Quick Airbrush Question

[Cyberthrasher]

This is the kit I bought http://www.harborfre...-kit-95630.html and these are the little containers they talked me into that are just so bad! http://www.harborfre...ixer-66446.html By the way, I was stalking your Facebook page earlier......pretty nice items you have on there!

Thanks , I just wish I had time to get more of the stuff in my head put onto leather and then added to the page!!

Now, get rid of those bottles. They're just a gimmick. For spirit and oil dyes, you'll never need to mix it. But, the main reason is you'll probably hardly ever need that much dye at once. I can't even use up a full load in the metal paint cup on a full length guitar strap. The one jar I have that's a standard jar just has my 50/50 resolene mixed up in it. Unless I spill it, that last quite a while itself.

There are lots of external mix airbrushes out there, but for finishes, I don't see why the HF model wouldn't work just fine.

[tedmont]

I discovered I have an external mix brush. It was part of a package where I got a compressor and 3 airbrushes. I didn't know what it was for or how to use it until I read this column and saw the suggestion to use it for resolene.

Sure enough, 30 seconds after I started using it, it was clogged. Aaaarrrrrggg! I back flushed it by holding my finger over the tip. Lots of nasty semi-hard stuff was flushed back into the bottle. After a few times, it was working again. Now this is a really cheap piece of c*#p. I guess it is only $10 tops. I found I could regulate the flow. At lower flows, it didn't spray. At the lowest setting it would spray, it was too strong. I was able to do it only by spraying bursts. I'll continue you playing with it. If I get it to work right, perhaps I'll report. I was really excited to think I could use the air brush to spray resolene. hmmm.

[Cyberthrasher]

I was really excited to think I could use the air brush to spray resolene. hmmm.

I use it to spray resolene all the time, with an internal mix. But, you HAVE to thin it 50/50 and turn the pressure up on the compressor. I usually set it to about 40 - 45 PSI depressed.