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Sprzout
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Hi folks!
I just found this forum, thought I'd check out reviews and put up a little bit of my own background.
I've been a Paasche VL owner for quite some time; my father and I bought the airbrush at Michael's probably 20 years ago, and I used it to airbrush a couple of sweatshirts & t-shirts. Nothing really spectacular, but I figured it'd be cheaper to use it to make Christmas/birthday gifts for the girlfriend I had at the time, and family members as well.
Fast forward to 20+ years later, and I've picked up the airbrush again, only this time I'm expanding to give my wife nail paint jobs, painting some custom Playstation 3 & Playstation 4 game controllers, and practicing flames for a potential paint job on a '74 Corvette my father and I are restoring.
I know I've got a LOOOOOONG way to go to get myself up to speed again, but I've got a lot of research done on automotive paint jobs & prep, and it's just a lot of practice with things like stencils and fiddling with adjustments on the brush to find what I like.
I've already gotten a little frustrated with the pulsing of the Badger 180 compressor, so I'm looking at a kit from TCP Global, which is local to me - compressor, paints, mixing cups, hose, Master G44, cleaning container, brush holder; basically, everything I need - as well as a Badger Sotar 20/20 that I'll be picking up from Amazon next week.
Maybe I'm going into this whole hog, but I figure that a Paasche VL, a Master G44, and a Sotar 20/20 will give me a fair amount of flexibility to do base coats, fine lines, priming, etc. to really step up my art skills with a new medium.
When I get done with my game controllers that I'm currently working on, I'll make sure I post pics.
I just found this forum, thought I'd check out reviews and put up a little bit of my own background.
I've been a Paasche VL owner for quite some time; my father and I bought the airbrush at Michael's probably 20 years ago, and I used it to airbrush a couple of sweatshirts & t-shirts. Nothing really spectacular, but I figured it'd be cheaper to use it to make Christmas/birthday gifts for the girlfriend I had at the time, and family members as well.
Fast forward to 20+ years later, and I've picked up the airbrush again, only this time I'm expanding to give my wife nail paint jobs, painting some custom Playstation 3 & Playstation 4 game controllers, and practicing flames for a potential paint job on a '74 Corvette my father and I are restoring.
I know I've got a LOOOOOONG way to go to get myself up to speed again, but I've got a lot of research done on automotive paint jobs & prep, and it's just a lot of practice with things like stencils and fiddling with adjustments on the brush to find what I like.
I've already gotten a little frustrated with the pulsing of the Badger 180 compressor, so I'm looking at a kit from TCP Global, which is local to me - compressor, paints, mixing cups, hose, Master G44, cleaning container, brush holder; basically, everything I need - as well as a Badger Sotar 20/20 that I'll be picking up from Amazon next week.
Maybe I'm going into this whole hog, but I figure that a Paasche VL, a Master G44, and a Sotar 20/20 will give me a fair amount of flexibility to do base coats, fine lines, priming, etc. to really step up my art skills with a new medium.
When I get done with my game controllers that I'm currently working on, I'll make sure I post pics.
