into pockets.

[eyeayen]

Compressor wise Bambi do an economy type range, top stuff ! It works essentially on a fridge motor so is as noisy as your fridge. I think the one you'd need from them is about £370. Depends what you want to spend though ?

http://www.everythingairbrush.com/ac...mpressors.html

The advantage of having a tank or 'receiver' is when doing fine lines or shadows if you don't have a tank it pulses, this is the piston pushing the air through, so on the up stroke you get a fat line and on the down stroke you get a thin line, so I'd go for the one with a tank.

Airbrush, Iwata, they rock. No contest ! I think Jon's selling them now ? Not sure ?

[gingapaint]

Is Jon doing Iwata now? Wish I knew that, only changed brush at the start of the month....

As for compressor, I'm using a £50 B&Q special with an inline moisture trap. Noisy as hell, but my neighbours already hate me, so meh......

[RichyUK]

i made my compressor, i call it FrankenPressor

[eyeayen]

The pump part of your Frankenpressor is the same as mine, they're a generic one, I bet it's quiet. Make some plans, get them up on here with instructions how people can build there own

[RichyUK]

Originally Posted by eyeayen

The pump part of your Frankenpressor is the same as mine, they're a generic one, I bet it's quiet. Make some plans, get them up on here with instructions how people can build there own

yeah, its just s fridge motor/compressor linked into a small camping gas bottle the only mildly difficult/expensive thing to buy is the proper compressor on/off pressure switch.

Makes for a cheap, very quiet (as noisy as a fridge!) compressor

[eyeayen]

It's good to be able to hear what the airbrush is doing which is why I love having a quiet compressor as opposed to using the machine gun sounding one I had previously ?

[RichyUK]

Originally Posted by eyeayen

It's good to be able to hear what the airbrush is doing which is why I love having a quiet compressor as opposed to using the machine gun sounding one I had previously ?

tell me about it! i previously had a small 'normal' compressor, and as i spray in my dining room it was a bit much

[Northy]

Originally Posted by RichyUK

yeah, its just s fridge motor/compressor linked into a small camping gas bottle the only mildly difficult/expensive thing to buy is the proper compressor on/off pressure switch.

Makes for a cheap, very quiet (as noisy as a fridge!) compressor

Richy,

Can you give us a few more details on how to make one?

G

[RichyUK]

Originally Posted by Northy

Richy,

Can you give us a few more details on how to make one?

G

Hi G, best thing to do is a google search for home made compressors.

But i made mine like this:
Obtained a working fridge motor/compressor from an old fridge, a small Calor gas bottle, an on/off pressure switch from an old compressor (these are available new for little money), and a water trap.

I cut 2 lengths of some steel section i had kicking about and welded the gas bottle to them and then bolted the compressor on behind it. You need to power up the compressor and find out which pipe is the outlet, and run a rubber pipe to the inlet of the gas bottle (i screwed a tail barb into the non return valve in the top of the bottle).

Drilled and tapped a hole in the top of the gas bottle to fit the pressure on/off switch and fitted that, and this allows you to set the cut off point for the pressure.

Added a water trap from the outlet of the pressure switch, and voila!

one thing to note is the non return valve in the top of the gas bottle must be retained to stop prevent there being pressure in the pipe from the compressor to the tank, or the compressor wont retart when tank pressure drops.