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Squire
 
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Any recomendations on low price Airbrush kits for use with Makeup.. ?
Preferabally ones that dont require a generator ;o)
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Knight
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| Just about any airbrush will use various power supplies, you can get a compressor if you want to spend the cash, or specially made aerosol cans of "air" are a cheaper option in the short term. You can also power them using a car's spare tyre - but you will have to keep pumping it up, and the pressure is not constant. Also, it depends what kind of work you want to do. You can get an airbrush for about a tenner. This will be a very simple affair, with an "on/off" type of switch. You won't be able to vary the amount of paint it sprays very easily, so they're not really good for fine or subtle work. You can end up spending a hundred pounds or so, but the kind of brush you'd get for that will be quite versatile, and have spare bits included. One thing you must remember is that you will need to lower the pressure that the brush works at, or the paint particles might penetrate the skin (or so I have heard). In the end, the best thing to do is get off to your local model or art supplies shop, the staff should be able to help you, assuming they're not like the ones where I live... Good luck!
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I use airbrushes and spray paint for a living, and I've used single and double-action ones, and pretty much every pressure source (except for the spare tyre mentioned above!).
Single vs double action - a single action brush only lets you control air pressure with the trigger. Some are just air on/off. You set the paint amount introduced into the spray separately, usually by a twist at the nozzle. Single action is cheaper, easier to learn and operate, but doesn't let you vary the paint amount mid-stroke. Unless you're doing something like tiger stripes in one pass, where you need to back off to widen the spray pattern AND up the paint flow simultaneously, you probably don't need the extra functionality.
Gravity feed gives more reliable paint feed than suction - less spitting and clogging of straws. The paint reservoir tends to be a little smaller though, and a bit more prone to spilling unless you have a decent lid on it.
The more consistent the airflow, the better the results will be. Propellant cans rapidly become an expensive way to provide air, lose pressure as they empty, and the only real advantage they can offer is portability. 'Airbrush' mini compressors with no tank provide are quite small, and fairly portable, but the lack of a receiver tank means the airflow 'pulses' with the compressor. Not ideal. For good results, you want a compressor with at least some air tank. For makeup application, the size of the tank and the power rating of the compressor is probably irrelevant.
As for manufacturers, Badger, Paasche, DeVilbiss and Aztek all make decent quality kit, provided you choose the right model for your needs. Aztek's is to my mind the best in terms of modern design, modular nozzles and reservoirs and ease of cleaning, but perhaps not as good as the best Paasche or DeVilbiss in terms of atomisation and spray - but unless you're also wanting the thing as an artist's airbrush, you'll almost certainly never notice. There are often some decent deals on eBay...
Hope this helps,
Tol
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Squire
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Thanks for the pointers folks ;o)
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I got myself a lovely airbrush from ebay for a whopping £19! Apparently it retails at £80 ish, so i feel it's a bargain.
works very well (or at least, 1000X better than the crappy "cheapy" one i bought before)
http://tny.se/2M1
should work.
If you can't beat your computer at chess, try kickboxing.
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