Airbrushing kits can get extremely expensive and it is recommended that you do your homework and make some choices prior to you making any purchase.
This way, when you are ready to purchase you really feel comfortable in knowing that the airbrushing kit you're buying really fits your specific needs and price range.
Initially, you have to choose, what you are likely to use the airbrush for? The airbrush was limited previously to simply Artists and Illustrators however, now the airbrush is being utilized for numerous uses, airbrush cake decorating, airbrush T-shirt art, model building, temporary airbrush tattoos, airbrush makeup, spray tanning, motorcycle and automotive custom airbrush painting just to mention a few.
In many of these areas it is all about the details...
particularly how detailed do you wish to be? If you are intending to use the airbrush for Illustrations or fine detail as an example you will need to acquire one which has a smaller sized tip (.
18mm).
Or if you are planning to use the airbrush for spraying on a tattoo design by way of a stencil clearly you will not need one with fine detail.
(.
5mm) An excellent standard propose spray tip size is around (.
3mm) Next, what sort of medium or paint you may be utilizing and exactly how much of it are you spraying? Some airbrushes include a number of spray tip sizes that not only allows for detail versatility but in addition the thickness or viscosity of your paint that may be sprayed.
If you are considering doing some big surface area painting like Spray tanning or T-shirt work a Siphon feed airbrush is recommended.
It enables you to use larger quantities of paint without needing to refill and gives you the capability to easily switch to another color.