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    #1

    Nooooooo!! Lost my nozzle!

    I was cleaning my airbrush and when I unscrewed the front end, the nozzle came out and was lost (probably down the drain)
    I can't afford a new airbrush but can't seem to find a replacement nozzle.

    So, does anyone know where in the UK I can buy a 0.37 (or is it 0.38) nozzle for a Ghaaleri GHAD-68 Airbrush?
  • Guest

    #2
    Update:- I ordered a new nozzle of ghaaleri themselves, I guess it's going to take a while to get here though, what a pain.
    Mods - sorry for this I was in a panic, you can delete it.

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    • Waspie
      • Mar 2023
      • 3488
      • Doug
      • Fraggle Rock

      #3
      Originally posted by SteveT
      I was cleaning my airbrush and when I unscrewed the front end, the nozzle came out and was lost (probably down the drain)
      I can't afford a new airbrush but can't seem to find a replacement nozzle.

      So, does anyone know where in the UK I can buy a 0.37 (or is it 0.38) nozzle for a Ghaaleri GHAD-68 Airbrush?
      Sympathies buddy. I haven't lost one but my first AB I knackered the thread on the nozzle, overtightened it. Totally stripped the threads. Good excuse for a good blaspheming session. For me it was a good excuse for a half decent AB. (Next upgrade is a compressor. But as it still works - it'll wait!!).

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      • Tworrs
        SMF Supporters
        • Jan 2022
        • 1978
        • Garry
        • New Zealand

        #4
        was lost (probably down the drain)

        Did you take the P-trap out of the sink and see if it was still in there? Just a thought :smiling2:
        Strength isn't about what you can do, rather it's about overcoming what you thought you couldn't do.

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        • Ian M
          Administrator
          • Dec 2008
          • 18257
          • Ian
          • Falster, Denmark

          #5
          Lesson 2. never dismantle airbrush at the sink unless the plug is in the hole.
          Group builds

          Bismarck

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          • Gern
            SMF Supporters
            • May 2009
            • 9203

            #6
            Originally posted by Tworrs
            was lost (probably down the drain)

            Did you take the P-trap out of the sink and see if it was still in there? Just a thought :smiling2:
            I had to dismantle my P-trap and managed to strip the threads in the process. Cost me about £8 to replace it but I found the nozzle of my A/B so saved quite a bit there. THAT'S why I always put the plug in the sink before stripping my A/B!

            Edit: Posts crossed there Ian!

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            • Tworrs
              SMF Supporters
              • Jan 2022
              • 1978
              • Garry
              • New Zealand

              #7
              Originally posted by Gern
              I had to dismantle my P-trap and managed to strip the threads in the process. Cost me about £8 to replace it but I found the nozzle of my A/B so saved quite a bit there. THAT'S why I always put the plug in the sink before stripping my A/B!

              Edit: Posts crossed there Ian!
              Great result Dave, the nozzle would have been a lot more than 8 quid. I think Steve has just learned that lesson.
              Strength isn't about what you can do, rather it's about overcoming what you thought you couldn't do.

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              • Waspie
                • Mar 2023
                • 3488
                • Doug
                • Fraggle Rock

                #8
                I don’t strip mine down anywhere near a sink!!!
                It’s an old ice cream tub lid for me!!

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                • BarryW
                  SMF Supporters
                  • Jul 2011
                  • 6007

                  #9
                  I feel for you! I have stripped the thread before on one of my ‘lesser’ airbrushes. It is a real danger with such small nozzles.

                  This is one of the reasons I like Harder & Steinbeck, they not only have larger nozzles that are easy to handle and see but they are a push in type, no threads to worry about.

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                  • JR
                    • May 2015
                    • 18273

                    #10
                    Been there , now strip my Neo in a lid. Dropped one once and spend hrs looking to no avail in the cave. You watch it fall and you know the end is nigh.

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                    • David Lovell
                      SMF Supporters
                      • Apr 2018
                      • 2186

                      #11
                      Ahh the keenly clean the clean and the down right slobby....................no need to guess what camp I'm in

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                      • Scratchbuilder
                        • Jul 2022
                        • 2689

                        #12
                        Originally posted by SteveT
                        Update:- I ordered a new nozzle of ghaaleri themselves, I guess it's going to take a while to get here though, what a pain.
                        Mods - sorry for this I was in a panic, you can delete it.
                        Ghaleri are pretty good with the mail...
                        And do not feel so bad, I once took a Badger apart and after cleaning up all I had left was the needle, it was bin collection day as well....

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                        • Scratchbuilder
                          • Jul 2022
                          • 2689

                          #13
                          Originally posted by Waspie
                          I don’t strip mine down anywhere near a sink!!!
                          It’s an old ice cream tub lid for me!!
                          Is that with or without the flake and 'Monkey blood'.....
                          Sorry, could not help it, chuckle day today....

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                          • Scratchbuilder
                            • Jul 2022
                            • 2689

                            #14
                            Originally posted by JR
                            Been there , now strip my Neo in a lid. Dropped one once and spend hrs looking to no avail in the cave. You watch it fall and you know the end is nigh.
                            Yes, we remember that saga....

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                            • JR
                              • May 2015
                              • 18273

                              #15
                              Originally posted by Scratchbuilder
                              Yes, we remember that saga....
                              Yes Wibble it was a unforgettable day, each time I go into the cave I hope to see it, actually think it is under a chest of drawers. Too much of job to move it and every thing on top !

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