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I have always used the bottle style. But after attending the big meet in Milwuakee and seeing a cup model in action on a horizontal panel, I want one of those too.
The cup model is great for horizontal and detail work when you're using just a little paint and where the bottle could get in the way. When I'm shooting alot of different colors I like to have them all ready and be able to change bottles quickly.
------------------ Dave Sherby "Sandman" SherWood Sign & Graphic Design Crystal Falls, MI 49920 906-875-6201 ICQ: 21604027 sherwood@up.net
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Bottle style for Createx paints-- they have a little adapter that replaces the bottle cap and friction-fits into the airbrush. Cup style for one-shot enamels. I don't do a lot of airbrushing, mostly just fades on letters or adding highlights and lowlights to letters to get a rounded look. Mural-type work I am not good at, so I stay away from that.
------------------ Bill Preston Fly Creek, N.Y. USA wpreston2@stny.rr.com
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Tower and Iwata top and side loaders, Iwata RG2 top pot, Paasche side/bottle loader.
------------------ St.Marie Graphics & Makin' Tracks Sound Studio Kalispell, Montana stmariegraphics@centurytel.net http://www.stmariegraphics.com 800 735-8026 We're chiseling every day of the week! :^)
I can plug in a 1/4oz color cup which I use most of the time, and have a few extras like Stephen that I just drop into solvent and grab a new one for new color..
Or I can plug in a larger 3 or 4 oz jar..
I also have a Detail HVLP gun that not only has a gravity feed cup on top, but it also has an attachment for side-mounting "airbrush jars".. it's way cool!
------------------ Mike Pipes Digital Illusion Custom Graphics Lake Havasu City, AZ http://www.stickerpimp.com
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i use bottom feed airbrushes paasche ,eclipse and strip off the screw cap fitting that comes as standard ,leaving the suction hose only I then mix whatever I want to spray in 35mm film tubs (ask for them at your local film developers)-white are good ,you can see through them to judge mix ratios. I then have developed a way to hold these containers between two fingers taking care to keep them upright any paint /ink etc left you want to keep use the cap Ive used these containers for my lettering enamel -just drill a hole in a pallete similar diameter and push in Ive used these for over 25years and they've cost nothing Now thats a bargain !
------------------ Terry Bull Sign & Custom 12 Cresthill Avenue Grays Essex RM17 5UJ England http://www.wagonsforwalls.co.uk http://www.signandcustom.co.uk
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