To buy or not to buy? That is the question!

[Jim R]

Hi Ian
Lots of replies but although I'm sure you're a bit wiser I reckon it's still down to "You pays your money and takes your choice." :smiling:
Jim

[Ian M]

At the moment I am leaning toward the H&S 2in1 jobby.
I Have a couple of Badger airbrushes, both good but the seals are knackered and Nowhere here to replace them. (not a DIY job it seems).
I also have a couple of Sparmax. which I am using at the moment.
Hate the fact that I need tools to clean it. Also both the nozzles are past service life. One of them leaks as well. evident by the compressor starting up when not being used and the bubble foam in the crown while and after cleaning.
So I might just have no way around it.

[adt70hk]

At the moment I am leaning toward the H&S 2in1 jobby.

I also have a couple of Sparmax. which I am using at the moment.
Hate the fact that I need tools to clean it. Also both the nozzles are past service life. One of them leaks as well. evident by the compressor starting up when not being used and the bubble foam in the crown while and after cleaning.

Ian

I get that bubbling too sometimes with my Sparmax I get round it with a bit of PTFE tape or bees wax. Not ideal though but didn't want to fork out a huge about of money on something when I first got an AB.

Will be very interested to hear how you go if you go down the H&S route.

The video Dave shared shows it does seem easier clean, in fact Tim's Iwata uses a similar nozzle system to H&S.

Good luck with your hunt.

ATB.

Andrew

[Bugatti Fan]

Ian you can get Badger spares in the UK. Try Badger UK and this should find the distributor.
Have you thought about Badger themselves in Franklyn Illinois USA for your spares? They are still going strong!
I was looking on their own website only last week for parts for my 100XF airbrush dating back to the seventies. And had what I wanted for it.
They have a comprehensive list of spares on their site

[Ian M]

Ian you can get Badger spares in the UK. Try Badger UK and this should find the distributor.
Have you thought about Badger themselves in Franklyn Illinois USA for your spares? They are still going strong!
I was looking on their own website only last week for parts for my 100XF airbrush dating back to the seventies. And had what I wanted for it.
They have a comprehensive list of spares on their site

All the places I found say 'the unit must be sent to an authorised repair centre ' to have the seals changed. Sending it to the US or the UK for that matter ain't going to happen.

[rtfoe]

What seals Ian?...my Badger 150 workhorse uses teflon seals since the early times and are solid. Haven't changed them except one at the nozzle and that came with needle nozzle tip.
The 150 has 3 interchangeable nozzles...fine, medium and heavy duty. Have had it for over forty years...value for money.
I feel the newer airbrushes are just too precision that they aren't as robust for our kind of work perhaps more suited for design and artwork.

Cheers,
Richard

[stillp]

Try her Ian: https://www.everythingairbrush.com/p...rbrush-spares/
Pete

[Bugatti Fan]

Ian, did you not look on the Badger Factory's own site in the states for spares?
The seals are easy enough to change. If you can strip down an airbrush for routine maintenance replacing the seals will also be a doddle.
Ignore the 'unit must be sent to an authorised repair centre' to have the seals changed.
All that will happen is that someone in a repair centre hawking for repair work with no more ability than yourself will do the job and heftily charge you for it!
I think that the seals are made from Teflon or something similar. Just get on to the Badger site in Franklyn and look down their spares list.
I would be surprised if seals were not listed as spares to buy like all their other spare parts.

[Ian M]

did you not look on the Badger Factory's own site in the states for spares

It was there I saw that they can only be replaced by Badger!

[Bugatti Fan]

Well that surprises me. I will have to take another look.
Would have thought that Teflon seals could be bought like any other spare from Badger.

[Ian M]

On a slightly different point, having had a two, or was it three, week wait due to customs not sure that I ever want to shop outside the EU again! The other reasons for a change. Spares are not to readily available here in Denmark. H&S and iwata are very popular here and thus more spare part stocks.

[Bugatti Fan]

Back in the day it was Badger and Paasche that were the favoured brands.
Iwata and H&S were a bit later in coming to the modelling market. Both make very good airbrushes. I would imagine that H&S being German made and within the EU would be a very good option.
There is a company in the UK named DeVilbiss who made the Aerograph range of high quality airbrushes, but they appear to have stopped making them in favour of concentrating on their main industrial spray equipment.

[PhilJ]

So, had a quick look through, apologies in advance if this has been asked.
I'm at the point of ready to purchase a new airbrush and I've settled on the h & s infinity cr plus but what I'd like help with is should I go with the 2 in 1 kit? Has anyone got a real benefit out of the two needles, point is (excuse the pun) I have a iwata neo which was bought relatively cheap as a present and it's absolutely blinding and I use it for priming and bass coats ect?
Any help would be appreciated as always, attached is a picture of my neo which again I cant recommend enough

[Tim Marlow]

If you like the Iwatta so much Phil, why not go for something higher in their range? Eclipse perhaps?

[stillp]

I bought the Infinity 2 in 1 kit, but I seem to do everything with the 0,2mm needle.
Pete