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foreveryoung001
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I've been having some problems with my Badger Krome lately and have been nursing it along until I have the funds to pick up another airbrush or to, so I can send this one in to Badger for a tune up, but I may be able to fix this myself, but thought I would throw my thoughts down here, and see if anyone had any tips for me.
About a month ago, it developed a leak whenever I pushed down on the trigger. Its not constant though. When I push down on the trigger, I can hear that air is coming out from somewhere around the trigger. It comes and goes a little as I pull the trigger back, so my first thought was to tighten the needle bearing. I gave it the slightest of turns, and thought that should solve everything.
The leak persisted though. SO over the next few days, I just kept making it slightly tighter, every time I started a painting session. Now, I've got it so tight, the needle is getting difficult to get back in, so actually backed it off a fraction and figure this is as tight as I can make it and still have the needle move, but the leak is still persistent.
Next step, I dunked the whole thing in a bucket of water to see if there real was a leak, or if it was just my imagination. Air is pouring out from somewhere around the trigger.... so I'm not crazy. The leak is so bad that the bubbles actually block my view, and I can't see where it is leaking from.
So, next step, I pulled air valve out, cleaned it all up, not that it was dirty, but still... when I put that back in, I used a tiny strip of teflon tape on the threads that go into the body of the brush, and for a heartbeat, I thought that solved things, but after about 10 minutes of use, the leak was back, just as bad as before.
The fact that it went away for a few minutes, I think tells me the problem is in the air valve and not the needle bearing, like I originally thought. So will probably just order a whole new air valve from coast and see if that works.
New problem though.... last night, it just felt like the leak was getting really bad again, and I was just getting some really odd atomization of the paint. I'm used to the Krome giving me some really good spray patterns, but last night it was horrible. I'm thinking this might be because I haven't given the brush a good cleaning in a while, but am starting to wonder if that leak might be causing problems by messing with the pressure that is actually atomizing the paint.
Going to try cleaning it tonight, before I start painting, but its just getting frustrating nursing this thing along. So, just looking for any thoughts on anything I might not have tried yet. I probably need it last me another 2 to 3 weeks before I can place my next airbrush order and send this one to Ken for his magic touch.
About a month ago, it developed a leak whenever I pushed down on the trigger. Its not constant though. When I push down on the trigger, I can hear that air is coming out from somewhere around the trigger. It comes and goes a little as I pull the trigger back, so my first thought was to tighten the needle bearing. I gave it the slightest of turns, and thought that should solve everything.
The leak persisted though. SO over the next few days, I just kept making it slightly tighter, every time I started a painting session. Now, I've got it so tight, the needle is getting difficult to get back in, so actually backed it off a fraction and figure this is as tight as I can make it and still have the needle move, but the leak is still persistent.
Next step, I dunked the whole thing in a bucket of water to see if there real was a leak, or if it was just my imagination. Air is pouring out from somewhere around the trigger.... so I'm not crazy. The leak is so bad that the bubbles actually block my view, and I can't see where it is leaking from.
So, next step, I pulled air valve out, cleaned it all up, not that it was dirty, but still... when I put that back in, I used a tiny strip of teflon tape on the threads that go into the body of the brush, and for a heartbeat, I thought that solved things, but after about 10 minutes of use, the leak was back, just as bad as before.
The fact that it went away for a few minutes, I think tells me the problem is in the air valve and not the needle bearing, like I originally thought. So will probably just order a whole new air valve from coast and see if that works.
New problem though.... last night, it just felt like the leak was getting really bad again, and I was just getting some really odd atomization of the paint. I'm used to the Krome giving me some really good spray patterns, but last night it was horrible. I'm thinking this might be because I haven't given the brush a good cleaning in a while, but am starting to wonder if that leak might be causing problems by messing with the pressure that is actually atomizing the paint.
Going to try cleaning it tonight, before I start painting, but its just getting frustrating nursing this thing along. So, just looking for any thoughts on anything I might not have tried yet. I probably need it last me another 2 to 3 weeks before I can place my next airbrush order and send this one to Ken for his magic touch.
