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Location: musky waters , WI | I'm wondering what is a good airbrush to buy there are so many options. Like double or single action. Looking for a quality airbrush but don't want to spend the bank on it. Looking for recommendations one what to buy.
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| For an amateur lure maker like myself, I've bought $20-30 airbrushes from Fleet Farm and/or Menards that work just fine.
This is the one I'm using now and it works great for the couple dozen lures I make every winter - going for $35 I guess: http://www.fleetfarm.com/catalog/product_detail/tools/air-tools/dur...
Most importantly, I would make sure it is gravity feed (hopper on top). I've never had good luck with the cheapies that have to draw from a bottle underneath. I run mine off a small 1 gal. coleman pancake compressor (certainly nothing special).
Many of the guys on here have much more sophisticated set ups. I know you could drop $200 on a professional brush and compressor easily.
Edited by MartinTD 1/19/2012 9:23 AM
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Location: Detroit River | Check out TCP Global on Ebay for airbrushes. They have some of the best deals out there.
Whatever brand you go with stick with a dual-action gravity-feed airbrush.
Edited by Zib 1/19/2012 9:38 AM
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Location: Okoboji | double action gravity feed iwata revolution cr.....around 60 bucks or so online....other brands are junk. This is a good entry level brush.
get a smaller compressor from sears, lowes, or hd.
Edited by kodiak 1/19/2012 11:11 AM
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| Ditto on the gravity cup Iwata recommendation. If you don’t want to start out with a higher end model with a pre-set handle, then this accessory will make you a better painter http://www.chicagoairbrushsupply.com/iwtrachasetw.html |
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Location: Middletown, Ohio | If you have a Hobby Lobby store near you, check out the Neo Iwata dual action gravity feed. It's $59.99, but they have been offering 40 percent off coupons on their website..........this brings the price down to around $35. I just started using one about a month ago and it's the best brush I've ever used.
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Location: Pigeon Forge TN. | Well guys, I have to say it is all a matter of personal taste and what an individual intends to do with it. I personally use the siphon brushes and they are ALL badger.
I have. as most of you know, painted commercially for years and I mean for the big boys.
I have painted tens of thousands of lures and they were all done with my badger siphon feeds. I use badger 250's, 350's and cressendo 175's. I had originally chose Badger as they have a lifetime warranty, and my only cost for a rebuild or replacement was the shipping cost to get them there. They returned them to me at their own expense.
I will continue to stick with Badger and that is my own personal taste. I have no regrets and no complaints. I am not knocking down any of the other airbrush companies either. |
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| Pasches are a good starter. I have 3 Iwatas, all different, and 2 back-compressors. The 2 comps and Iwatas came here from the buy/sell/swap forum from guys who tried and gave up....perhaps too early.
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