Air bubbles and airbrushing.

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Air bubbles and airbrushing.

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After airbrushing my refit today I ran some warm water through the airbrush and air bubbles showed up in the bottle of water, so my question is what the?!?! The airbrush is a Testors double action And the paint is MM acrylic.
Normal?? What is normal??
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most likely there is some sort of restriction in the airflow at the tip. Dissemble the airbrush, clean it well, lubricate as needed and put it back together.
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