When air brushing all is going well, spraying at about 20 ish psi Tamiya paint mixed with X 20 plus a little X22 clear. Double action brush with compressor with inline water trap. All is going well when all of a sudden a hugh blast of water shoots out of the nozzel. As you can imagine is a real pain in the butt. Anything I am doing wrong or is there a problem with my water trap or anything else? cheers Geraint

When did you last drain the air tank?

Ger;

Down here in the very humid southern USA (the Gulf of Mexico coast), I, too have had this splattering happen. And I drain my tank fairly frequently, and I drain my regulator water-trap every session.

Seems that water vapor can collect and condense in the hose, too. I have found that occasional blowing of air thru the hose without the AB attached can clear this build-up pretty easily. I have a quick-disconnect on my AB, so I pop the AB off the hose, use a skewer or small rod to push the disconnect valve in, and exhaust the air-tank with the hose held down low (below tank level. ). The water blows out. Seems to help the splatter problem a lot!

Maybe this can help you?

PS: Hi, Mr. Lewis! I'm a once-removed Welsh Lewis, too!

Cheers!

Bob

THANKS DARREN AND WELSH BOB I CHANGED THE WATER TRAP. THE OLD FILTER INSIDE WAS MADE OF GAUZE THE NEW ONE IS A TYPE OF TEFLON? BOB UP HEAR IN THE DEEP SOUTH OF WALES IN DONT THINK ITS THAT HUMID[ i wish] BUT I WILL BLOW MY HOSE THROUGH CHEERS BOTH Geraint

you might be interested in an Iwata water trap that hooks up to your airbrush. Its a last line of defense against this problem.

Hi John these fit all air brushes, do you know if it alters the ballance of the A B ? John just check one out £12 sounds like a good investment. do you or anyone else use one?

Here is a pic of the water trap.
Very easy to install and no more water splashes.




Greetz
Tony

Cheers Tony Looks good I'll be getting in touch with the Air Brush Company ASAP best service out there!