Ok, I guess I could have continued the existing thread with this information but I wanted to make a new one so it would be more easily searchable.
So I started out buying 2 different models of Veda airbrushes not only because they were cheap but because a particular (I use these quotes lightly) "airbrushing instructor" on youtube said they make great beginners airbrushes and that they were just Iwata clones. I wish I could kick this guy square in the nuts!
As you guys know from my other other thread I had various issues with the 2 Veda brushes which lead to various questions here because i didnt know if the problem lay with me or the airbrushes. So I can't really take me out of the equation because i dont know anyone who knows airbrushing so i decided to shell out the cash for a "known good" brand, I bought a Badger Anthem 155. Well I can safely say that it was indeed the airbrushes because not only did i not experience any issues with the Badger I found myself quickly learning how to control the airbrush as well as any noob could hope to do. It will spray nice thick wide areas fairly fast and with alot of practice you can do fine point sharpie thick lines also. I can already tell that this badger is going to become the workhorse of my airbrushing because its perfect for doing RC car bodies. I will probably pick up a .3mm or something finer eventually for pencil thin lines but this brush is the bomb....for what i paid for the 2 Vedas I could have put another 25-30 bucks and got the Badger in the first place.
I also want to address a point that was brought up in the last thread about one of the Vedas that seem to spit a tiny bit of paint when you would push down for airflow without pulling back for paint flow. It was mentioned that your airbrush may do this if you let off of the airflow before letting completely off of the paint flow and to fix that problem one just needed to stop all paint flow before stopping your airflow. While this may fix the problem for the cheaper airbrushes (and maybe its a good habit to get into anyway) I found that no matter how hard I tried I could not get the Badger to spit paint. I shut off the air many time while blasting paint full tilt out of the airbrush and when i pushed down for air only not so much as a single little atomized droplet hit the paper.
The moral of this story is while every once in a blue moon you may find a cheaper budget hobby item that is worth every penny you pay for it most of the time your flushing money down the drain. Veda airbrushes and probably all of the cheap airbrushes arent worth the box they are shipped in. Can you get by with one? Sure i imagine you could but the Badger was such a pleasure to use I'll never buy a cheap airbrush again.
So I started out buying 2 different models of Veda airbrushes not only because they were cheap but because a particular (I use these quotes lightly) "airbrushing instructor" on youtube said they make great beginners airbrushes and that they were just Iwata clones. I wish I could kick this guy square in the nuts!
As you guys know from my other other thread I had various issues with the 2 Veda brushes which lead to various questions here because i didnt know if the problem lay with me or the airbrushes. So I can't really take me out of the equation because i dont know anyone who knows airbrushing so i decided to shell out the cash for a "known good" brand, I bought a Badger Anthem 155. Well I can safely say that it was indeed the airbrushes because not only did i not experience any issues with the Badger I found myself quickly learning how to control the airbrush as well as any noob could hope to do. It will spray nice thick wide areas fairly fast and with alot of practice you can do fine point sharpie thick lines also. I can already tell that this badger is going to become the workhorse of my airbrushing because its perfect for doing RC car bodies. I will probably pick up a .3mm or something finer eventually for pencil thin lines but this brush is the bomb....for what i paid for the 2 Vedas I could have put another 25-30 bucks and got the Badger in the first place.
I also want to address a point that was brought up in the last thread about one of the Vedas that seem to spit a tiny bit of paint when you would push down for airflow without pulling back for paint flow. It was mentioned that your airbrush may do this if you let off of the airflow before letting completely off of the paint flow and to fix that problem one just needed to stop all paint flow before stopping your airflow. While this may fix the problem for the cheaper airbrushes (and maybe its a good habit to get into anyway) I found that no matter how hard I tried I could not get the Badger to spit paint. I shut off the air many time while blasting paint full tilt out of the airbrush and when i pushed down for air only not so much as a single little atomized droplet hit the paper.
The moral of this story is while every once in a blue moon you may find a cheaper budget hobby item that is worth every penny you pay for it most of the time your flushing money down the drain. Veda airbrushes and probably all of the cheap airbrushes arent worth the box they are shipped in. Can you get by with one? Sure i imagine you could but the Badger was such a pleasure to use I'll never buy a cheap airbrush again.
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