***PLEASE HELP ME WITH MY AIRBRUSH!!!!!!*****

[idahobass96]

I am new at painting and as most newbies know, some simple things can be VERY frustrating. I have a dual action siphon feed airbrush and a couple of the glass bottles with the quick connect nozzles. But when i put paint in one in dried and clogged inside the tube. I noticed there is a hole in the lid and im guessing air can get through the little nozzle. People say siphon feeds are great because you can switch paint so easily but im missing something. Can you leave the paint in the jars without it drying? What do you guys suggest? I hate having to use thee little cup like the gravity fed ones because i have to clean it out everytime.


please help!

[vafishing]

You can leave the paint in those jars but you need to plug up the holes. Honestly though I would get a gravity feed. I had a siphon feed first and struggled getting good detail, doing dots, etc...because in order to get the brush to siphon paint the air pressure has to be pretty high. I swithced to an Iwata Eclipe that I bought at Hobby Lobby with one of their 40% off coupons and it is night and day. I can now shoot detail as I can shoot at around half the psi.

[idahobass96]

Do you have any problems with changing paint colors? And what do you suggest to plug the holes up? I am a youth angler so my funds are very limited so I have to work with what I have for the time being. I can make dots and thin line OK with what I have it's the paint that is killing me.

[Ky 520c]

I use both both gravity and siphon, for now until you upgrade I would only mix what I need then clean the jar well, for small areas(dots,gills eyes etc...) I would stick the siphon straight in my paint container and load up the siphon and pull it out, the capacity of the siphon hose will get alot of your work done alone. just for the record gravity's are much easier to maintain,clean and change colors in,my .02

[vafishing]

I use q tips that I cut the ends off of. The shafts on them are a perfect fit for the holes in the bottles.

[idahobass96]

What do you guys think of the iwata neo? They are on sale for 41. What brushes do you like?