Badger Renegade Krome Dual Action?

[peej]

Hi All,

Has anyone used this airbrush before? Its dual action, however as soon as I push down for air, paint also flows. It's my first airbrush and I'm only just starting but from what I read that's not right?

As I understood it, pushing down should start the airflow and pulling back should introduce varying amounts of paint?

Is this faulty? Have I misunderstood? or have I set it up wrong?

Cheers xx

EDIT - Ignore me, fixed it!

 

[Webmonkey]

Your assessment is correct. The down push should start air,.. and the back-pull should supply paint. My guess is that some of the parts need tightened (probably the nozzle). Or you have some other settings that need to be adjusted.

 

[moetle]

Sounds like the needle isn't pushed forward all the way forward. Make sure it is snug against the nozzle before you tighten it down. When they come out of the box the needle isn't all the way forward to prevent damage from shipping.

 

[peej]

Sounds like the needle isn't pushed forward all the way forward. Make sure it is snug against the nozzle before you tighten it down. When they come out of the box the needle isn't all the way forward to prevent damage from shipping.

This was indeed the issue, I managed to work that out and fix it all by myself, bless my cotton socks.

As a 'beginner', this was my assessment and how I fixed it (in case any other beginners run into this issue and need to fix it);

The 'nut thingy' on the left of the 'oval hole bit' at the back of the shaft controls the triggers grip on the pin.

I had to loosen it so that the pin wasn't affected by the trigger, then pull the trigger back, then tighten the nut thingy and release it to push the pin forwards so that it sat snug inside the nozzle. I then had to repeat the 'loosening nut, adjusting pin/trigger placement' thing until the trigger had tension on it for the full 'forward/release' movement so that I had the maximum 'range' of control on the trigger.

 

[Splurch]

You shouldn't have to lock the nut in place on the needle when holding the trigger back. What should happen is that you loosen the nut, slide the needle in fully forward and then tighten the nut, all while the trigger is in its natural forward position. If the needle doesn't slide fully forward without pressure it could be a few things. First, there are 4 things you need to clean to try to fix it. Pull the needle out, put some windex (or whatever airbrush cleaner you are using) on a paper towel and clean the needle, be very careful of the needle head as it can be bent easily. The last 3 things are all part of the front assembly of the airbrush. Make sure to remove the needle before unscrewing anything as you can bend the needle while working on this area. You can unscrew 2 pieces from the front, the spray regulator is the most forward bit that unscrews (not sure what the other one that unscrews is called, but it is the part that screws in between the airbrush and the spray regulator.) The tip is there when these two pieces have been unscrewed and will fall right out unless paint has dried and is holding it int. The tip is a likely culprit as it can stop the needle from sliding forward if it has dried paint inside. Also, when you have the front assembly completely removed you can look in the hole there into the paint reservoir and see if it is obstructed.

If your brush came with two sets of needles/tips/regulators, make sure you are using the correct tip/regulator for the needle. While a regulator and tip set are very similar and might "fit" with either needle having the wrong needle for the set may cause the problem you have described.