I have two questions pertaining to the airbrush and to a compressor I have. I'll provide as much detail as I can.
1) My airbrush is a Badger 200. Lately I have been getting nothing but clogs or grainy spray. I spent maybe 1-2 hours cleaning this brush tonight and it is impecable. I was getting orange peel due to buildup in the nozzle, and I still occasionally do. The other day I obtained good results spraying this acrylic white (tamiya), but today the paint is grainy. When I paint sometimes, you can hear a high pitched squeel like steam coming out of a vent. I typically spray around 10-15psi. What's going on? All of the parts look fine, the needle is straight, the nozzle fitted into place, clean brush, etc. I am suspecting the nozzle, if anything.
2) I have a model maker diaphragm compressor. I opened up a part that appears to be the exhaust for the diaphragm on the side. It has a round piece with two screws in it, and it holds a grid, something that looks like a filter, and a small round piece of cardboard. Is this piece of cardboard necessary? after prolonged airbrushing, the compressor likes to heat up, and I don't want to damage the components.
Let me know if I wasn't detailed enough. Thankyou,
-Rob
edit- 5/2/2012 at 9:01pm EST
1) This was caused by the needle being too far forward. How do we expect paint to exit a hole when the hole is 100% plugged up with the needle eh >.> I reseated the needle, and OMGosh, the paint flows beautifully. There was also crusted up paint outside on the big nozzle (but not the needle cap). I erm... took a fine tipped rasp and cleaned off the paint back down to the bare metal... Fixed the buildup issue. The reseating fixed my issues.
2) I noticed no difference with the cardboard circular piece removed, except that it takes 5-10 minutes more to get the same level of "hotness" out of the compressor housing. I'll make sure to give it a rest.
Thanks anyways
I may have gotten incredibly frustrated, but I am a PERSISTENT bugger. 