hey guys, i jsut got back from a car store were i bought a badger 150 for 80 bucks can ( :D:D) my dad gets good prices there since he used to deal with them when he was a mechanic

iam used ot my aztek 320 were i just spray airbrush cleaner througth, take of my nozzle and soak it in cleaner... now how should i wash my new AB?

Thanks guys

Frank

Depeding on the paint your using...
I'm trying to stay safe (and easy) and only use my Badger with acrylic paints... clean water in the cup and spray it through... even drying it with clean air....

Welcome to the wonderful world of the Badger!

I have been using a 150 for over 20 years. (Just don't rate its abilities by the models in my gallery :-) )



With me it depends on how much painting I have been doing.

Between colors I will run water or thinner through it.

At the end of a short session I may just run the water or thinner, and then take off the tip and wash it out and wipe off the needle tip.

After a few sessions I will dissassemble the whole thing, leaving the needle spring assembly (the part that goes into the handle) and the air valve assembly (the part the hose screws into) intact. Then I soak the parts in water (or soapy water) and then clean each piece. After that I put a drop of oil on all the threaded parts, to ensure I can get them unscrewed when the next big cleaning session comes along.

CAUTION-Many of the parts are very small. Be sure to keep track of them. Especially the tiny teflon washer that goes between the head and the body.

I take it yours is a used airbrush? Did it come with a manual or a parts breakdown?



Enjoy it. Happy modeling!

$80!!! Crap thats what I paid for my 200 about a year ago!!!!

Oh well...have it and an Aztek 4709 now....

Once you get use to it, you either love it or hate it.
I use a badger 150 I bought when I got out of the Navy... 1972, still going strong, only repair has been a new air valve, and that was about 20 years ago, plus the normal wearing out of a needles and tips.. Still got the original heads though but buy a few extra little teflon gaskets for behind the head, they are small they do wear out, and they do get lost.
I spray everything through it, from acrylics, enamels, lacquers, watercolors, and inks, never had a problem, just a lot of practice.
I simply spray thinners through it between color changes, (Depending on what medium I was spraying is the thinner I use) and strip it when done. Stripping it seems like a big deal at first, but it usually doesn't take me more than a few minutes to strip and clean it.
I also have a Parsehe VSR 90, good brush too, unfortunately it's so old I can't find the parts I need, so it's sitting in the sick airbrush locker until I get the parts. I also use an Iwata HP-B, fantastic for fine spraying, low pressure, But I like my badger 150 so much, I bought a second one last month to use at work, (I do most of my building at work on the afternoons and midnights shifts)

Like I said, you'll either grow to love it or hate it, and just remember, airbrushing 90% practice, practice, practice, 10% feel, you need to get to "feel" the airbrush.
From experience, I found out that after being away from modelling for a while, when I started again, I had to practice all over to get the feel of it back,
Oh one more thing, don't expect the HD head to do the work of the XF head. It won't..... you need to learn which head and needle you need to use for what medium you are spraying. I don't suggest you use the XF head for acrylics, unless you like cleaning it alot, but for inks and watercolors, the XF can't be beat.

One more thing.... parts for a 150 are easy to find, and really are not expensive when compaired to replacement parts on some other air brushes.

Good luck, and post some photos of your work

nop it wasnt used, i got it for 80$ can brand new with the 2 bottles, air hose, and a few other things lol

yeah, thats what i heard about badger, the parts are realy easy to find one extra thing i liek about it:)

Frank