canned air

[E St. Kruiser50]

Ok I know i should have a compressor by now, but I just dont have the money yet. For now, i use airbrush propellant. My question is, for those of you who use canned air, what is the best brand? I currently have "badger propel" that i bought at Michaels craft store. Is there any brand that is better than the other, until i can afford my compressor?

Well here I go again "STEPPIN' IN IT AGAIN"

I still use canned air at times, especially with Alclad Products.

I've used three different brands and see no difference. I buy the big cans, as it's a little cheaper in the long run..

Not to argue the point with anyone else, but I think saving your money, and using canned air for the transition time is pretty smart. A can of air lasts quite a while for me, as I still use rattle can primer like you probably do, as well as rattle can paints at times, so how much air can you really be using.

Anyway, my 2 cents - dave

[Foxer]

I still use canned air at times, especially with Alclad Products.

Can I ask why canned air with Alclad?

[E St. Kruiser50]

Can I ask why canned air with Alclad?

It has the right air pressure, and I get the right particulate size with the snap-on cap and nozzle.

It does better than any other airbrush I've tried. It's all I use for the chrome.

I use the "WAY CHEAPIE" Testors set that comes with bottled paint for $10 - $12 bucks, in the see-through plastic blister-pack with the canned air and all, ready to shoot.

Guess I'll STEP IN IT HERE AGAIN .

The most I ever spent for an airbrush is $45.00, but most of the time I use the $35.00 one to paint my award winning paint jobs.

Over a lot of years in my career and my hobbies I learned that anything done well is 95% knowledge and skill, and 5% tool quality, and the tools certainly don't have to be the very best, unless you want "Bragging Rights" .

For some reason people cosistantly think that a better gun = better skills and results

Seen some pretty crappy paint jobs come outta a $200.00 air brush, and they can't figure it out .

None of my stuff is fancy, but over the years I've learned the techniques to use them properly.

For example, I shoot everything out of my regular airbrush and compressor at 65-85 PSI - ALWAYS !!!!!!

I LOVE TO CRANK IT UP .

Edited July 2, 2009 by Treehugger Dave

[Ron L]

I lived in an apartment for two years and went through a whopping 2 cans of propellant in that time. I put them in a pot filled with hot tap water to keep the freezing down but it wasn't much of a problem since I only used it for painting small parts. Bodies and chassis plates were done with rattle cans. The propellant cans probably come from the same manufacturing plant before they slap the stickers on and it's not like there's some secret ingredient in them, so they're more or less the same.

SO is pumping up a street tire that's not made to hold more than 332 to 45 psi. Check the max PSI rating on the sidewall sometime.

He specifically said "spare tire". Compact spares can be rated up to 80PSI. A street tire in good condition will take 65PSI easy; some rim/tire combos take that much to seat the beads when putting the new tire on. We did it all day long at a tire shop and no tires ever exploded on us.