I love my Iwata airbrush but……I want a little more!

[DrumBum]

Hi all, 

 

For 2 years I have enjoyed using my Iwata Eclipse double action airbrush. 
 

Great finish and capable of impressively fine spray patterns. 
 

But, I do find it difficult to gently introduce paint into the airflow on small detail jobs.

 

Maybe the airbrush is too small for my big hands but i find my trigger finger is bent so much I have very little feel for when the trigger slides back.

 

 Often I go from no paint to too much paint!

 

I am wondering if a trigger style airbrush like the Iwata HP-TH would solve this lack of finesse?

 

I would be interested to hear if anybody else has this experience?

 

cheers and thanks

Edited September 27 by DrumBum
Adding extra stuff

[dnl42]

I have an HP-TH and HP-CH.

 

On the TH, pulling back a little starts air; pulling back more admits paint.

Would that be easier or better for you?

Compare that to your Eclipse (or my HP-CH), where air is up-down while paint is pulling back, two distinct movements.

I've seen some examples of people putting a larger trigger pad on the Iwata, something like the pad available for some Badger airbrushes.

 

I wonder if your paint is too thick or the combination of paint thickness and air-pressure don't enable a gradual increase in paint flow. Also, sometimes paint build-up in the nozzle can impact flow. I always test liquid flow with plain thinner to make sure it atomizes well (density and shape) before I put paint into the bowl. If water or thinner don't atomize well, paint will be worse.

 

The paint formulation (solvent) is important to define 'proper' paint thinning.

I use Mr.Color and thin it at least 1:1 if not more thinner (Mr.Leveling Thinner). I don't actually thin to ratios, but to paint consistency, like 1% milk. I spray, close in, at ~15 PSI. Sometimes up to 20 PSI if I didn't thin the paint quite as much as I normally do.

Somebody else will need to make recommendations of water-soluble acrylics.

 

HTH

-- 

dnl

[flyboy2610]

I have both traditional style airbrush's and trigger action airbrush's (not Iwata's, however). I find myself using the trigger action brush's more and more. They are just more comfortable for me to use.

[flyboy2610]

This airbrush was produced in collaboration with the Studio G YouTube guy to help provide a comfortable airbrush experience for those with hand or finger issues.

https://www.gaahleri.com/products/gaahleri-airbrush-ghac-swallowtail-studiog

 

 

Hope this helps!

[Jamiec360]

Get the longer trigger, I’ve got the eclipse and the extra couple of mm length makes it much more comfortable for me. I got it from airbrushes.com

[DrumBum]

 

Thanks all for the feedback and I think I see a solution as a result.

The trigger on the Eclipse is very short and I suspect the cause of my problems.

As suggested, a longer after market trigger or a pad to extend the trigger to provide a little more dexterity is probably a good solution and definitely worth a try.

I will try and track down a longer trigger on airbrushes.com

 

Cheers and thanks again