AirDevil
03-02-2007, 08:45 PM
I was doing a little practice (dots, lines, daggers, etc.) this afternoon and evening. As time went along I noticed that my airbrush was not performing the way it was earlier. I finally stopped spraying and took a good look at the airbrush. Nothing seemed to be wrong on the outside. Then I popped the color cup cap and knew immediately what the problem was: bubbles!
Having been reading (some call it lurking) posts on this and other forums, the
problem usually was an air leak. After running some cleaner through the brush
I noticed bubbles escaping from behind both the regulator and head assemblies. After taking these off; I put wax on both assembly threads. Put the brush back together and shot a few dots, lines and stuff.
Without these forums I would have been scratching my head and other parts trying to figure out what was wrong. This is the real value behind these forums and I thank all of those members who contribute advice and problem solutions. They do much more then perhaps they know.
Having been reading (some call it lurking) posts on this and other forums, the
problem usually was an air leak. After running some cleaner through the brush
I noticed bubbles escaping from behind both the regulator and head assemblies. After taking these off; I put wax on both assembly threads. Put the brush back together and shot a few dots, lines and stuff.
Without these forums I would have been scratching my head and other parts trying to figure out what was wrong. This is the real value behind these forums and I thank all of those members who contribute advice and problem solutions. They do much more then perhaps they know.