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Posted: 5/21/2020 9:31:10 PM EDT
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Tag for info.
Just bought my first airbrush. Was thinking I could use my garage unit? But if an airbrush specific unit is more practical, I might go that route... |
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Posted: 5/23/2020 1:16:02 PM EDT
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I use one of these... Super quiet and it comes with a moisture trap and works great with airbrushes
https://www.amazon.com/Silentaire-Whisper-Airbrush-Compressor-55-85psi/dp/B00O305NPA |
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Posted: 5/24/2020 8:41:29 AM EDT
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Check ebay for used and less expensive silentaire compressors.
They are made in Italy but they have support in Houston Texas, where you can buy replacement parts. I bought mine used several years ago (Badger branded) and am finally ready to start using it. Had to get a few replacement parts, and new oil, and got a space in my workshop cleared out and one of those small fold-up spray booths with the built in exhaust fan Badger used to sell silentaire compressors under the name million-air or billion-air (Still were made in Italy). Now they sell a knock off from china Iwata medea should be good too, as is grex |
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Posted: 5/25/2020 6:50:31 PM EDT
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I’m using a standard badger unit.
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Posted: 5/28/2020 7:19:09 PM EDT
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Well I got a new air compressor for my airbrush and then my fucking Aztek airbrush decided to shit the bed.
Now I have to order a new airbrush |
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Posted: 5/28/2020 10:35:32 PM EDT
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I got one of those $40 pancake tank compressors from ebay. Sure, it's noisy as hell, but it works
great. |
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Posted: 5/30/2020 4:21:06 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Well I got a new air compressor for my airbrush and then my fucking Aztek airbrush decided to shit the bed. Now I have to order a new airbrush  . Sounds like my luck! Iwata HP-CS is a great investment. I also have a Grex that does a great job as well.
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Posted: 6/13/2020 8:36:36 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I use one of these... Super quiet and it comes with a moisture trap and works great with airbrushes https://www.amazon.com/Silentaire-Whisper-Airbrush-Compressor-55-85psi/dp/B00O305NPA I wholeheartedly second this, it’s amazingly quiet, I forget to turn it off all the time  I got mine off EBay for 250.00. |
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Posted: 6/15/2020 11:06:41 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I wholeheartedly second this, it’s amazingly quiet, I forget to turn it off all the time I got mine off EBay for 250.00. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I use one of these... Super quiet and it comes with a moisture trap and works great with airbrushes https://www.amazon.com/Silentaire-Whisper-Airbrush-Compressor-55-85psi/dp/B00O305NPA I wholeheartedly second this, it’s amazingly quiet, I forget to turn it off all the time I got mine off EBay for 250.00. Also what I use, with an Iwata HP-CS. |
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Posted: 6/15/2020 11:56:35 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I’m using a standard badger unit. I have one from the eighties that has been in storage for twenty years. I tried it last fall an it was quite anemic. I do have a Ridgid pancake and a Hobby King drier trap regulator but have to set up the fittings yet. I have used the Ridgid without the trap and used the compressor regulator. Might be an option for a more versatile tool in the house. I bought it for a finish nailer for wood working hobby. Next I need the Iwata. I have been using a basic Badger 350 single action I bought as a teenager in the eighties.  |
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Posted: 6/17/2020 11:27:11 AM EDT
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Posted: 6/17/2020 11:36:09 AM EDT
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Posted: 7/10/2020 4:31:31 PM EDT
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I have an Iwata which run constantly. If I were to do it again, I’d get something that had a massive air tank. Listening to the compressor all the time gets old.
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Posted: 7/13/2020 10:48:10 PM EDT
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When I was a kid and had no money, I used a spare tire for air to feed my Badger 150. It actually worked. Then I had to roll it to the gas station to fill it up again.
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Posted: 7/19/2020 11:21:39 PM EDT
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I ended up getting one of these, and really like it.
https://www.amazon.com/California-Air-Tools-CAT-1P1060SP-Compressor/dp/B077CNLPBC |
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Posted: 8/3/2020 1:30:17 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I wholeheartedly second this, it’s amazingly quiet, I forget to turn it off all the time I got mine off EBay for 250.00. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I use one of these... Super quiet and it comes with a moisture trap and works great with airbrushes https://www.amazon.com/Silentaire-Whisper-Airbrush-Compressor-55-85psi/dp/B00O305NPA I wholeheartedly second this, it’s amazingly quiet, I forget to turn it off all the time I got mine off EBay for 250.00. I'll go be poor somewhere else.  I had a Paasche compressor crap out on me a year or two ago that was probably 25 years old. Mounted under a bench, it wasn't loud at all. Currently using a harbor freight pancake compressor. The whole house can hear when I'm airbrushing. I really want to get a better compressor that's not loud as shit but poors right now. |
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Posted: 8/3/2020 10:33:05 PM EDT
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Depending on the 18 to 20 volt battery tools you are invested in, I would go with one of them. Ryobi, Ridgid, Milwaukee, etc. They all make good hobby compressors.
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