Here we have a half horse power compressor that runs very
quite made by Silent Air for the airbrushing market. This size
compressor will do limited T Shirt production, provides the
PSI required for using textile colors. It will not provide enough
air for base coating or clear coating but would work great
to the art work. Silent Air makes larger models which will
Finally we have the type of compressor you buy at Home
provide enough air for base coating/clear coating.
Depot, Lowes or Sears. These will work fine as long as you
have a regulator and filter attached. The draw back is they
are noisy and before you purchase one ask to hear it run so
you know just how noisy they are. One good point is with a big
air storage tank as pictured the compressor should not run
often when using it for most airbrush applications.
Airbrush Paint
Here is a brief run down on the different types of paints most
commonly used in an airbrush. Most of the following can be
purchased in most art stores, craft shops.
As you begin to learn “How To” airbrush its best to use a
paint made specifically for airbrushing. A few good ones are
DR PH Martins, Golden Airbrush Colors. The pigments in
these colors are ground finer than those in craft paints al-
lowing for easy use in an airbrush. Craft, textile paints are
fine to use after you learn the basics but when first learn-
ing to airbrush using an airbrush ready paint like Golden
Pictured above is the Great White airbrush compressor
Airbrush Colors will make the learning process much more
which I personally used for years in my mall T Shirt shop. It
enjoyable believe me.
will run two to three airbrushes at the same time using tex-
Most of these paints fall into two categories either Transpar-
tile colors with very little problem. These type compressors
ent or Opaque. For learning purposes it really does not mat-
use’s a refrigerator type compressor and are very quite.
ter which you use; the best color to start out with is Black as
it’s very unforgiving.
“The Great White is perfect for studio use or for production
T-shirt and textile artists, and is powerful enough to drive
Opaque - is defined as “not transmitting light” or “impenetra-
small spray guns. It features superior moisture separation.
ble to sight “. In simple terms spraying an opaque color other
A fan blows air across the head of the 5/8 hp motor, a
another color the second color applied will cover the first
radiator cools the air before it reaches the coalescent filter,
color, not blend well. Opaque colors generally have more pig-
and a large capacity 4-gallon air tank sits at the top of the
ments in them than transparent colors making them more
unit, allowing moisture to drop out of the line before reach-
likely to clog up your airbrush and dry on the tip of the nee-
ing the tank.”
dle.
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