Rechargeable portable airbrush

[David B]

Currently on offer on Amazon: a rechargeable compressor & airbrush.

[Daddyman]

Maximum spray pressure appears to be 15 psi, which is the very limit of useable.

[John Donnelly]

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…

[Paul Willis]

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

[kelly]

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.

[Daddyman]

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.

[John Donnelly]

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.

John