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So as some of you know I bought the Badger Krome from Jeff on the for sale forum, Very good experience. Here is how it is going so far.
I have not even began to attempt a single picture so far.. I am burning through every spare sheet of paper I have and enough paint to have done 3 or 4 portraits so far. I am just making lines and blends and Loop De Loops. I am having so much fun writing names and lines etc that i'm just giddy when I spray with it. Very suprising because I hated doing practice with my old brush. The quality of the atomization is far superior. I am having no troubles despite the fact my regulator is messed up and wont let me adjust below 20 psi or in increments of less than 5 psi. Reducing is a dream with this just basic rough guess reduction both last night and this morning whatever I do it just sprays.
As for what I notice between this and my sparmax:
Smoothness the push for air is very light and very very short distance to push down.
The trigger pull is much longer than the sparmax so there is more travel between a nice line and disaster thus making it easier to control (after a few minutes I adjusted quite well)
The trigger pull has no drag to it, I have it adjusted for slightly stiffer tension than my old brush but there is nothing rough its all just SMOOTH.
The paint just comes out nicer, there is nothing grainy or rough to the surface.
Overspray is reduced, now this is likely a result of nearly half the size needle but I think it also has to do with proper atomization.
I wont say I have wasted my first 3 months, actually having some experience with the old brush taught me some patience and should come in handy because smooth sailing all the time it is not in this Hobby!
Not much else to say, the Krome is a fairly inexpensive option over all. I would say however, I would not even attempt to spray a thick paint through it. I Have been using Com Art, and Jeff sent me some Createx Illustration (I likely hate him for this because this will cost me a lot of money I am certain) I want to try their colors for sure now. Erasability of the CI is far superior to the Com Art and I am painting on Bristol paper(not board paper) And naturally noone local has that paint.
So far I have used a Neo by Iwata, A Sparmax Sp35, A harbour Freight Deluxe and this Krome. Were not talking a slight upgrade here it is worlds apart. The Sparmax was better than the Neo as well.
I have not even began to attempt a single picture so far.. I am burning through every spare sheet of paper I have and enough paint to have done 3 or 4 portraits so far. I am just making lines and blends and Loop De Loops. I am having so much fun writing names and lines etc that i'm just giddy when I spray with it. Very suprising because I hated doing practice with my old brush. The quality of the atomization is far superior. I am having no troubles despite the fact my regulator is messed up and wont let me adjust below 20 psi or in increments of less than 5 psi. Reducing is a dream with this just basic rough guess reduction both last night and this morning whatever I do it just sprays.
As for what I notice between this and my sparmax:
Smoothness the push for air is very light and very very short distance to push down.
The trigger pull is much longer than the sparmax so there is more travel between a nice line and disaster thus making it easier to control (after a few minutes I adjusted quite well)
The trigger pull has no drag to it, I have it adjusted for slightly stiffer tension than my old brush but there is nothing rough its all just SMOOTH.
The paint just comes out nicer, there is nothing grainy or rough to the surface.
Overspray is reduced, now this is likely a result of nearly half the size needle but I think it also has to do with proper atomization.
I wont say I have wasted my first 3 months, actually having some experience with the old brush taught me some patience and should come in handy because smooth sailing all the time it is not in this Hobby!
Not much else to say, the Krome is a fairly inexpensive option over all. I would say however, I would not even attempt to spray a thick paint through it. I Have been using Com Art, and Jeff sent me some Createx Illustration (I likely hate him for this because this will cost me a lot of money I am certain) I want to try their colors for sure now. Erasability of the CI is far superior to the Com Art and I am painting on Bristol paper(not board paper) And naturally noone local has that paint.
So far I have used a Neo by Iwata, A Sparmax Sp35, A harbour Freight Deluxe and this Krome. Were not talking a slight upgrade here it is worlds apart. The Sparmax was better than the Neo as well.
