I've looked at airbrushes many times and stood there contemplating if I should take the plunge and get one to try it, but I've always decided not to.
Today I went out with a friend to look for some display options for our vendor table on Satrday. One of our stops was at a thrift store, where I found this!
An airbrush for $10... seriously??
Cautiously (and skeptically), I opened the box. Surely it was used, maybe even missing pieces... still, for $10 maybe it was worth getting as an experimental tool.
After removing the instruction book, warranty card, and parts catalog, I saw this:
It is apparently brand new.
My friend even pulled out one of the tubes and she pointed out that the parts inside are still packed in cotton.
I closed the box and only then noticed that it is a Paasche. I've heard of them. So as an added bonus, it wasn't an off brand, "Bob's Airbrush" or something, haha.
Okay, SOLD!
Even better news: It has the instruction book, "for beginners" Yep, that's totally me; I've never airbrushed anything in my life.
Whee, I'm excited! We even have a small compressor already that we use with the laser...
I'm pretty sure I remember Jeff's dad saying that a dual action airbrush is better. This one is a single action. However, for $10 I now have a brand new airbrush to experiment with and see if I'll like spraying things or not. ;)
Looks like a single action airbrush. My first real airbrush was/is a Paasche single action. I loved working with it. I did all kinds of terrible things with it - some even turned out pretty keen and went on to be show horses. I discovered through trial and error that it is a very forgiving airbrush that will allow for a generous and fun learning curve. I know you will have a great time and for ten bucks you got one heckuva good deal! Congrats!
ReplyDeleteThat's awesome, thanks so much for letting me know that this is in fact a good one to start with! The only thing I'm lacking now is a good place to try it out, but I should be able to set something up pretty soon. ;)
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