ELIMINATE AIRBRUSH spitting with this ESSENTIAL TIP!

[@Dude_Slick]

And in those instances when you do stop the air, don't have it pointing at the work when starting the air back up.

[@theartworkshop]

100%!!

[@PleasureRyland]

I’m so grateful for your in depth airbrush videos🙏 Thank you!

[@theartworkshop]

WOW!! This is sooo generous of you Ryland!!! Thank you so very much. I'll make sure to thank you personally at the end of this week's video.

[@overthehillsandfaraway7411]

That is really cool of you, man!

[@alexrc7333]

All these years and I could not figure it out, thanks for the great advice!

[@ZRFehr]

60 seconds in and you already blew my mind with such a simple little thing I was doing while testing some primer in my airbrush for the first time. Kept spitting primer and figured I was doing something wrong, but had no idea what. Thank you!

[@theartworkshop]

so happy to hear it. Best of luck to you in your paintings!

[@jonathanbyrd12]

Oh my gosh again, you are a genius. Actually, that's probably the exact technique that you're supposed to do and is probably the whole point of the dual action is so that you can hold it down and have constant air going and us amateurs always just let go of the button every time. At least I have every single time and then when I try to do little things like that it spurts I never thought just hold airbrush button that air button down duh. That's so smart and can't believe a nurse out of that before

[@theartworkshop]

glad this helped!!

[@markwakeley3835]

Very good instructions. I've only been painting a little over a year and it's good to be reminded of the basics until I do them automatically. Thanks

[@theartworkshop]

happy to hear it. Keep on painting Mark!!

[@MoMarinePrepper]

Excellent ! Thank you SO much, am just starting out and was wondering what I was doing wrong. Thx again!

[@claudearmour5041]

Thank you for the video. I'm new to airbrushing I think that's exactly what I was doing starting with some primer

[@alvinbennett6043]

Finally, this issue has plagued me for a long time. Thanks

[@theartworkshop]

happy to hear it helps!

[@briansmith6862]

I have almost the opposite problem, but only with my Eclipse. I get a dot of paint spray out when I shut off the air! At first, I thought I had spotted a nick in the needle tip where the paint might collect. And was having trouble with the nozzle getting stuck in the air cap. So I replaced both the nozzle and the air cap, but the problem remains. On closer inspection, that nick on the first needle was just a tiny piece of paint that I had not managed to clean off. So, I'm still none the wiser.

[@theartworkshop]

My guess is that your trigger spring is not tight enough. At the end of this video I showed how I tighten it on this airbrush, but it's the same with the eclipse. Try tightening it down all the way and then set your needle again. The trigger will feel much heavier, but it should give you a better seal between the needle and nozzle. Let me know if this fixes it.

[@duanemarshall9486]

I find that when I have a brush doing what you're describing its usually due to a dirty brush. The channel between the cup and nozzle also needs to be clean. Also caused by too low of pressure and or too thick of paint. Leaking air also doesn't help especially around the nozzle cap.

[@briansmith6862]

@duanemarshall9486 Thank you, both. I double-check these and report back.

[@theartworkshop]

This is great advice. I second this! @@duanemarshall9486

[@alexrc7333]

@@duanemarshall9486 Is that a Sotar sticker at the end of the comment?

[@netot5330]

From my experience I noticed that this only happens with my Greos PS-771 airbrush. But with Takumi Micron everything is clean. Do you agree?

[@Gruffalo-w8i]

Hey Mark. Is there any chance of you reviewing the CM CP? i have a Micron Takumi and a CM B but the CM CP has always been my dream brush I've just never picked one up. Would be great to see you review one

[@theartworkshop]

that's probably an airbrush that I'm not going to buy anytime soon. I'm sure it's amazing but I already have 2 microns and they are so expensive. Someday though I will def pick it up!

[@captnwinkle]

OMG thank you!!! I totally forgot the first press is just air and O was going NUTS!! Specially now that I was using the spray for highlights in miniatures instead of vehicles so it was pretty hard. Thanks!!!

[@michaelthompson1185]

Is it bad to mix illustration, white with a illustration, cobalt blue. Or a cerulean blue to get a lighter blue when I’m doing irises. Or should I just experiment with all the illustration colors and get funky other colors!!!🎣🎣🎣

[@theartworkshop]

Mixing white and blue is a great thing. It will give you a lighter value of that blue. The way I usually do it is by just using the blue and lightly spraying it so that the white gesso shows through getting a similar effect. Either way is fine and is all up to you!! and yeah, mixing crazy color is the best way to learn man. Always experiment with new techniques and mixes- I'm doing that every day

[@danyechry]

thanks for all your videos! Could you make a video because, even with a new airbrush, when I press the button without pulling back the lever, water or sometimes oil comes out? I thought it was the old airbrush, so I bought a new Micron and also a very good compressor, but maybe I'm wrong about the compressor's bar pressure?

[@theartworkshop]

It sounds like a moisture problem with the compressor- very common in humid environments. Moisture filters are the way to go! I made a video on them a few months ago- kzbin.info/www/bejne/e2mZmmuQma2ilbc I usually spray at 20-30 psi depending on the paint. Hope this helps!

[@danyechry]

thanks you so much ! @@theartworkshop

[@danyechry]

Do you also have a video on preparing the surface of the motorcycle helmet/tank? thanks so much :)

[@theartworkshop]

I don't- sorry about that! I usually only paint on canvas, panel, & paper.@@danyechry

[@danyechry]

thanks for the reply :) @@theartworkshop

[@vinoi12]

Very helpful! thank you!

[@WaynesWorldStudioVancouver]

Very good point!

[@JohnVanderbeck]

But shouldn't this just automatically happen with a single action brush? I use the trigger style because these dual action ones like shown really hurt my old hand. But with the single action trigger I have, the first bits of the trigger pull put on the air, then from there progressively farther pulls pull the needle back. So it would seem to me like it is in fact impossible for me to do anything other than what it said in the video. The air will always be on before the needle is pulled back and the needle will always be forward before the air cuts off. Yet I have this problem. Maybe I need to be slower about my actions, as well as just never letting the air stop and start which I'm definitely guilty of.

[@mikeparish3469]

I was thought if you let off the air. It blows up.

[@theartworkshop]

only if the speed goes below 50mph!

[@magcolor]

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