First Airbrush Book was a complex document full of woodcuts depicting every aspect of its use, giving detailed technique instructions on to how to achieve the best results. One of the books is “LW MFG Co booklet” from 1884. Enjoy reading it! :)
DIY: Fixing Airbrush Nozzle Seal
Once I’ve had airbrush “Aurita 2.0” which worked just fine for me at the time.
I’ve been using mostly acrylic paints and used to clean the airbrush with alcohol. Once, when I performed a deep cleaning I got a bit frightened as the trigger wouldn’t come back to its default position. I remember I spent big time getting that trigger working but unfortunately in the mean time paint dried out somewhere on the needle. The pressure was so week I could not do anything with the airbrush. I’ve tried to clean it with alcohol however it didn’t help so I used white spirit. That was the moment when seal under the nozzle just melted. And the reason? – made in China :). After some thinking I’ve decided to fix it myself. Below are some instructions on how to replace the seal under the airbrush nozzle .
Walkup: Airbrush Evolution and Business
Peeler’s design still needed considerable development to make it a viable business proposition. Charles Burdick and Liberty Walkup were willing to invest in the idea and paid $700 dollars for the initial design followed by another $150 for two updated prototypes.
Who Invented Airbrush?
This is my first blog post and I have no clue how to start but my first idea was to find something about the history of airbrush and post it here. When I started my search (to my surprise) I’ve found lots of websites about history of airbrush oriented only to history of airbrush. Thanks … Read more