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Blog Brainstormer

Blog Brainstormer

I was trying to keep the promise to myself to actually do a blog post on a regular basis. Unfortunately, I really had nothing cool to talk about. If I had only filmed the repair of my Iwata HP-CH airbrush to resolve the sticky trigger issue I had been having….but I didn’t. Next time I will as I am sure most people do not do regular maintenance on their brushes, and probably never pull the valve assembly apart. So what the hell to write about…

To be honest I get turned onto cool things on the web by people on Twitter, and randomly enough the Brainstormer helped me come up with a post. The brainstormer is genius. Simple but genius, and I can say the next time I have no clue, which for those of you who know me can be at any given moment, I am going to use this for sure…goodbye magic 8-ball!

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Pain - who has written 67 posts on Kicking Ass and Taking Names.

A Calgary airbrush artist specializing in motorcycles, helmets, and anything that will sit still long enough for him to paint. http://www.painincdesigns.com Creator of Pain Inc clothing and shirts http://www.paininc.net

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2 Responses to “Blog Brainstormer”

  1. FrogDog says:

    Daaang. Wish you had written about the sticky trigger. Got one now on my veteran (22 yr old) HP-C. And it started AFTER I cleaned and polished the valve parts.

    • Pain says:

      I will do a maintenance piece at some point. FrogDog, did you try a dab of superlube down there? It worked wonders for me.

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