Rechargeable portable airbrush
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Rechargeable portable airbrush
Currently on offer on Amazon: a rechargeable compressor & airbrush.
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Re: Rechargeable portable airbrush
Maximum spray pressure appears to be 15 psi, which is the very limit of useable.
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Daddyman wrote:Maximum spray pressure appears to be 15 psi, which is the very limit of useable.
I don’t remember the last time I went higher than 15psi on my airbrush…
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John Donnelly wrote:Daddyman wrote:Maximum spray pressure appears to be 15 psi, which is the very limit of useable.
I don’t remember the last time I went higher than 15psi on my airbrush…
Written in permanent marker on the side of my compressor
When I start using it more frequently to discover the best settings, I'll be adding the one for my grit gun...
Best,
Paul
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David B wrote:Currently on offer on Amazon: a rechargeable compressor & airbrush.
Whilst the size is a benefit, the likelihood is it will cut out potentially every so often due to the limited air supply it'll provide as it won't have much in the way of a resovoir for it. For small tasks thats probably fine. But it might be worth spending a little more and getting a bigger compressor with an airtank that will sustain air pressure longer, the various chinese types are not much more than this item and can always be upgraded on later.
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Paul Willis wrote:John Donnelly wrote:Daddyman wrote:Maximum spray pressure appears to be 15 psi, which is the very limit of useable.
I don’t remember the last time I went higher than 15psi on my airbrush…
Written in permanent marker on the side of my compressor
Compressor air pressures.JPG
When I start using it more frequently to discover the best settings, I'll be adding the one for my grit gun...
Best,
Paul
I wouldn't spray enamel topcoat at 30 psi - you won't get much on the model. But yes we need more headroom than the 15 psi limit. I spray topcoat enamel at 15-20. And you want about 60 psi to give the model a final dust-off before spraying the paint. Then there's a coat of thinners before painting, 40-60 psi, blowing that off, 60 psi, cleaning the airbrush, 60 psi, varnish 40 psi, some weathering jobs probably 40 psi too. 60 psi (combined with a hairdryer) also comes in very handy for a rushed drying cycle on a freshly washed model.
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I guess it depends on what you are spraying, I use acrylics exclusively and the airbrush hasn’t gone above 15psi since I started doing so.
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