Dave Ogden Report post Posted May 27, 2013 Evening all. I've been scouring this site and others for help on all things leather. Did my 1st tooled quiver this weekend, and really pleased with the result. Have done belts in the past and been really but the whole tooling element seemed to go well. Now enough of the dribble and a quick thank you for taking the time to read this, and hopefully help me out. I'm taking the plunge and looking to get an airbrush kit - as I'm based in the UK my options do seem somewhat limited in comparison to most of the posters I've seen. What I'd like you to do, is help me ensure that if I do go ahead and buy this all, these nothing else I'll need or something I've totally overlooked. Most posts have been really useful, but I guess this is a double check. I should start off by saying that what I'll be using it for is mainly large block tooled work. So I'll mainly be doing block dye work (Fiebings oil dyes), some colour blending on the edges (not sure of the terms - sorry) and resisting (Resolene) before antiquing and then re-resisting. The airbrush I think I'm going for is this: Badger 155-9 Anthem in Wood grain presentation box - main reason is that it has the hose and spare filler bottle. http://www.everythingairbrush.com/acatalog/Badger_Airbrush_Kits.html For the compressor I was looking at this: AB-AS18A Mini Piston Compressor in Protective metal casing - for airbrushing http://www.everythingairbrush.com/acatalog/AS_Series.html Now I'm not sure what to do about the filter / moisture trap, as this seem to already have one, but there are some inline ones here: http://www.everythingairbrush.com/acatalog/Airbrush_Accessories.html The bit I'm not sure about is whether I need an adapter for the hose in the airbrush kit to fit the compressor? Any help greatly appreciated. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
David8386 Report post Posted May 27, 2013 Welcome to the forum. If you do a search for air brush in the upper right corner one of the results is a thread on what airbrush to buy. If you go to that thread there is a link to a site a guy has that does airbrush critiques. He has covered just about all of them. I would paste the link for you but I haven't got that part figured out yet. If you can't find it just say so and I will copy the site address down for you. David Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dave Ogden Report post Posted May 28, 2013 Welcome to the forum. If you do a search for air brush in the upper right corner one of the results is a thread on what airbrush to buy. If you go to that thread there is a link to a site a guy has that does airbrush critiques. He has covered just about all of them. I would paste the link for you but I haven't got that part figured out yet. If you can't find it just say so and I will copy the site address down for you. David David - thanks very much for taking the time to reply. I have read the article you mention in your post, and it's the main reason I went with the badger as oppose other options. I guess my main question, and apologies for not making this clear, is whether the set-up I'm looking at is OK for me to go buy and start to use? Being new to this, I was looking for a thumbs up / down and comments if anyone felt it was too much / too little or I'd missed something off. Many thanks. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cyberthrasher Report post Posted May 28, 2013 Being new to this, I was looking for a thumbs up / down and comments if anyone felt it was too much / too little or I'd missed something off. Many thanks. Personally, I'd save your money and NOT buy the one in the wooden box. There are plenty of badgers available without the wood box. The one directly above the one you're looking at has the spare bottle, just no hose. Buy an airbrush hose and save the wooden box for someone who wants to display their brush and not use it. I don't know anything about the compressor you chose. I just use a small 3 gallon shop compressor. Make sure it has a regulator and at least install an inline moisture trap. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dave Ogden Report post Posted May 28, 2013 Thanks very much cyberthraser - really appreciate the advice! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cloverpatch Report post Posted May 30, 2013 I haven't done airbrushing, but have researched it a bit and the size of the compressor is very important I think. The larger the tank the smoother the flow of air, the little compressors sold for kits apparently produce pulsing air as the pressure changes with each stroke of the piston. So I would go with cyberthrasher's suggestion of using a shop-size compressor. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Murf Report post Posted June 3, 2013 i picked up this one off amazon, used it for sunburst dying today for the first time, i get a good steady airflow but i think my dye/alcohol mix is to thick. its a good price and comes with 1 single action and 2 dual action. i used the .35mm brush and up close it lays down about a 1/4" line i think with alittle airbrush experience it would be prefect for the whole process. http://www.amazon.com/Dual-action-Airbrush-Professional-Compressor-Airbrushes/dp/B004PJU8A4/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&qid=1370285374&sr=8-10&keywords=airbrush+kit Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
St8LineGunsmith Report post Posted June 4, 2013 this air brush http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/__9294__Twin_action_air_brush_set_.html this compressor http://www.harborfreight.com/16-horsepower-58-psi-oilless-airbrush-compressor-69433.html very good combination dont let the price on the air brush fool you it is a very good little air brush Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
