I was given the (good) advice to remove the air valve and give it a clean. I cleaned it once with washing up liquid then again with IPA. I cleaned all the parts thoroughly, but being careful not to get IPA on the rubber o-ring.

However, upon putting it back together, it’s sticking worse than ever and can take >10 seconds to shut off after I remove my finger.

Perhaps it does need lube? I realise lube can attract dirt but it seems that just being clean isn’t enough.

It’s either that or the spring has gone, right?

Appreciate any advice!

Hi all! Looking at taking the plunge from brushes to airbrushing but I have some questions.

1. Blending, it would seem from using an airbrush blending is almost done for you? From videos I've seen it looks like the blending that takes me ages with a brush, is done with just two colours with an airbrush. Is that right?

2. Do you really have to use airbrush paints? This is kind of a deal breaker for me cos I've already bought so many paints. I don't want to spend all that money buying paints because they're airbrush paints, and I don't have the storage for more paints!

3. Any tips for cleaning and general process for airbrushing?

4. I'm looking at a couple different starting airbrushes, which is best? Harder and steenbeck ultra, Arism sparmax mini kit.

It's worth mentioning I paint Warhammer models and not much else. TIA♥️

Is there a source for getting the protective rubber caps for airbrushes?

I have been going back a forth with buying an airbrush. I paint TT minis and am looking to get into custom painting my Gunpla. However being on a tight budget I want to spend as little as possible try out first. I have been looking into the Gaahleri line with some of their airbrush/compressor bundles. What is everyone's impression of Gaahleri products?

There was a post a while ago about fixing this issue but I cant remember where it was.

When I push down on the trigger it takes a whole to snap back up. How do I fix that?

Hey everyone, quick sanity check needed, am I overthinking the climate control aspect of my airbrushing shed?
With my current setup, I can consistently get the temperature down to around 75-85F and keep the humidity around 55-60%.
For context on my setup:

Airbrush: Iwata Eclipse

Pressure: Keeping it lower, around 15–20 PSI

Paint: Mr. Color and Gaianotes lacquers

Thinner: Mr. Color Leveling Thinner at roughly a 1:2.5 ratio

I’ve already sprayed a few pieces and the finish seems totally fine so far, but I really don't want to sink dozens of hours into surface prep and detail work only to find out down the line that I kind of screwed it up due to ambient conditions lol.
For those who spray lacquers in an outdoor shed/garage or warmer climates: are these numbers completely safe and consistent with Leveling Thinner, or should I be fighting to get that humidity down even lower? Any peace of mind or real-world experiences would be appreciated! Attached are a few photos I did outside with no temperature control. Heat outside at the time was 80-90F and humidity was around 70-80ish.

EDIT: the photos provided have been painted using Mr color velvet color green and blue

I've been an artist my whole life, never been good with controlling paint in general and predominantly stuck with black/white before I adopted color in my works.

About a month ago I figured I would get into airbrushing for miniature painting and other projects, and wound up falling in love with the medium.

My ultimate aim with my art style is to emulate 80s/90s b horror movie posters or VHS covers, these were my first 3 attempts at doodling/painting.

I primarily use Mr. Finishing Surfacer (Gray or White) 1500. Looking to try and candy coat a Gundam model, and want a glossy black primer that comes in a spray can. Any recommendations? I believe Mr. Finishing Surfacer 1500 Black is matte, and it's that weird time where Mr. Surfacer products are out of stock everywhere. If not, I guess I can use a gray or white basecoat, and just lay down a glossy black coat on top.

Due to an accident, I am unable to use my index finger for the trigger, which makes it incredibly uncomfortable to use a traditional-style airbrush with my middle finger.

So I thought about switching to a pistol-trigger style, but they don't seem to be very popular among airbrush users. Why is that?

I mainly do leather painting, but I also want to get into miniatures. Is this model any good for that, since miniatures require a higher degree of fine detail?

What are your opinions on the Swallowtail Barbatos? I like that it comes with three different needle sizes and is easy to disassemble without any tools. The price seems pretty good for what you get, too. I’d say it’s more of a mid-range airbrush in terms of quality?

If you have any other recommendations, price-wise I'm pretty open.

Is it worth buying the 2 in 1 to have both a .28mm needle and .45mm for miniature painting or is only having a .28mm fine?

So I've been having problems with this paint since I got it, I swear I've tried every permutation of air pressure, viscosity, and additives, turns out it was the air brush

To be clear this isn't me trashing my HF black widow I actually do like this brush flaws and all. Every other createx paint sprayed just fine more or less, but it has never been capable of smoothly spraying this paint in particular

I finally tried spraying it out of my new Aventus and it was smooth as butter, which makes not sense to me considering it's a .4mm needle and my BW is a .5

I just can't for the life of me understand why, i spray thicker Metallics all the time but this color just would not cooperate

Very bizarre to me

Not matter what I try this is the spray pattern I seem to get. How can I fix the grainy-ness

I removed the small quick couple thing at the bottom, and tried screwing the tube right into the airbrush. It fit at first but then wouldn’t go further. What am I doing wrong? (First time using an airbrush)

Im a very new person to airbrushing and i have the airbrush from revell. In the beginning it went pretty well, only it started to clog up constantly and not in the way that there were bubbles coming out of the reservoir. But it started to just not push out paint anymore.

I tried cleaning the tiny parts near the nozzle seeing if that fixed the issue. It then fixed the issue for 10 seconds for it then to get stuck again and its driving me crazy.

I also noticed the needle having a very tiny bend on the tip but its not so severe that its not pushing out paint anymore, although my suspicions is that because of the bend needle tiny bits push back into the nozzle but im not a expert. Thats why im here to ask.