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2016/01/27 15:40:13
Subject: Newb Question - Preset Handle on Airbrush a must?
I don't think I'd say it's a must. It's not needed for priming and basecoats, but it is a good help if you want to get consistent results if you're using the brush to do details on several minis in a row.
2016/01/27 17:37:22
Subject: Newb Question - Preset Handle on Airbrush a must?
It's not a must at all. It's a crutch for beginners, really -- to ensure that you don't yank it all the way back and have too much paint come out. I have a preset handle on every airbrush now other than my HP-CS, and I don't use any of them
While a nice tool for beginners (or if you're airbrushing tons of stuff with thinned paint that will never clog and fatigue is an issue), It's very annoying for people who are more experienced, because you are used to pulling the trigger the right amount anyhow, and with the preset handle, it's harder to clear any minor clogging -- the way you normally do this is to depress the trigger and pull the nut through the cutaway handle, which opens up the amount of paint that is let through more than is normally possible. But that doesn't work if the preset handle is set. When you unscrew the preset handle to unclog the paint -- you lose your preset position.
There is a very cool multifunction preset handle on Amazon.com for Iwata airbrushes. It allows you to do a preset thing, and also eject the needle for cleaning, without messing with your preset. And, it has a storage space on the back (a thread) for the crown when you take it off. About $20.
However, I don't use it, because it ejects the needle back, and I prefer to remove the needle forwards, to prevent paint from going into the back of the airbrush (which is much harder to clean).
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2016/01/27 19:29:00
Subject: Newb Question - Preset Handle on Airbrush a must?
I don't know why they put them on more expensive brushes, no one that buys those brushes uses them.
I have the cs too, my first brush and i love it. Robust add hell, versatile. Great brush, you won't be disappointed.
Practice on paper doing lines and dots and dotted lines and such - when you get a better feel for it, put paint to model. When you inevitably run in to problems, ask. Collectively I'd say we've had every possible problem you can have with that exact brush.
2016/01/27 19:32:59
Subject: Newb Question - Preset Handle on Airbrush a must?
There is a very cool multifunction preset handle on Amazon.com for Iwata airbrushes. It allows you to do a preset thing, and also eject the needle for cleaning, without messing with your preset. And, it has a storage space on the back (a thread) for the crown when you take it off. About $20.
The H&S Infinity has one that will save your last setting, allowing you to disable the stop and being able to return to it. You can also get this as an upgrade for the Evo, although I don't think there's a cutaway on that part like with the Infinity.
Personally I've found the stop to be of limited use so far due to clogging, although this might change once I get more experienced with thinning etc.
I don't think I'd say it's worth bothering with unless you have one of the fancy ones mentioned above. Just seems like too much of a hassle.
2016/01/27 20:23:00
Subject: Newb Question - Preset Handle on Airbrush a must?
You can set it to 50% and it stops you from pulling the trigger back past that point. I can understand the logic if you're spaying ink on canvas, but not for us
2016/01/28 06:26:31
Subject: Newb Question - Preset Handle on Airbrush a must?
You will probably learn how much paint is sprayed relative to how far you are pulling back before you figure out where to set the stop for desired amount of spray.
Assuming that you drive a car, compare it to the accelerator. It's all muscle memory and feedback from the vehicle that you rely on and not preset stops.
Excellent brush btw. Good medium sized needle/nozzle that is forgiving for paint thinned to different levels. Although I use an ultra-sonic jewellery cleaner for mine, I would suggest you watch Next Level Paintings vid on cleaning. In this vid, Kenny breaks down and re-assembles the same model.
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2016/01/29 00:07:44
Subject: Newb Question - Preset Handle on Airbrush a must?
Have several airbrushes, used for many years, never really needed them.
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2016/01/29 00:59:57
Subject: Newb Question - Preset Handle on Airbrush a must?
