Grex Airbrush Question

[Joe Handley]

Got my tax refund yesterday and I'm looking at buying one of the Grex Tritium (paint gun style)airbrushes and we have the TS3 Side Feed and the TG3 Gravity/Top Feed guns. I'll most likely be using it for spraying the inside of Lexan R/C bodies with lacquer as well as models, when I'm not too lazy to use the airbrush...... Any recommendation on which one I should get, price will be the same either way so that won't matter.

[MikeMc]

Gravity feed is for low pressure fine detailing...you do not need that for body painting...That said if you have the option of putting them in your hand, use the feel test...which feels best to you, then you will be comfortable with your tool.

[Joe Handley]

Thanks Stasch

Well, the side feed does include a siphon cup as well as a couple gravity cups, and other than that stuff, they two are identical. I did get the chance to use a top load only gun a couple years back at I-Hobby and really liked it, my biggest concern was one type of cup getting in the way more than another, especially with spraying the R/C bodies on the inside.

Edited May 8, 2011 by Joe Handley

[mr moto]

I would go for the side feed. I have a gravity feed Iwata and a side feed Grex and it's like Stasch said. The top feed is simple to use and it's great for detail work. I reach for it first if I'm applying Alclad or painting small parts or hard to reach areas BUT if I'm going to paint a body, it's the Grex side feed, hands down. It comes with a several cups of various sizes and a 1 ounce bottle so it's very adaptable and you can paint a body without worrying about running out of paint in the middle of the job. The trigger action also allows a smoother more comfortable hand motion for doing smooth, shiny paint jobs IMHO. So I'm real glad that I have the Iwata but if I was only going to have one airbrush I'd go for the Grex TS3.

[Joe Handley]

Thanks Manuel, I've already got the TS3 on hold at work, should be bringing it home by this weekend......unfortunately, my sister is using my compressor and tank (as well as Dad's impact gun) for a display at the library she works at for a couple weeks

[MikeMc]

Hey Joe.......

When you do get a chance to use it let US hear about the pros and cons!!

[Joe Handley]

Hey Joe.......

When you do get a chance to use it let US hear about the pros and cons!!

:lol:

Will do! I think I still have a NAPA airtank that was rigged up as a supply tank for my old Crescendo in the past. I just have to run the air compressor in my Jeep into it to keep it full while shooting

[Joe Handley]

I'm now a proud owner of a Grex TS3 airbrush and I dug up my old Badger Crescendo and 5 gallon Napa airtank, but have managed to break the trigger on the Badger and it look like I'll have to go straight to Badger for it since none of our suppliers seem to carry that part I also picked up some bottle Pactra R/C pearl and metallic lacquers and would like to try them on styrene as well as lexan, I'm just not too sure if I have to use Plasticote or can use Model Master lacquer primers on it.

[Joe Handley]

Well, I'm a dummy

I went to try and adapt my Napa 5 gallon airtank to fit the 1/8"-1/8th" female Grex hose over from my decade plus old Badger hose and discovered Menard's has a different measurement for 1/8" than Grex does and that I should have bought a 1/8" male to 1/8" male fitting instead of a 1/8" male to 1/4" male fitting anyway As I dug deeper, I also discovered there is a fitting that would allow me to fit the airbrush directly up to that old Badger hose too, making that Grex hose an unnecessary purchase Luckily after nearly 8 years of non use, that tank and regulator still holds air Now I just need the time to actually use the dang thing