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Old 04-24-2008   #1 (permalink)
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I can ready pretty well, lol, so I know what differences there are between say, grex and paa...can't spell worth a darn though, but i can't find anything telling me the pros/cons of bottom or top feed...gravity or siefen (sp). anyone? I want to paint my model cars, do some painting on wood and also paint my gfrc panels. thanks!!! 8-)
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welcome to airbrush technique


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I can ready pretty well, lol, so I know what differences there are between say, grex and paa...can't spell worth a darn though, but i can't find anything telling me the pros/cons of bottom or top feed...gravity or siefen (sp). anyone? I want to paint my model cars, do some painting on wood and also paint my gfrc panels. thanks!!! 8-)
Hi there,,,
hmm,,,a short version a bottom feed ab need more psi to be able to operate (passche vl does),it can be a good ab to use if you gonna spray large areas because you have a jar below that you can fill up with quit alot of paint.and this means that if you gonna spray small areas you have to mix at least half of a jar to be able to spray so there's lot of wasted paint(they who use them usually have several jars with colors so they make a quick change of color)

(top feed)
a gravity feed is a more versitile gun in my opinion you can spray wide areas and small,,and you can only add a drop or two of paint in the color cup
and spray=minimum waste of paint,,,it dosen't need high psi (airpressure )either to operate.very easy/fast to clean between color changes.


haven't used side feed ab's so can tell how they work,
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aw man!

By the title "gun queston" I first thought you were askin an off topic about whether to go benelli or remengton (benelli of course).

Anywho, welcome to the forum!

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Thanks!!! and yeah, OT but Heck, why not an hK

I want to paint my rockwork. I use acid stains a lot for things like large zoo exhbits and such but form smaller peices like microwave sized lizard cages i thought an airbrush would work better so my painting area is around 12"x12" or so. would i have to refill a top feed a lot if I'm doing large areas? also, do the bottom feeds fall off a lot? seems that everyones holding them on...Grex has one that screws on but it's a bit even at my wholesale price, out of my "first gun" price.
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Paasche makes a nice VLS model with a screw on bottle holder. This takes the "bottle falling off" Problem out of the equation.

Here's a link. Check out the VLS and the VLSTPRO.
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awesome!!! Thanks a ton everyone!!!
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