Jeff Johnston Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 (edited) 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas van H Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Johnston Posted February 1, 2015 Author Share Posted February 1, 2015 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas van H Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 Glad it's solved Jeff! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gordon Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 Would like to add that Don Wheelers' website very helpfull for AB problems, google, Don's Airbrush Tips, Cheers Eh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Johnston Posted February 2, 2015 Author Share Posted February 2, 2015 (edited) The tip I got was actually from Don's airbrush tips. Edited February 2, 2015 by Jeff Johnston Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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