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The tip/needle is the medium size. From what I understand there are small, medium, and large tip/needle combos available. Ive pretty much come to the conclusion the Sotar just isnt designed to do what Im trying to use it for.

Yeah the needle chuck nut is tight, and theres no damage to the needles or the tip that would cause inconsistent flow. Before I put paint in it, just to get used to how it handled, I played around with several color cups full of water with food coloring in it and sprayed on paper towels. The results...

Ive experimented in 5 psi increments from 5-40 psi. Cant get reliable flow until I get to 20 psi, even with paint thinned to water consistentcy, then it just blows and runs all over the surface. The tip is clean, dissasemble the whole airbrush several times to make sure theres nothing blocking the f...

I recently got a Sotar 20/20 and am pretty much at a loss as to how to get good flow with it. I have done search after search and tried everything I have read to no avail. Tonight I tried the following with no luck...it will do base coats fine, but try to do detail with it...forget it. I tried all d...