Badger 175 Airbrush issues. Hoping for some opinions.

[Jeff Johnston]

Tonight I pained a few parts and had no issues. When I got done I cleaned it like I always have, and put it away. Later I went back to paint some more stuff, and no paint came out. So I took it all apart and cleaned it again. One of the things I do is take a pipette with thinner. and spray it into the siphon hole to run some thinner thorough it. I saw some thinner spraying back out of the hole. Hmm... So I took the whole thing apart and cleaned every inch if it.

I then filled a jar with clear thinner to see if when I pull the trigger back, I got bubbles down in the jar, and sure enough I did. So the air is going back down into the jar, which of course prevents the paint from sucking out of the jar like it should. I am definitely getting air out of the nozzle...but also down into the jar preventing the paint from siphoning out to spray.

Needless to say I am stuck, and I'd sure like to know what is causing this all of a sudden.

Any thoughts ?

Thanks,

JJ

Edited February 1, 2015 by Jeff Johnston

[Lucas van H]

I don't have a lot of experience with airbrushes, but I had kinda the same problem. Turns out my needle was slightly bent at the tip which caused the problem

[Jeff Johnston]

Someone did reach out to me to give me a few tips and if ended up being an issue with the inner nozzle. I put a different one in and it works now. So weird because it looks perfectly fine to the eye...but is sure isn't.

[Lucas van H]

Glad it's solved Jeff!

[gordon]

Would like to add that Don Wheelers' website very helpfull for AB problems, google, Don's Airbrush Tips,

Cheers Eh!

[Jeff Johnston]

The tip I got was actually from Don's airbrush tips.

Edited February 2, 2015 by Jeff Johnston