neatandhandy airbrush

[lhg033]

Hi,

 

Happy New Year to all!

 

Just on facebook and this popped up
https://www.neatandhandy.com/collections/hobby/products/premium-airbrush-for-hobbies-crafts

 

 

It's an intriguing idea. I dont have the space (nor I expect my wife had the tolerance) for a full airbrush setup but something like this might be good for priming.

 

Has anyone come across these before / have any experience to share?

[Brother Tyler]

The concern I have with this is that a compressor naturally creates mechanical vibration and that vibration might adversely affect one's ability to use such an airbrush for fine detail work. There are ways to reduce the amount of vibration, but those are bound to degrade over time, requiring the owner to replace parts. As long as those parts are accessible for maintenance and readily available for purchase, this might not be a huge issue (especially if, when performing at peak level, they reduce the amount of vibration to an acceptable level).

[thewarriorhunter]

Aside from what Brother Tyler mentioned I'd be concerned about the battery and working time. Is the battery a straight 'stop' or does the ability for the brush to function slowly degrade as the battery's power is consumed? That might cause clogs as the amount of air being forced through is reduced. Working time is also pretty short at 30 minutes. There are times when I want to knock out a large batch of models and I'm spraying for 1-2 hours. That would not be possible with this.

 

Other larger concern is this company seems to sell a lot of different things and only a single airbrush. It makes me wonder how well the product is made if they focus on a variety of random items and what kind of support are you going to get if something goes wrong.

 

Honestly a full airbrush setup is not much bigger than this. A 'traditional' setup is going to be the brush and compressor, and compressors don't have to be very large. Regardless of the solution you choose you still need some type of spray booth, cleaner, thinner, supplies, etc. I keep my compressor in the closet until I need it, same with all my other airbrush stuff.

[lhg033]

Thank you both - valid points.

 

I had thought about parts in terms of needles etc but hadn't considered more generally and certainly wasn't thinking in terms of increased wear etc from vibration or an all in one unit which is definitely a valid thought. 

 

I hadn't really considered the additional bulk in airbrushing outside of brush/compressor.

 

Still a bit tempted by it but this has made me pause and take a step back enough to actually consider the merits of it.

[NovemberIX]

The price is nice if you're without an airbrush, and I can see it being useful for priming and large batch painting, but that's seems like it'd be pretty unwieldy for long term and detailed work. I do like the large cups that are packaged along with it, which adds some versatility. I do wonder what sort of pressure it operates at.

 

All in all, while the foot print maybe be a quater smaller than my current set up (Iwata Neo/Ninja Compressor) I'd get it to supplement my set up instead of replacing it though.

[Firedrake Cordova]

A Sparmax DC-25i is £50, and is likely to be a better bet. :)

[Rik Lightstar]

My biggest issue with it is the limited working pressure of 8-9 psi, most people seem to run between 10 and 30 except when doing really fine detail work.

 

Rik

[Bung]

You have half an hour of working time which is rather useless when you include cleaning time.

Get a Fengda AS 186 its around 90€ new and will last for ages.

[sbarnby71]

I use the Spraycraft SP30KC for priming, nice small compressor (smaller than a lunchbox) and it does the job, costs about £90 in the UK, my only gripe is the paint cup is small, so I bought another single-action airbrush for bigger projects.

Edited January 13, 2021 by sbarnby71