Harbor Freight sells an airbrush compressor that works very nicely with their airbrush. It has a built-in regulator. It goes on sale every now and then for about $70. The HF airbrush also goes on sale occasionally for about $10. --Steve Y.
----- Original Message ----- From: "ransley" <[email protected]> To: "The Silverlist" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, October 07, 2005 9:16 AM Subject: CS>Airbrush as nebulizer > I'm not telling anyone to do this. I'm just relating what I am doing. > Remember, nothing in the way of equipment listed here is in any way approved > for medical use. > > Compressor- a commonly available small OIL-LESS air compressor; these things > are NOISY. Cost around $150. I bought the smallest & lightest I could find > at the time, since then I've seen a smaller one at Lowe's. > > Regulator- a commonly available subcompact air pressure line regulator. > These regulators have trouble being reliably adjustable at below 20psi. > These usually come on the compressor these days. > > Hose- standard black vinyl, red rubber, pvc or urethane air hose. Cheapest > is all I need for this. I'm using the one that came with the compressor. > > Airbrush- Harbor Freight airbrush kit model 1500. Cost me $25 with shipping. > HF is terminally slow with the cheapest shipping option. It took two weeks > to get here and their distribution center is 100 miles away. > > Standard brass 1/4" quick disconnect fittings between the regulator and main > hose, and between the main hose and the small airbrush hose in the kit. > > The kit comes with two glass bottles, I use the smaller one. The metal "cup" > is useless for this purpose. Save the larger bottle in case the small one > gets broken. > > At 15 psi, this airbrush puts a out a fine mist that appears to be every bit > as fine as the mist form the nebulizer I've used for years. The main > difference is that it is pressurized. A nebulizer chamber atomizes the > liquid but disperses the pressure, so there is no pressure into the mouth. > Disadvantage- makes me want to resist breathing it; > Advantage- would be good if breathing were difficult. > 20 psi is too much. This is not for a child to use unless an adult is > controlling the trigger. There is an adjustment at the nose of the airbrush, > keep it tight for finest mist. > > At 15psi, I have the option of closing my mouth around it or holding it out > of my mouth and breathing the mist. > > The really big advantage is that this arrangement will conserve both the CS > mixture and the air used. The compressor won't run nearly as much as with a > nebulizer chamber since I am shutting the air off after every breath. This > would be particularly advantageous if hooked it to a bottle of oxygen (with > an oxy regulator!!!). If I have to stop, I don't have to get up and cut the > air off, but of course that could be fixed on a nebulizer with a valve > in-line close to me. > > Speaking of oxygen, you can buy small tanks with some metal cutting torch > outfits. I came upon mine, brand new, because someone traded in one of those > tanks for a larger one at my local welding shop. I bought the tank for $50. > > The trigger is a button on top that has a double action. You must depress it > and pull it back to get full fog. If you don't pull it back you're only > getting air. > > This was worth doing to me, but then I love playing with this kinda stuff. > Guy Thing. > > Daddybob > > > -- > The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. > > Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org > > To post, address your message to: [email protected] > Silver List archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > > Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] > OT Archive: http://escribe.com/health/silverofftopiclist/index.html > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]> > > > >
