Can I send a virtual high 5 Dave? you deserve one. That's a really kind gesture and eliminating the kit from the questions will be a big help to Rick. Way to spread the love Sir.why don't we do that - send me the brush and I will check it out. That way we can eliminate that from the equation. I have heads from the ones I have taken off, so if I need to replace anything I have it all right here... will only take an hour or so... That way when you restart, you will know the brush is ready, and we can eliminate that as a question mark, so that we can just carry on with things. I'll pm my address.
I know exactly how you feel Rick. I rebuilt and modified a car when I was in my 20's, it was a full engine removal, swap then upgrade at least 50% of the internals. So there was a lot of trial and error, then fault finding. The point is, I'm not a genius mechanic at all! But I so wanted to learn and of course drive the end result. I would regularly get to the point of something not working, wracking my brains for the answer, fail again and be at the point of setting the thing on fire out of frustration . So I'd end up throwing my hands up in the air, walking away and deciding to just sell it as it was and move on. But my stubbornness would always win out and after I had time to cool off I'd find myself thinking about what the problem was and a bunch of things I hadn't yet tried that might work.Yep. Im stay with it im just as stubborn as you.
Sound like we are in the same boat except So far I have not had any limbs amputated not that the docs while in the military did not think about it . But Yes for many airbrushing , model building , and other things is an escape . So see Rick you are not a lone we all have thing in common besides airbrushing.Herb, we have a lot in common. My wife fell and broke her hip a few years back, has seizures and takes meds for that, has had 2 major back surgeries and as of now can only stand up for just a few minutes at a time. She is either in bed or in a recliner all day.
As for me, I had to have a leg amputated when I was 58 but after 6 months went back to work as a electrician and worked until I could retire early. During the hospital stay ( 1 month ) I told the doctor that I wanted a colostomy because I have Crohns disease. I couldn't figure out how I was going to physically run to the potty with half a leg. Best thing then and now for the lifestyle we live. Theirs not much I still can't do except run a marathon. LOL
I do all the house cleaning, cooking, shopping and taking the dog out. So my painting time is kinda limited. It is a reality excape sometimes for me.
I think a few here could write a book on our life.
Keep at it Rick. Things will work out.
Richard
That is great now you only have 999 more colors to go LOL . Yes black and white are the best to play with on learning reduction . I am happy to hear you had a good night of painting .Herb i totally agree. I wpuld not change my life for anything. I practiced a little tonight and the brush behaved really well. Did some warm ups, played with reduction, all the while writing down what i reduced to. Finally got it down to 3 drops water to 1 drop of paint for com art opaque black. Al night the brush responded well. Have a little confidence back.
Great. That's good to hear you got that sucker working for you. I'm still trying to get this reduction science down too. I've got better at it, but it's still not perfect. Lots of tip dry, like every 5 - 10 seconds and a lot of the time it seems like there's a dead spot in the trigger. I'll ask for paint and there's nothing, all of a sudden bam, I whole bunch comes out. I'm pretty sure it's the mixture and my Newb hands at the controls LOL. I guess I'm 90% there with it, but I'll keep trying different mixes and get there eventually.Herb i totally agree. I wpuld not change my life for anything. I practiced a little tonight and the brush behaved really well. Did some warm ups, played with reduction, all the while writing down what i reduced to. Finally got it down to 3 drops water to 1 drop of paint for com art opaque black. Al night the brush responded well. Have a little confidence back.