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Brushman16
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Hi everyone, first post here. I've been looking for solutions for a problem I've been having with my airbrush that I bought recently. (1.5 months ago). I think I'll best find a solution here, this seems like a pretty large forum.
So, to start, my airbrush is of Revell's Basic Kit With Compressor. It does not have a model (though I can get parts from Revell online)
I'm made a Reddit post that a guy is helping as much as he can on;
https://www.reddit.com/r/modelmakers/comments/540q91/airbrush_problems/
Here's some pictures of the pieces;
http://imgur.com/a/TtDdf
But I'll give a description of what troubles I'm having:
So, at some point in the last week when I was using my airbrush, I (naively, first time airbrush-user) tried to fish my needle through my nozzle to clean it out. I may have enlarged the exit from the nozzle and I recall shaving about 1mm off from the tip.
So now what's happening is that when I have the airbrush completely set up, and tipped some water in the cup, I'm finding that the water is bubbling, though to various extents depending on how far I have the needle pressed up the brush.
I've found that when I remove the needle cap, the bubbling stops completely. Though I can't spray anything at all without the needle cap. There's definitely air coming from the metal piece that covers the nozzle and screws into the airbrush.
The bubbling will only aggrivate when I pull back the trigger. However I can spray the water in the cup (though much more comes out than before this problem started) if I cover my thumb over the cup.
The needle sticks about 2-3mm out from the needle cap now without forcing it.
I noticed that when I twirl the nozzle (which is a floating nozzle btw) around in its seat in the airbrush that I feel scratching with the inside. It only sits loosely in the area it's meant to.
I've already soaked all the parts in the thinner than came with the set. I've also soaked them in white spirits. It's practically as clean as when I bought it.
So, to start, my airbrush is of Revell's Basic Kit With Compressor. It does not have a model (though I can get parts from Revell online)
I'm made a Reddit post that a guy is helping as much as he can on;
https://www.reddit.com/r/modelmakers/comments/540q91/airbrush_problems/
Here's some pictures of the pieces;
http://imgur.com/a/TtDdf
But I'll give a description of what troubles I'm having:
So, at some point in the last week when I was using my airbrush, I (naively, first time airbrush-user) tried to fish my needle through my nozzle to clean it out. I may have enlarged the exit from the nozzle and I recall shaving about 1mm off from the tip.
So now what's happening is that when I have the airbrush completely set up, and tipped some water in the cup, I'm finding that the water is bubbling, though to various extents depending on how far I have the needle pressed up the brush.
I've found that when I remove the needle cap, the bubbling stops completely. Though I can't spray anything at all without the needle cap. There's definitely air coming from the metal piece that covers the nozzle and screws into the airbrush.
The bubbling will only aggrivate when I pull back the trigger. However I can spray the water in the cup (though much more comes out than before this problem started) if I cover my thumb over the cup.
The needle sticks about 2-3mm out from the needle cap now without forcing it.
I noticed that when I twirl the nozzle (which is a floating nozzle btw) around in its seat in the airbrush that I feel scratching with the inside. It only sits loosely in the area it's meant to.
I've already soaked all the parts in the thinner than came with the set. I've also soaked them in white spirits. It's practically as clean as when I bought it.