paasche H Series Instruction Manual & Replacment Parts

OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS:
Approximate Working Pressures:
• 2 0 lbs. or Less: Stipple and granulated effects, pressure will vary with viscosity of fluid.
• 20 to 30 lbs.: Medium consistency water colors, inks & dyes.
• 30 lbs. or More: Heavy fluids, acrylics, reduced lacquers, varnishes, paints or ceramic glaze.
Sizes:
• HS-1 (.45mm)Head and HC-1-3 Aircap for light fluids.
• HS-3 (.64mm)Head and HC-1-3 Aircap for medium fluids.
• HS-5 (1.06mm)Head and HC-5 Aircap for heavier fluids.
1. A ttach hose to air supply and allow air to blow a few seconds. Shut off before attaching to Airbrush. This procedure will
remove dirt from airline and hose.
Caution: Hold firmly and point away from face.
2. Attach hose coupling to the airbrush.
3. A ttach Color Cup or Bottle to HNS-1-3, or 5 Needle by exerting a firm twisting motion to fit tapered tube securely into
tapered Needle inlet. Then wrench tighten locking nut.
4. Fill Color Cup or Bottle 1/2 to 3/4 full. Use eyedropper or brush for adding small amounts of color to metal color cup. When
using Color Bottle, vent hole must be kept open.
5. T o Spray, hold Airbrush like a pencil comfortably between thumb and forefinger using middle finger as a guide and support.
Like writing, hold forefinger easily on H-155 Finger Button and Press to open air valve.
6. R egulate volume of color and size of spray by rotating HT-1, 3 or 5 Tip clockwise to increase and counter clockwise to
decrease flow of color.
7. S tipple Adjustment: Reducing the airline pressure is the easiest method used when creating a stippled effect with the
airbrush. Pressure can be reduced by using any of the following items: 3A Needle Valve installed on the H-128A Valve
Casing of the Airbrush or by using the R-75 Air Regulator and reducing the pressure.
8. T o adjust for heavier fluids, turn tip wide open, loosen set screw, slide needle back to obtain better flow.
CARE AND CLEANING:
1. P our any remaining color back into its original container.
2. W ipe Color Cup or Bottle clean, using cloth moistened with proper solvent.
3. H old Airbrush at a downward angle and put a few drops of solvent through Color Adjusting Part Assembly. To flush out
the remaining color in the HS Color Adjusting Part Assembly, apply pressure to the H-155 Finger Button.
4. A pply a tiny dab of Vaseline to the H Color Adjusting Part and HC- Aircap threads every two or three months to prevent color
build up and consequent freezing of the Color Adjusting Part Assembly and Aircap.
HOW TO OPEN CLOGGED FLUID PASSAGES:
1. A gitate color in Bottle Assembly by placing finger momentarily over HC- Aircap while air is passing through the Airbrush.
This will blow color back into bottle thus opening clogged fluid passages. Do not do this with a cup as color may blow
out of cup.
2. S hould HS-1, 3 or 5 Color Adjusting Part Assembly become clogged, loosen H-153 Set Screw, unscrew HT-1, 3 or 5 Tip
from HN Needle, gently pull back through ball-shaped support and remove Tip.
3. C lean Parts carefully, using nothing harder than a wooden toothpick.
4. To reassemble, reverse this procedure, making sure the shoulder of the Needle seats up against ball-shaped support.
5. I f the needle and tip are completely clogged, soak in a closed bottle of proper solvent until clean.
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HS Model Airbrush
Single Action–External Mix–Siphon Feed
Added Bottle Connection
Instruction Manual & Replacment Parts
INTRODUCTION:
Paasche® model HS Airbrush features machined Brass Body and Nickel
Silver Color Part, simplicity of design and ease in operation. The air and color
feeds are independent and adjustable to give a fixed line, shade or stipple
effect.
INSTRUCTIONS AND PARTS LIST HS AIRBRUSH 9/06/2019