I have a bunch of cheap airbrushes (I would consider garbage grade) and one decent one. It's a Devilbiss DAGR. It is marginally better than the crap ones I have but it's SUPER easy to clean.
I have a Devilbiss Tekna Prolite and a FLG for regular painting with all the available accessories/parts and Dekups system for both.
I am 100% amateur. My limitations are mine, and usually the equipment vastly outperforms my capability with a competent professional using it. I have found that when it comes to paint that if you buy nice stuff it helps idiots like me do better.
I am looking for a small paint solution that can deal with thicker paint and larger areas in the sweet spot between an airbrush and a "touch up paintgun". Basically I want to be able to deal with paint with more solids than a typical airbrush will deal with (my experience with my .35mm nozzle airbrushes is that once the paint gets to 2% milk viscosity it sucks) in a package that is small enough to fit in small areas (think painting door sills, cowls) but doesn't run out of paint every 4 seconds like a typical 1/2oz airbrush. I am also trying to limit paint waste of doing a small project with a large gun (Tekna Prolite).
So... to make this even longer...
I'd be looking to do stuff say as small as painting firearm parts with Cerakote (water like consistency, almost no paint usage since you put it on at 1mil... think like 1oz at the high end).
I'd be looking to do stuff say as large as the door openings on cars with single stage urethane (thick, like whole milk... can usually reduce it down to 2% milk consistency... lots of paint... probably 5oz).
I was eyeballing the Iwata HP-TH series.
Iwata H5200 - the basic paint brush with .50mm nozzle, fan cap, and 1/2oz cup
Iwata I-070-7 - the 3/4oz cup
Iwata HPA-CB4M - the 5oz cup
What does the collective think? I don't want to buy more shit I won't use.
I have a Devilbiss Tekna Prolite and a FLG for regular painting with all the available accessories/parts and Dekups system for both.
I am 100% amateur. My limitations are mine, and usually the equipment vastly outperforms my capability with a competent professional using it. I have found that when it comes to paint that if you buy nice stuff it helps idiots like me do better.
I am looking for a small paint solution that can deal with thicker paint and larger areas in the sweet spot between an airbrush and a "touch up paintgun". Basically I want to be able to deal with paint with more solids than a typical airbrush will deal with (my experience with my .35mm nozzle airbrushes is that once the paint gets to 2% milk viscosity it sucks) in a package that is small enough to fit in small areas (think painting door sills, cowls) but doesn't run out of paint every 4 seconds like a typical 1/2oz airbrush. I am also trying to limit paint waste of doing a small project with a large gun (Tekna Prolite).
So... to make this even longer...
I'd be looking to do stuff say as small as painting firearm parts with Cerakote (water like consistency, almost no paint usage since you put it on at 1mil... think like 1oz at the high end).
I'd be looking to do stuff say as large as the door openings on cars with single stage urethane (thick, like whole milk... can usually reduce it down to 2% milk consistency... lots of paint... probably 5oz).
I was eyeballing the Iwata HP-TH series.
Iwata H5200 - the basic paint brush with .50mm nozzle, fan cap, and 1/2oz cup
Iwata I-070-7 - the 3/4oz cup
Iwata HPA-CB4M - the 5oz cup
What does the collective think? I don't want to buy more shit I won't use.
