eng Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 I've had a Badger 200-3 for years and a small compressor but never used it as I've never gotten round to making a spray booth, but my wife has bought me a Portable fold away booth for Xmas so I had a play about today. I'd airbrushed (quite nicely too!) the dark sea gray on the top of a Revell Tonka, being one colour I never noticed any probs. However whilst playing about with the left overs on a sheet of A4 I noticed that when I press down on the air trigger the first thing I get seems to be a reasonable spray pattern but with a slighty heavier "splatter" around the edges. Can anyone suggest whats causing this? I'll try and post a pic if thats any clearer. Thank's for any advice, Eng Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pte1643 Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 (edited) By no means an expert, but I think you have too much paint. The 200 is a single action, you "Set" the paint volume by the position of the needle. Try adjusting the needle forwards (to let less paint out) on the chuck at the end of the handle. EDIT: Just to say the Badger 200 is a great airbrush, I have had one for years too, in fact just recently moved onto a double action Iwata. Edited January 23, 2011 by pte1643 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eng Posted January 23, 2011 Author Share Posted January 23, 2011 Cheer's, that was my initial thought and I never had much time to play, as I mentioned I was only using up left over paint. I hate the glass jar siphon aspect of my Badger (too much clean up), and have just ordered a 1/4oz colour cup off eBay so this might encourage me to use it more often. I feel I loose alot of paint in the jars as well but the colour cup might go some way to resloving that. When I have used the airbrush it does seem to work well and the Xtracrylix I sprayed today went on beautifully. Thank's agin for your help, i'm sure it won't be the last time I'm in here asking for help!! Eng Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little-cars Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 The small colour cups have their own problems, they tend to sit at an angle and spill paint very easily. I think a lot of people make a clingfilm lid for them to try and stop this happening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Fleming Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 For the same reasons that eng, I don't use my airbrush that often (also a B200), but I've noticed that as the initial button push relases the air as well as the paint, you get an extra 'spurt' as the pressure is released, so I always try and start off the subject. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CliffB Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 I think a lot of people make a clingfilm lid for them to try and stop this happening. Don't seal the top of the cup though, otherwise you'll create a vacuum as you spray and everything will grind to a halt! Cliff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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