New beginnings
Airbrush station
Now in the spirit of being a tight arse and saving the pennies for figures getting an airbrush was always going to be an expense but there are also savings to be made with a little recycling.
my compressor isn’t an iwata or something expensive branded it’s an eBay special £80 complete with reservoir and airbrush, it was a Christmas present from parents and sister. As for the spray booth it’s a recycled cooker hood for a mere £20 delivered to my door another eBay bargain. What I have done though is to provide a fan to stop the compressor overheating and destroying itself in use. My old man’s a compressor engineer and said cooling it would prolong its use, touch wood for years he’s been right.
if your only spraying non toxic water based acrylics like me there’s no need to get filters and extraction like a workplace and again it can be solved with a little DIY. I simply used an old fashioned sweet jar stuffed with graduated filter foam filters from off cuts of my aquarium. Nothing goes to waste and it’s simple to see if it’s working just place a black undercoated figure on the filter vent and if it discolours with the overspray the filter needs adjustment.. to date I’ve never needed anything other than replace one final fine filter pad, no problems, no smells, no overspray. I’ve been using this for years and have had no issues.
simply think outside the box and recycle whatever you can..
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