C0y0te
Needle-chuck Ninja
Hello people.
How do you remove and replace the o rings? They look as if they are inside the body of the airbrush and impossible to access.
1) My trigger keeps sticking and I'm guessing it's a damaged o ring and needs replaced. After a cleaning (I use Mr Muscle glass cleaner and/or water) it works just fine and is responsive. After 20 mins or so I have to pull the trigger up manually to get the air flow to stop. A farther 10 mins or so later and the trigger being pulled up has no effect and the ait flows continuously until I have to reclean and the whole process repeats itself. It's odd because I would have though a damaged o ring is a damaged o ring but the valve system works for a while until I'm forced to clean it. This is a regular problem happening every day.
2) A small amount of paint is managing to get into the needle packing area. It clogs the slots after a while and leaves a small ring of dried paint on the needle where it's been held in place. I don't know if the paint is getting there because I pull the needle chuck from time to time or if there is a slow leak from the seal not working. Or if my screw is too tight/too loose.
3) To my eyes the packing head o ring does not look flush with the surface of the main body. Like it's fallen inside a little and is not seated properly. I am having big problems with paint skipping and wondered if this could be the cause? I have soaked the head system/cleaned the nozzle with a toothpick and once again it works great for a short while. Quite soon though I have to blast the paint out to get it flowing for a few seconds and then blast etc. There is no continuous flow. I should stress that I really only notice this while I'm painting fine details. I have tried thinning the paint and adjusting air pressure but once this stop/start thing happens then nothing seems to work. I don't think it's the actual paint (Createx illustration) as it's new and works fine through my H and S infinity which has a smaller needle.
I'm tempted to buy new o rings for the problems above and a new needle packing set but it all mounts up price wise and may not be the solution even if I do work out how to replace them.
Iwata cm sb 0.18
Harder and Steenbeck Infinity 0.15
Createx Illustration paints.
How do you remove and replace the o rings? They look as if they are inside the body of the airbrush and impossible to access.
1) My trigger keeps sticking and I'm guessing it's a damaged o ring and needs replaced. After a cleaning (I use Mr Muscle glass cleaner and/or water) it works just fine and is responsive. After 20 mins or so I have to pull the trigger up manually to get the air flow to stop. A farther 10 mins or so later and the trigger being pulled up has no effect and the ait flows continuously until I have to reclean and the whole process repeats itself. It's odd because I would have though a damaged o ring is a damaged o ring but the valve system works for a while until I'm forced to clean it. This is a regular problem happening every day.
2) A small amount of paint is managing to get into the needle packing area. It clogs the slots after a while and leaves a small ring of dried paint on the needle where it's been held in place. I don't know if the paint is getting there because I pull the needle chuck from time to time or if there is a slow leak from the seal not working. Or if my screw is too tight/too loose.
3) To my eyes the packing head o ring does not look flush with the surface of the main body. Like it's fallen inside a little and is not seated properly. I am having big problems with paint skipping and wondered if this could be the cause? I have soaked the head system/cleaned the nozzle with a toothpick and once again it works great for a short while. Quite soon though I have to blast the paint out to get it flowing for a few seconds and then blast etc. There is no continuous flow. I should stress that I really only notice this while I'm painting fine details. I have tried thinning the paint and adjusting air pressure but once this stop/start thing happens then nothing seems to work. I don't think it's the actual paint (Createx illustration) as it's new and works fine through my H and S infinity which has a smaller needle.
I'm tempted to buy new o rings for the problems above and a new needle packing set but it all mounts up price wise and may not be the solution even if I do work out how to replace them.
Iwata cm sb 0.18
Harder and Steenbeck Infinity 0.15
Createx Illustration paints.