Siphon Feed Airbrush
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A siphon feed airbrush sucks paint up through a tube, then sprays it.
The Good
Paint bottles allow large amounts of paint to be sprayed
Various
bottles, and even open air cups, attach to the airbrush's color stem.
Bottle sizes range from 1 oz up to 4 oz.
Quick color changes
- Pull off bottle of paint.
- Attach bottle of cleaning solution
- Spray until clear
- Remove bottle of cleaning solution
- Spray until dry
- Attach
next color
Usually less expensive than gravity or side-feed airbrushes
A
siphon feed airbrush usually comes with at least one bottle.
But
you will probably need to purchase a few extra bottles to get the full
benefits of having one bottle per color.
The Bad
Cleaning a paint bottle sucks
Cleaning lots of paint bottles sucks even more
Everybody
hates cleaning their equipment--but cleaning 5-50 bottles does not
sound like fun to me. Just my opinion.
Of course, a paint bottle cleaning tip, might allow you to avoid most of these headaches...
Of course, a paint bottle cleaning tip, might allow you to avoid most of these headaches...
Requires a minimum amount of paint to work
Have you ever
tried to suck up the last bit of milk shake goodness from
the bottom of a cup through a straw? If you have, then you
know what I'm talking
about.
There's that last bit you can never quite get to. It makes it half way up the straw but you're also sucking air at the same time. There's always some left over.
There's that last bit you can never quite get to. It makes it half way up the straw but you're also sucking air at the same time. There's always some left over.
Requires more air pressure to pull the paint out of the bottle
There's
really only two times this becomes a problem.
-
When you're trying to do fine details.
More Pressure = More Over Spray = Less Focused Lines
-
When you have a small or limited air source.
Airbrush compressors tend to be a little underpowered (silence is expensive) so an airbrush that uses more pressure isn't necessarily a good thing.
Some accessories that attach to the air stem might not fit depending on which bottle size you use
Actually,
I didn't have a combination of bottles and accessories which would
truly doom everything...but the possibility is there.
The Guru's Opinion
Siphon feed airbrushes are excellent for large, multi-gun setups and for people who spray large amounts of stock or premixed colors.People who looooove siphon feed airbrushes.
- Spray
tanners
- T-shirt artists
- Temporary tattoo artists
- Any wanting a multi-gun setup
