Changing Needle And Nozzle Sizes: What You Need To Know

Can you use a 0.2 needle with a 0.4 nozzle?
Find out in this video!

00:00 Intro
00:26 Mixing Or Matching Needle & Nozzle
02:32 Airbrushing Make-Up & Temporary Tattoos
04:42 What To Buy When Switching Needle Sizes
07:39 Outro

With this video, we dive into a Q&A session where we address some of your intriguing questions on the Airbrush!

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[S.A.S.H.]

These Q&A videos are great. I would also very much like more details on needle setups, when to do it, what to do it for, the various options and their strength and weaknesses. Your expertise sort of needs longer format videos to share of it at a time. But I, for one, appreciate any amount you are willing and able to share in any given video. Thanks for sharing m8.

[hennie]

Hi, I have an Ultra 2024 and i like it but I have a question. I have only just started and I would like to install an infinity nozzelcap on it for the purposes of more comfortably backflowing. How should i go about this, do I have to change the needle and nozzle as well or can i just purchase the 0.4 infinity nozzlecap? kind regards

[KayakFishingCentral]

Keep up the good work, this video series is great. 👍

[StuartKushon]

Great Stuff here. Briefly, is there any way to identify which air caps match a nozzle/needle set for those of use that may have gotten them mixed up?

[DingoPaints]

These videos are great value, Thank you!
You may have already covered this in another video, if so please just point me there, What are the main differences between an Evolution and Infinity?

[staticmodelmayhem]

Thank you for the very informative series. Here's a question for you and your team: Do 0.2 air cap, needle and nozzle and 0.4 air cap, needle and nozzle setups are compatible with the same needle cap? If not, does having a dedicated needle cap for each setup yields better results instead of having a generic needle cap?

[hacheyp]

What is an air cap? Needle cap?? New to this!

[DigifilmShooter]

Great information. Why not put the fact of needing to change all three parts when "needle changing" into the included instructions for the airbrush, making it very clear for new people getting into airbrushing?

I have recently got into airbrush painting and purchased an Infinity with a 0.15 and 0.4 needle and thought that I would also get the 0.2, I realised that I would need the 0.2 nozzle to match, so purchased both, when received I tried to set up with the 0.2 and quickly realised I needed the 0.2 cup as well. I ended up purchasing another complete 0.2 kit because I could not find the cup for sale locally. I just wish this video was done earlier.

I am very pleased with the performance and quality of the Infinity, it is a very well make product made from quality materials. However, It is quite typical of highly engineered products to leave out fundamental basic instructions, assuming everyone would know. Fantastic that H & S are using YouTube to give further instruction and tips, but please remember that not every client would be watching these superb videos, may be a simple link to a series of YouTube basic tutorial within the instructions would be a good start.

Great presentation style and content with your videos.

[deputy]

Do any H&S airbrushes come with a 0.6 needle/nozzle/ cap set?

[richardharmon]

Please provide a video relating to needle/nozzle size to versus air pressure

[wrinkledm]

Yea... so I've had the Infinity now for 5+ years and I love it to death. It is simply a joy to use and clean. The issue I personally have is that I have several times now tried changing to the .2 (from the .4) needle/nozzle and it ALWAYS ends in disaster. I only spray hobby paints (Tamiya / Mr. Color) with the same brand of thinner. The few times I've put in the .2 needle/nozzle/cap I have yet to successfully spray a single thing. I've played with the amount of thinner and paint as was as the air pressure and no matter what I do, either the paint doesn't leave the airbrush (too much paint) or the paint is so thin I get nothing but non-stop spatters or runs. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

[rf]

Always, needle-nozzle-Aircup. Like the Holy Trinity.

[musoseven]

All well said Warwick - sage advice👍✌️💜

Iirc some Paasche AB's have common needle/nozzle/aircap parts that can sometimes be interchangeable/intermixable with each (don't quote me on that as it's from memory - head like a sieve). I thought with the very small nozzle/needle/aircap sizes (Eg V1 0.15 set up used 0.2 aspects?) there was a slight crossover with H&S AB's too? Although that's no longer the case.

From what I recall, I've set up's as follows; 0.2, 0.4, 0.5, 0.6 and 0.7. that's across three brands; H&S (3 x AB's), Paasche (2 x AB's) and Sparmax (down to 2 of those now). All will do detail work (up to a point), not all will put on lots of paint quickly (or at speed). I see the nozzle sizes as "speed" settings as opposed to quantity settings. Kind of like in a a light aircraft, many see the stick or yoke as the height setting but without power/lift/height you ain't going to climb, so the throttle is the height and speed control. I hope that makes sense😉😄✌️👍💜

[mikebalis]

Would you please discuss the formula for distance, air pressure, and paint thinning?

[richardkatzman]

I’m new at airbrushing so I want to know everything you can tell me.

[nightwolf.]

👍 on the video. I have several. budget friendly airbrushes, .3 needle size, however there different... They seem to have a different taper rate. (1) why is this? (2) can you inter change them? And yes, I'm getting better with practice. Big C 😎

[Leopardtag]

Can you use GW washes to paint with an airbrush?

[Geekeric]

What scares me about changing needle sizes is getting the nozzles mixed up. Is there any way to tell what size needle a nozzle is actually for? I mean, nozzles are so small, they can't mark them according to size, can they?

[richardharmon]

Does H/S have a 0.1 mm conversion kit for the Evolution series of air brushes or for any other series?
Richard

[Jimmy-sbfc]

I have several airbrushes that don't have any markings at all. How do I measure them to determine what needle sizes they are? Thank you!