Which airbrush

[Mr_B]

Can someone suggest a cheap airbrush that can handle automotive solvent paint ? Have some small bits and bobs need painting and fancy giving it a go myself as well as trying touching in a few marks on my daily drivers bumper.
Thanks

[Eric Mc]

How cheap?

What types of "bits and bobs"?

[Mr_B]

I have a few one inch scuffs on the bottom of the bumpers and side skirts that I'm willing to just experiment with as the car is a cheap daily driver , but other wise quite clean.
I have a few small brackets and engine bay small parts no more than a few inches in size and all of the car ( its a bare shell restoration ) and it seemed like the ideal thing for combining the two jobs as 1, I have a small airbrush compressor I was given. 2, even the smallest automotive touch up gun seems too big.
I'm open on price, just wanted to ensure one was solvent friendly as I don't think all are ?
Thanks

[CanAm]

Many years ago I used a siphon feed Humbrol airbrush with cellulose paint for just such a job. Halfords sell similar cheap and cheerful Badger airbrushes, but you may be able to do a decent job with rattle cans.

[Eric Mc]

I think Halfords spray cans are probably the best answer.

[steveo3002]

ebay £10 mini gun is more what you need , can be turned down enough to do very localised repairs but handles automotive paint with no problems

[JohnD63]

Any gravity feed airbrush should suffice. You can get away with something like this or smaller http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/0-3mm-DUAL-ACTION-7cc-AI...
Over time the solvents will eat away at the o rings (Could be months or years, depending on the usage)but they are easily replaced. I use solvent all the time with my airbrushes and it's taken years before the o rings have deteriorated.

[Mr_B]

Both the above sound worth a go at that money. Many thanks.

[jamieduff1981]

I'll suggest that you probably want a bigger nozzle than 0.3mm for automotive paint.

You're going to need to thin automotive paint further than usual to get it through any sort of modelling sized airbrush but you will want at least a 0.7mm nozzle to get any sort of flow through it with paint that will actually adhere to the metal.

For automotive repairs, it's quite hard to feather in. Bodyshops often flat the entire panel, feather in the base (colour) coat then relacquer the whole panel. At any rate you're going to need a machine polisher but there really is limited damage you can do on an old car like you describe.

Have fun

[JohnD63]

Stick with the .3mm Airbrush. You won't have any problems spraying with that size needle. I've sprayed autos with a .15mm without any problems. You just have to understand how to dial in the correct paint to reducer ratio. I use an Iwata Eclipse with a .35mm needle everyday to spray the detailing on Lamborghinis, it's a useful tool to have.