Airbrushing for gundams
Fri 2010/02/26 12:15 JST
Hi everyone=D I found this in my basement and its used to fill up tires of course. I was wondering if i can use this as the aircompressor for airbrushing. If not can you guys recommend me a air compressor and air brush i Should buy? I'm sure this'll create a lot of noise of course-_-' Also does anyone know any airbrushing tutorials for gunpla kits?
well 100psi is more than enough for airbrushing the thing is, I don't you'd want to use this for prolonged periods.
how come?
Use it beyond the recommended operating time and it would wear down faster and break. And like MS pilot said below, set it to about 15 psi when airbrushing. Also, how does the air come out? Is it a constant stream of air or is is pulsating? if it is pulsating then that might not help.
constant stream of air
That's good then! Just set it to the right pressure for airbrushing then it should be usable.
if you can put the psi to 10 or 15 i think you can use it. but that kind of compressor can't be used for long period of time. like you can't use it the whole day.
set to 10 or 15 psi.
Okay, everyone's advice is good.. but not giving you the whole story.
What you have there is a put put compressor.. which means it has one cylinder doing the compressor.. so it will have pulses. but I'll come back to that.
What your going to have to do is two fold to make that usable.
You can use that.. without a tank, by just hooking a pressure regulator in line.. that'll allow you to cut the pressure down to something that in usable by your airbrush.. if you pump its max Psi through your airbrush you'll be able to airbrush directly from the bottle.. which wouldn't be desirable.. trust me
So, go to a store, get yaself a decent (The better it is the better off you'll be) Air regulator.. and a water trap. if they are combo together, even better. You'll need both of these inline. otherwise.. you'll A) be using way more airpressure then you'll ever need.. and B) you could get water in your line which will ruin your paint job as that water comes out the airbrush.
so, thats your first step.. now with any put put compressor.. since they are designed to put out so many psi's and thats it.. and will keep running.. you run into another problem. If your not using the brush.. its just running unnessecarily.. two ways you can handle this..
1: Get a Air tank with a pressure cut off switch which will turn the compressor off when the tank reachs the pressure that you want tank pressure at. (This is the best option)
OR
2: Get a foot pedal cut off switch... so when your spraying.. you press the foot pedal.. compressor runs.. lift foot.. compressor shuts off (Cheapest option.. will work.. but.. not as good as #1)
The foot pedal will get you by.. trust me, I did it for a long time.. but, without a tank in line , you won't be able to get rid of any pulses that inherent in this style of single piston compressors. Most of the time, you won't notice the pulse.. especially on low level compressors.. but, its there trust me.. this one looks really strong, so it may be very noticeable.
As to where to find a tank, When I put together my airbrush set up.. It took me a long time to find a tank with cut off switch on ebay.. But its a search worth doing.. especially if you don't feel like laying out extra money.
As far as Pressure at your airbrush.. about 15 psi.. will spray most 1:1 ratio paints well.
wow very informative, thanx a lot! =D
Pretty useful for me too!