Airbrush basics: Master G233 airbrush cleaning and assembly, plus my setup! 

Ahh, thank you!! I'm so glad to know it was what somebody needed! Sometimes when I make videos like this I'm not entirely sure how helpful they'll be, so that made me feel much better.

Lomi's Playground, don’t worry. This was very helpful! I just got the airbrush and saw needles and plastic containers, I was befuddled on how to take it apart! Now I know, and I feel like a pro!

I've had the same problem as you, this brush seems close to mine so i thin this video will help me too

I'm glad you found it helpful!

Oh gosh, that sounds like me XD I called a friend with more experience, freaking out and going "I BROKE IT ON THE FIRST DAY!" She had a good laugh at me. I'm glad the video helped!

Glad it was useful to you!

Pro tip: you can watch movies on flixzone. Me and my gf have been using them for watching lots of of movies lately.

@Branson Ford Yup, have been watching on flixzone for years myself :)

So glad it helped!

Glad it was helpful!

Huh, I wonder if it varies by brand? The white teflon tape I got was stocked directly next to the air compressors to be used with them!

@@LomisPlayground Pink, Yellow, Green, and White tapes are color coded by density... hence their different application. Pink is for higher presser water lines, white for domestic water lines ie: shower, sink etc. Green is for oxygen and medical gases. Many lay people, including craft store staff, may not know that they are disseminating misinformation. If this happened in a hardware store...for shame ! :~)

@@VA7ACG That's good information. Thanks for sharing! We got it from the compressor section at Home Depot, but I suppose the expertise of the staff there is hard to gauge... :s

@@LomisPlayground Home 'despot' often draws a facepalm from me. On a brighter note, I just last week put the airbrush to work on a 40 year old pinball play-field that was in need of some TLC. It worked very well and thanks to a product called "Frisket" the result was great. Not bad for an amateur! Lomi, I also thank you so much for this video that helped in so many ways to ensure I had a clue on cleaning and care of the Master airbrush.

They're pretty great for basics and mine definitely earned itself with all the projects I completed with it. I do feel I've outgrown the Master airbrushes now though so I'll be upgrading to an Iwata soon. :)

Nobody: Darth Vader talkings to the prosthetics guy after the recovery of lava time: I am impressed with your mechanical knowledge.

Oh yeah, the big compressor is way more than anyone would ever need for this. But since we already had it and I have the separate regulator and a regulator on the tank itself, it makes sense to use it... Plus, it has the great benefit of being able to fill up the tank and then get an hour or two of airbrushing work done after kids are in bed. I am sure my neighbors also appreciate me not running a compressor in the small hours of the morning!

Thank you :)

I've been using Badger's Regdab Needle Juice. It doesn't seem to gather as much dust as other options I've used.

Oh yeah, they're pretty pricey... Ironically, a week after filming this, mine broke -_- So I'll be getting a replacement soon. I hope.

Full disassembly isn't usually necessary--most of the time, I just run clean water or airbrush cleaner through after I'm done using it and then remove the needle so it can dry completely inside. I only do a full disassembly and cleaning like this every few months. Of course, if you're using your airbrush every day instead of just on weekends like me, you'd need to clean more often. And if any problems pop up along the way, cleaning never hurts!

@@LomisPlayground Thank you now I just have to wait to get the new nozzle . Subscribe .

Mine does occasionally get stuck--since the edges of the lid are ridged, I usually grab it with a silicone potholder to improve my grip and pry until it eventually pops off. If the vent hole on top of the lid gets clogged with paint, it can create a bit of a vacuum too which makes it really hard to remove, so I keep a sewing pin handy to poke through and make sure it's not suctioned on.

I got a bottle of Badger Regdab airbrush lubricant a couple years back, it works well, was cheap, and you pretty much only ever need one bottle :) It lasts forever.

I'm pretty sure my husband can reassemble a rifle a lot faster than I can reassemble an airbrush, though XD But yeah, I wish I'd known how to clean and maintenance mine before I got it! It was a bumpy learning process.

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching!

Blowback in the paint cup usually means a blockage in the nozzle, but it can also mean a seal isn't tight enough or the needle isn't pushed all the way in. It's hard to diagnose the issue without seeing it myself in person, but I'd take the nozzle apart and check carefully for blockages--it's okay to clean the metal parts of the nozzle with acetone if you don't see anything but suspect a blockage, just don't get it on the rubber gaskets or they'll turn brittle :)

I haven't used a whole lot of airbrushes so I can't speak from a standpoint of a ton of experience, but I found it to be an excellent brush for the price. No airbrush is necessarily beginner-friendly just because there are so many parts and so many things can go wrong, but this one was my first and once I figured out the correct ratio for thinning paints to work with each needle the brush came with, I never had difficulty doing anything except super-fine detail work... which is probably more my lack of finesse than anything. A friend with a lot more experience was the one who recommended this brush to me, and I'm sure she wouldn't have told me to buy it if it wasn't going to be a good option, you know? That aside, though, you're totally correct that a 0.5 needle both handles thicker paints better and gives broader spray patterns, so that makes it ideal for laying down large amounts of color. If you're curious, you can see me using this airbrush on a project in the first half of this video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-A2sWiADP5Oc.html Since I was using acrylics, it took longer to get coverage than you'd have with lacquer or enamel paints, and I also was using the 0.3mm needle so it wasn't as broad a spray pattern as you'd get with the 0.5, but it's a good start. :)

@@LomisPlayground Thanks a bunch,I ordered the G233 from Amazon and it arrived today and plan on using it on a new body tomorrow. I saved this video to my favorites to help me along the way. I appreciate the info and this video. Cheers

Since this is a gravity feed brush, the paint goes in the cylindrical cup on the top ^^ Just make sure the paint is thin enough!

I figured it out

I'm glad you like it! My musician brother actually composed it exclusively for my videos. He titled the track "Distant" but I don't think he has it on Soundcloud since he made it specifically for me.

Can I have a copy of it I'd love to paint to it it's so relaxing

Haha, I'm for it! I'm sometimes jealous of ladies with pretty nails and such, but overall I'd much rather have scraped up fingers and lots of creative fun.

Easy and simple instruction..very helpful

That depends on how well you clean it after you use it. I run water and a bit of cleaner through my airbrush after every use, before the paint dries.Then I remove the needle to prevent it from rusting as it dries. I only have to do a full disassembly like this a few times each year, as long as no paint gets dried inside my brush. Everyone's needs will be different. If it's not performing well, it's a good idea to give it a good cleaning. :)

Lomi's Playground the cover of my airbrush fell down the drain . Any things I could use as substitutes to cover the top ?

Haha XD They really aren't that bad. You usually won't have them this disassembled. Most of the time just cleaning the needle and nozzle and running cleaner through it is enough to keep it ship-shape :)