Some of my airbrushes. Both dead and alive.

[Lovefordgalaxie]

Today I was counting how many airbrushes I have, and got to the number of ten.

Some are in regular use, some are used once in a while, and some are never used, and that happens for a myriad of reasons, going from the airbrush really sucking big time, to being so fragile and bad designed it's as hard to clean as the Augean Stables, and I'm no Hercules.

This one is my favorite for small parts. It's a double action Steula. Old but very good:

Airbrushes and Related materials by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr

This one is my favorite for body painting: A cheapo Western single action:

Airbrushes and Related materials by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr

This old Testors that I adapted to work with my compressor (it was originally designed to use a propellant bottle) I use to spray automotive two part clear:

Airbrushes and Related materials by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr

My old Badger. This one I use to paint small parts when I want to change color fast, as the cup is small, has no cover, ans is fast to clean.

Airbrushes and Related materials by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr

This thing is worthless. Even when connected to the compressor it works bad. Not to mention that cleaning is a major pain:

Airbrushes and Related materials by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr

This one is the worse airbrush I ever had the opportunity of using. The points are hard to clean, fast to leak, and the double action is a joke, as control is really poor.

Airbrushes and Related materials by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr

This one is my compressor.

Airbrushes and Related materials by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr

Airbrushes and Related materials by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr

[ChrisBcritter]

This one is my favorite for body painting: A cheapo Western single action:

Is that a copy of the Badger 350, and will the parts interchange? Looks just like the old 350 I used to have.

[Lovefordgalaxie]

Is that a copy of the Badger 350, and will the parts interchange? Looks just like the old 350 I used to have.

Yes, it's a copy of a badger 350, but I also have one, and none of the parts will interchange. Only the air hose can be used from the original Badger.

Believe you or not, I paid about five Dollars for this airbrush and it does work as good as my real Badger 350, so, I decided to keep it in storage and use this one. If it breaks or gets damaged i'll just trow it away without a second thought. the Badger by other hand...

[Johnag4004]

I also have one of these cheap ones and love it, just a shame they don't do a small cup for it, so easy to use and to clean...

Edited February 13, 2014 by Johnag4004

[Greg Cullinan]

That's a cool collection. Wish I had a few of em. Nice compressor too.