 |
 | Home | Contact Us | FAQ | Search & Site Map | Link to Us |
 | Sign In | Join | Other 45 Sites in Network |
| HomeDiscussion Groups General ModelsRailroadsRocketsRadio Controlled Air ModelsHelicoptersLand ModelsWater ModelsModelGeeks.com Contact UsLink To UsSearch & Site Map |
Model Forum / General / Models / July 2006Iwata airbrush problem
Hi. I am a new airbrush user and was hoping someone out there could help me. I bought an Iwata Revoultion series airbrush not too long ago and it is not working correctly. I use it for makeup purposes and when I first got it, it worked great. It misted out the makeup very fine and evenly. As I continued to use it, it started spattering. It went from a few big spots of makeup with the fine mist, to just being all spots, kinda globs, of makeup. I asked Iwata's website what to do and they said that I needed to clean it and if that didn't help then I needed to change the nozzle. I cleaned it multiple times and replaced the nozzle, the needle cap, and the nozzle cap. The problem is continuing. Do you think that I need to replace the needle itsself? Also, my brother suggested that it might be the hose that is connected to the air compressor, like maybe it isn't sealing right or has a hole in it. I also tried to contact Iwata to ask them what else I should do since it still doesn't work and ask about my warranty (maybe it is just the whole body of the airbrush), but they disconnected their phone. So if someone could please give me a suggestion or you know how to fix it, I would very much appreciate it. > Hi. I am a new airbrush user and was hoping someone out there could > help me. I bought an Iwata Revoultion series airbrush not too long ago [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > someone could please give me a suggestion or you know how to fix it, I > would very much appreciate it. Do you have a water trap on the air line ?  Signature-sdg "Un gromono, mon royaume pour un gromono!" Shakespeare - Richard III Definitely, a water trap might help. If you are in a humid part of the country, a water trap removes the moisture from the compressed air that will cause water droplets in the air line to shoot out of your airbrush. I live in dry desert (108 today!) and I had problems with water drops shooting on the paint I was trying to spray. You can get this kind of stuff at any good hardware or auto store that sells air tools and compressors. I got mine at Wal-Mart. Good luck, Mia- SignatureJim Atkins Twentynine Palms, CA USA Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read. -Groucho Marx Well, I actually have a water trap already. It came with my airbrush kit. Also, there was a few other things about the malfunctioning that I forgot to add. I usually have to dilute the makeup before I use it, if I don't, it won't spray. Also, sometimes out of nowhere, even if the makeup is diluted, it will hardly spray anything, if nothing, at all. Another thing is when I try to bubble it back to mix colors, it has a hard time doing that also. And when I cover the nozzle to bubble it, air comes out from between the body and the needle cap. I also have to turn the air compressor up a lot more to get it to spray out most of the time. The first time I cleaned it, I didn't know that I was only suppost to soak it in alcohol for 15-20 minutes and soaked it overnight. Could that have messed it up? > Well, I actually have a water trap already. It came with my airbrush > kit. Also, there was a few other things about the malfunctioning that I [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > suppost to soak it in alcohol for 15-20 minutes and soaked it > overnight. Could that have messed it up? If you soaked the vinyl O rings in solvent, that could mess you up big time. I don't bubble back like you say.. that will get paint all over the place and out of your control. You use color cups? Mix everything in the color cup without bubbling back, and it may help. I never let any solvent get into the body of my airbrush. I use an Iwata single action, internal mix type. When I run into problems similar to yours, it's usually foreign stuff in the nozzle. I use Qtips to clean my stuff, and fiber gets loose from time to time. It wreaks holy havoc on airbrushing. I wish I had better ideas for you Mia; good luck. -- Stephen >> Well, I actually have a water trap already. It came with my airbrush >> kit. Also, there was a few other things about the malfunctioning that I [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] >> suppost to soak it in alcohol for 15-20 minutes and soaked it >> overnight. Could that have messed it up? It sounds like your airbrush is plugged up somewhere. I don't know what the particle size of makeup is but it could be too large to work well with the size of your tip, nozzle and needle. Also, if your mixture dries at all in the airbrush it may be difficult to get cleaned out. When I use a water based paint I always keep the tip moist, either with a wet paper towel or dipped into a small bowl of water. I always clean immediately after use with a detergent and water mix followed by spraying and flushing with lacquer thinner. Some materials won't dissolve with soaking -- it's better to flush with your cleaning agents and mechanically clean using something like a tightly twisted strip of paper towel moistened with some lacquer thinner. J. Bright Well, after I use it, I always clean it out with the silicone based cleaner that they sent me with the machine. Also, on their instructional video, it said that I should use 70% alcohol to clean it every now and again. After I cleaned it very well, I tried it and it still didn't work.I even used my brother's cleaning brushes to get into every part of the airbrush. I even took it apart and put into my brother's tattoo gun cleaning machine, and it still doesn't work. Is there any way to fix the O-ring if that's what it is? Also, where is that located? Do you think it would be better to just get another airbrush gun or keep trying to fix it? Also, that whole bubbbling back thing was on my video and it doesn't effect the airbrush and it doesn't get makeup everywhere as long as you put the cap back on and leave it slightly cracked open. |
Reply to this Message |
 Sign In
 Join
 My Latest Posts My Monitored Threads My Blog My Photo Gallery My Profile My Homepage Start New Thread Enable EMail Alerts Rate this Thread
|
©2009 Advenet LLC Privacy Policy - Terms of Use
This website includes both content owned or controlled by Advenet as well as content owned or controlled by third parties.