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Hello guys,

I was hoping that I could add another regulator to my new compressor. The only real goal was to have a regulator that had increments of 10 instead of 30. I thought this setup would work, but I was wrong. Anyone have any experience doing something like this? Basically I tried to run the hose straight to the regulator I took off of my old hobby compressor, then a new hose from that to the airbrush.

Any advice, or am I wasting my time? If you click on the images, it flips them the correct way and you can zoom in, not sure why the won't flip correctly in the post, sorry.

Not sure why that wouldn't work. I use a similar setup because the regulator on my compressor isn't precise enough when airbrushing. I set the compressor regulator to about 25-30 PSI, and a second one in between the compressor hose and the airbrush line down to the working pressure of 15-20.

However, there's no bleed on the second regulator, which might be your problem. That could be causing some weirdness in the hose between the two regulators.

Just a guess, anyway. Other than that, I can't figure out the difference between my working setup and the one you said didn't work for you.

As long as the first regulator is set to a high enough pressure that the hose stays pressurised and thus the second regulator can function properly I don't see why it wouldn't work.

Okay, good to know i'm not crazy.

I think the issue is that I had the regulator at the tank set too high for the hobby compressor to handle. I think if I turn that down (not sure what it was set at), I should be good to go.

I have a simple regulator about the size of a pen cap that attaches between my hose and airbrush has a little wheel that allows me to dial the air back in the smallest increments you could want, came with a 30$ "Master" brand airbrush I purchased on eBay , sprays better than any of my expensive paache or badger brushes http://m.ebay.com/itm/PRO-Dual-Action-Gravity-Feed-AIRBRUSH-KIT-SET-w-3-TIPS-Hobby-Cake-Nail-Art-Paint-/200837361851?txnId=1468408021010