Diy Airbrush Spray

[NewYorkerInSydney]

Hi friends,

Anyone try spraying oil dyes onto leather with a spray bottle before (like the one pictured)? I would love to hear your experience. I don't have the money to buy an airbrush and do not know if I would use it much any way and thought of this as an alternative.

[Hilly]

Hi friends,

Anyone try spraying oil dyes onto leather with a spray bottle before (like the one pictured)? I would love to hear your experience. I don't have the money to buy an airbrush and do not know if I would use it much any way and thought of this as an alternative.

Never tried a spray bottle like that. I don't know if you can get "Prevail Sprayers" where you are, but they are cheap, and use small cans of air as propellant. They work pretty well for smaller projects.

[Luke Hatley]

Won't work..... not enought pressure. Try the Previal Sprayers, they will work fine,

great for Large areas , Belts & Bilfolds

[Pelallito]

Hi Luke,

I had been wondering about using a Previal Sprayer and thanks for answering one of my questions. The other one being- Do you have to thin the dye before spraying? I have not tried doing it yet, because I have some water based poly in my Previal sprayer jar. I need to buy more jars.

Thanks again,

Fred

Won't work..... not enought pressure. Try the Previal Sprayers, they will work fine,

great for Large areas , Belts & Bilfolds

[Luke Hatley]

Most of the time i do not thin the dye. if i want a light shade of the color i will thin. look under the heading of Knife sheaths. thoes were sprayed.

[cem]

Hi friends,

Anyone try spraying oil dyes onto leather with a spray bottle before (like the one pictured)? I would love to hear your experience. I don't have the money to buy an airbrush and do not know if I would use it much any way and thought of this as an alternative.

The little spray thing may work but it would be difficult to get an even covering with it. You can get cheap single action airbrushes at Bunnings and Hobby shops that are about $15.00 that run on compressed air cans which would be our eqivalent to the preval sprayer. I'm not sure if Bunnings sell the air cans anymore though, the airbrushes are normally kept in the tool section.

Clair

[Pelallito]

Luke,

Thanks for the reply!

I will go look at the knife sheaths next.

Regards,

Fred

PS The sheaths are beautiful.

Most of the time i do not thin the dye. if i want a light shade of the color i will thin. look under the heading of Knife sheaths. thoes were sprayed.

Edited April 4, 2010 by Pelallito

[CitizenKate]

You can get cheap single action airbrushes at Bunnings and Hobby shops that are about $15.00 that run on compressed air cans which would be our eqivalent to the preval sprayer. I'm not sure if Bunnings sell the air cans anymore though, the airbrushes are normally kept in the tool section.

I agree, I've used both the Preval sprayers and the single-action sprayers with cans of propellant. The single-action sprayer is more reliable than the aerosol type sprayer used by the Preval system. And the cans of propellant used with the Preval are actually quite expensive compared to the propellants you use with a single-action sprayer, when you consider the actual quantities you're getting. Another nice thing about the single-action sprayer is, you can also hook it up to a compressor when you finally get tired of buying all those cans of propellant.

Kate

[Pelallito]

Kate,

I will look at the single action airbrushes. I just repaired my little air compressor.

Thanks for the suggestions from everybody.

Regards,

Fred

I agree, I've used both the Preval sprayers and the single-action sprayers with cans of propellant. The single-action sprayer is more reliable than the aerosol type sprayer used by the Preval system. And the cans of propellant used with the Preval are actually quite expensive compared to the propellants you use with a single-action sprayer, when you consider the actual quantities you're getting. Another nice thing about the single-action sprayer is, you can also hook it up to a compressor when you finally get tired of buying all those cans of propellant.

Kate

[Bigfoot]

Fred, if your compressor is fixed and your thinking of an air brush then look at the double action type....much better control to get the "faded" look when needed and not much difference in price. And you can just puff air with no dye to help dry the layers quicker too!

[Pelallito]

Bigfoot,

Thanks for the recommendation. I didn't know anything about airbrushes when this started and now I am looking and reading a lot about them. But I have not even had a chance to go by a store that has them in stock!

That sounded like a good idea, which ones do you recommend?

NYin Sydney- I hope that we are not high jacking your thread. If this has gone somewhere that you don't want, please say something and I will start another one elsewhere.

Thanks to all that are contributing and you NYIS for starting it.

Regards,

Fred

Fred, if your compressor is fixed and your thinking of an air brush then look at the double action type....much better control to get the "faded" look when needed and not much difference in price. And you can just puff air with no dye to help dry the layers quicker too!

[Bigfoot]

Bigfoot,

Thanks for the recommendation. I didn't know anything about airbrushes when this started and now I am looking and reading a lot about them. But I have not even had a chance to go by a store that has them in stock!

That sounded like a good idea, which ones do you recommend?

NYin Sydney- I hope that we are not high jacking your thread. If this has gone somewhere that you don't want, please say something and I will start another one elsewhere.

Thanks to all that are contributing and you NYIS for starting it.

Regards,

Fred

Sorry Fred but i can't really recommend a specific model as i am quite new to airbrushes myself and am using "el cheapo" ones from ebay but they seem good enough for me at the mo.

[Pelallito]

Thanks Bigfoot,

I will go to a Pearls close to the house and look around and ask some questions.

Fred

Sorry Fred but i can't really recommend a specific model as i am quite new to airbrushes myself and am using "el cheapo" ones from ebay but they seem good enough for me at the mo.

[glennaycock]

Not sure where you stand on air brushes, since this thread is 6 months old, but I have been using the Badger clone from Harbor Freight. It's pretty solid, and at $15, it's a steal. I've been shooting alcohol-based Fiebings with it.

[Skald]

Would something like this work you think http://www.cchobby.se/pump-sprayflaska-1-st.aspx

It's not a bottle where you have to pump like a maniac while spraying, you sort of pump up the pressure beforehand, and then just spray until the pressure is out. There were some hair spray bottles in the 80'ies with this pump function, if someone remember.

[Dwight]

I am the newbie on the block when we talk air brushing, . . . but I bought my stuff from Harbor Freight (there's a www.com version) and if you only want one gun and one bottle, you can get started for $15. You will need a compressed air source to go with it.

One idea I had but discarded, was to use a small 12 volt compressor we carry around in our cars to blow up low tires. With a very small tank, and a cheap regulator, you could pump it up while you are doing the leather work, and then use the air out of the tank.

Just a thought.

Some garden sprayers also pump up pretty good pressure also, use the hose from it to go to your air brush. If I didn't have my compressor, . . . I'd probably try that one.

May God bless,

Dwight

[Luke Hatley]

Would something like this work you think http://www.cchobby.se/pump-sprayflaska-1-st.aspx

It's not a bottle where you have to pump like a maniac while spraying, you sort of pump up the pressure beforehand, and then just spray until the pressure is out. There were some hair spray bottles in the 80'ies with this pump function, if someone remember.

I did try the pump action a long time ago and all i got was blobs & sputters ....

the lower price gun at Harbor Freight will serve you well.

[Skald]

I did try the pump action a long time ago and all i got was blobs & sputters ....

the lower price gun at Harbor Freight will serve you well.

I suspected "blobs & sputters", and I guess I won't even bother to try that then.

There are no Harbor Freight over here, but there are some similar companies, and I have looked up a "budget kit" I'll get hold of soon. Guess it's better to spend a little more right off, instead of being forced to do so anyway after the cheapest possible solution fails.