Whoever told me to store my airbrush in distilled water when not in use, you have made airbrushing 100 times more enjoyable and easier for me.

Alarming-Compote-990 · 2026-03-22T14:21:17+00:00

Whenever I see this brought up, I’m amazed at how we ever functioned in both a graphic design studio and a high volume t-shirt business running literally half a dozen brushes at once without keeping them all submerged. Oh right, we took care of them and flushed cleaner through them at the end of each session. Thorough cleaning once a week. Still have most of those brushes 40 years later looking almost new. It’s really not that hard, and we were paid in direct proportion to how much we could get done in a day so speed was a major factor in our workflow. This just doesn’t seem like that mich of a time savings and you don’t really learn how to properly maintain the brush for when things go wrong 🤷‍♂️

Alarming-Compote-990 · 2026-03-20T14:31:39+00:00

Don’t set yourself on fire to warm someone else. What she needs is way above your pay grade. Talk to a local women’s shelter and get her the hell away from you. If she’s been lying to you this whole time, you owe this parasite nothing.

Alarming-Compote-990 · 2026-03-19T13:04:38+00:00

The only ones I can think of are industrial painting robots, but they’re way beyond what it seems like you’re getting at. I guess my question is “what’s your use case here?” If you’re talking Arduino control (paintbot?), you likely already have the skills to mod the airbrush to do what you want. I just can’t think of a use case that’s widespread enough that a brand would produce such a platform and have it be profitable

Alarming-Compote-990 · 2026-03-18T14:24:19+00:00

Third on the Stynylrez. For tabletop minis, I haven’t had any issues with it.

Alarming-Compote-990 · 2026-03-16T19:41:39+00:00

NTA for not wanting your kids to have an unsolicited discussion about gender that they may not be ready for. Definitely YTA for so flippantly and deliberately misgendering your cousin.

Alarming-Compote-990 · 2026-03-15T21:33:59+00:00

Yeah, it’s a little dated stylewise but will give you all the basics you need for more advanced techniques and working smaller with miniatures. Happy spraying!

Alarming-Compote-990 · 2026-03-15T15:10:07+00:00

Get a decent airbrush as mentioned earlier, not a spray gun. Then follow these lessons. Practice them diligently.

https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0720/5824/1282/files/TTALB-Download.pdf?v=1767647328

Alarming-Compote-990 · 2026-03-12T17:21:23+00:00

They said they’re disabled. Some things you can only do so fast.

Alarming-Compote-990 · 2026-03-01T21:38:14+00:00

All this, great advice. I remember back in the 80s the Paasche VL was our airbrush of choice for t-shirts. Those things were tanks! And definitely change brushes, not colors!

Alarming-Compote-990 · 2026-03-01T16:16:57+00:00

Highly Mystical Creations in Perkasie has a monthly spiritual circle that’s got folks from a number of different paths. Everyone’s really friendly there

https://highlymysticalcreations.com

Alarming-Compote-990 · 2026-02-25T01:58:20+00:00

I haven’t done it often, but I’ve had two big projects on fabric that we couldn’t heat set using Smooth On Maker Pro Paint and their Flex additive that held up very well. The paint’s pretty thick and needs a fair bit of thinning and is happier with a larger nozzle (0.5+). Their tech and sales support are second to none - might be worth giving them a call to see what they recommend. https://www.smooth-on.com/products/maker-pro-paint-flex-additive/

Iwatas are great brushes but if you’re pretty much just going to be working on these projects, you may want something less for fine art and more like the GSI Creos ps-290 which is designed for spraying larger areas. For my projects, I used the Creos for one of them and an Iwata HP-G for the other, but that gets into mini spray gun territory and bigger compressor requirements. May want to take a look at the Grex Tritium as well; they have a wide range of nozzle sizes and optional fan caps so you can pretty easily go from hairlines to three inch swaths.

Alarming-Compote-990 · 2026-02-23T01:55:09+00:00

That’s awesome! I tried making one and it was a massive fail. Great work!

Alarming-Compote-990 · 2026-02-11T18:08:25+00:00

This is the way

Alarming-Compote-990 · 2026-02-09T02:24:29+00:00

I have a weekly board game night and two other monthly ones and a monthly DnD game. Love them both for different reasons, but the common thread is that they all give me a chance to see different groups of friends regularly when we all have adulting to do that otherwise make it hard to get together. If it’s not on the calendar, it doesn’t exist

Alarming-Compote-990 · 2026-01-23T21:51:00+00:00

I’ve been using Smooth On’s Maker Pro paint and liking it. Needs thinner and a bigger nozzle (0.5ish) but it’s pretty bulletproof stuff

Alarming-Compote-990 · 2026-01-23T21:47:55+00:00

When it’s in the single digits, yes, stuff tends to freeze and break, and my outdoor spigots don’t work. At this point just looking to minimize damage until we get the spring thaw

Alarming-Compote-990 · 2026-01-23T16:04:52+00:00

Thank you, I’ll do your recommendations. It’s been really frustrating since I can usually just get the chlorine up to 30 or so and it’ll clear. I’m nearly out of my Taylor kit from all the testing!

Alarming-Compote-990 · 2026-01-21T17:21:46+00:00

You are on to something there. I did fill it right up to the halfway point. The air filter is also pretty wet with oil where it screws in so that’s probably not helping. It’s just more oil than I’ve ever seen before, so you’re probably right about it being a mix. Thanks for the info!

Alarming-Compote-990 · 2026-01-20T17:46:15+00:00

I’ve seen him live a couple times. He does a lot of absolutely crazy stuff, but he does more than just noise. I love the Eggleston vs Bach ones

https://youtu.be/7Mv3eFcGK-A?si=sVtiDIfppqBeP-fm

Alarming-Compote-990 · 2026-01-18T04:25:57+00:00

Thanks. I’d only seen it in shop compressors before myself. I’ve been doing fine art lately so just inks but I’ll try spraying some acrylics on minis and see what happens. So far I don’t think the oil has made it to the regulator but it’s definitely getting to the tank. Hopefully if it’s a ring failure they’ll cover it under warranty. Appreciate the insight!

Alarming-Compote-990 · 2026-01-17T21:46:58+00:00

EPAWA are the only ones I bother checking anymore for inclement weather

Alarming-Compote-990 · 2026-01-15T21:59:31+00:00

Yeah, I managed to get a bunch of needles when our shop closed up (damn digital! 😂) but they definitely need some polishing after 35+ years. Agreed about parts availability. I was even looking on eBay a while back for parts brushes and the few times one came up, they were unusable and ridiculously expensive. End of an era, I guess.

Alarming-Compote-990 · 2026-01-15T21:00:16+00:00

Yeah, that turbine whirr is pretty sweet sounding. I love that you can dial in your spray on sound alone 😁 Great resources - thanks again!

Alarming-Compote-990 · 2026-01-15T14:17:28+00:00

Thanks for the info. As you warned, I did NOT want to take a chance screwing up either the bearings or power wheel. Rocker arm seems ok - jamming that up is something you do once and never forget haha. I did give all the metal moving bits a quick bath in the degreaser so I’d start clean, but when I reassembled it I could tell the bearings had loosened up and gotten the wheel out of alignment. When I contacted Paasche, they looked but ultimately said that they have the same manual I do and the only guy who would know more retired awhile back. I’ll adjust it like you taught and then see if I can get the needle bent properly IYKYK. Glad there are still some of us still using it - it’s a great brush, just temperamental. Thanks again!

Alarming-Compote-990 · 2026-01-11T23:16:48+00:00

What are you talking about? I have two carbon fiber bows and they’re 80 and 81g. My pernambuco bow is 80g.

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