All AZteks suck that way....

Get a Paasche or a Badger or Iwata

Dump the Aztek.. I dumped mine!!!

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Welcome to Armorama!!!

Okay, I have looked into a Paasche VL as well. Like I said, I hate to give up the Aztek. Since I already have tips in the mail, I may just buy a Paasche and use my Aztek I currently have as well.

Also, do the Paasche models have gravity feed? That is the one thing I like about the Aztek as I hate wasting paint in siphon cups...I am a cheap bastage....

I have an Aztek as well (4 of them) I love the flexibility they give. Yes there are better Paasche, Iwata, and Badger. For the price in my book the Aztek is a great utility air brush. So my advice is if your comfotable with Aztek then get the upgrade. IMHO

Before you give up on the Aztek, try thining the paints a little more. You may find that it's clogging up cos the paint isn't mixed thoroughly.

What type of paints are you using?

Try using both Enamels and Acrylics, you may find that the brush handles Acrylics a little better.




I know you can get colour cups for Badger Airbrushes, not sure about Paasche though. I've been using them with the Badger 200 and 150 for about 7 years, they work very nicely. To clean them, all you need to do is use Mineral Thinners and a Cotton Bud

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Edit: Try increasing the pressure to around 20 PSI, you may find that the pressure isn't sufficient to force all the paint out the brush, so it therefore sits and eventually clogs.

I'm spraying acrylics, I have tried thinning them with alcohol as well as water. I am afraid to go thinner on them because they already seem a bit too thin. I have also tried to increase the pressure with no luck.

As for enamels, I am way beyond them. I live in an apartment so acrylic seems much easier and better. Also easier cleanup.

I will be keeping all of my enamels for my brushwork though. On another note, has anyone ever used craft acrylics? The stuff that is like 1.00 for a 2 oz bottle? They seem to me as if they would do alright provided they were thinned a bit.

Thanks for all the help guys, I am just grasping at straws to see what I may have missed. You guys are the experts, I am the newb.

I still use my Aztek (not gonna throw it out - I'm a cheap bastard too! ) for spraying powders and Future...

just if I had no airbrush right now and was going to choose one.. Aztek would be on the bottom of the list for choices for me..

i had the same AB as you, worked okay until i had it for a year and the nozzle screwed up.. its WAY to fragile, so i got a badger 150

Thanks all for the input, I am the proud owner of a Paasche VL. I had the same problem with the paint in it too, it is either drying too fast of isn't thin enough, i would go with the 1st cause it is thinner than most of my other paints. Oh well, even though I most likely didn't need it, I have a new airbrush which I love. I feel like this thing will last forever, the other one felt like a toy, since I bought tips for it too, I will just use it for hell...I don't know, lol.

Thanks all.