+1 for this. As I only use acrylics and usually Vallejo it should work! The Premi Air Foaming Airbrush Cleaner is also a useful product, just make sure the provided straw is firmly seated in the nozzle before squirting otherwise things get very messy.I've only tried one cleaner so far and that was Vallejo airbrush cleaner but it seems to do a very good job.
I'd just add one caveat to this: don't use it on any parts that have nitrile rubber seals or you'll dissolve them! My son couldn't work out why his AB was bubbling back on him. When I stripped it down, his front nitrile seal fell off in bits! Guess what he'd used...Going back to just cleaning ,Mr Hobby tool cleaner if its stuck like on a blanket this will move it
Hi John this is another one of thoes weird ones ,I clean round and flush through with mr tool cleaner followed with some thinners then some clean water ,l always pull and clean the needle before and after use also like you a small amount of thinners before I start ,unless something feels not right ive never taken a airbrush apart ,feeling not right usually can be put down to thats the first time ever in a couple of years its needed taking apart. I agree with the washer melt problem but its never happened to me even with my cheaper Chinese copies. Personally I've never understood the need people feel to take apart their most expensive piece of there hobby ,most of the airbrush problems you read on here start with this ritual, if you've flushed through properly and cleaned the needle (easily removed and replaced)there's nothing else to get dirty if it ain't broke springs to mind.I'd just add one caveat to this: don't use it on any parts that have nitrile rubber seals or you'll dissolve them! My son couldn't work out why his AB was bubbling back on him. When I stripped it down, his front nitrile seal fell off in bits! Guess what he'd used...
It is brilliant stuff, just use it for immersion of suitable parts.
Ditto to all the above. Generally, I spray lacquers and simply flush through with product-specific thinners between colours. I also do a thinners flush at the start and end of each session. I only tend to strip down nowadays when performance starts to drop (I used to strip down every time).
Yep, getting the needle glued into the nozzle is a right pain. I don't remove the needle entirely, I just back it off a few mm. That way it's much easier to free it without the possibility of damaging the nozzle in the process.I also remove the needle as I have found on a few occasions the needle has stuck due to an errant drop of paint not getting flushed out of the airbrush.
I am with you on this Mike. I find acrylics dry out too quickly and can soon clog the nozel.And that is why I have been converting back to lacquers and enamels, I have lost all confidence in using acrylics as a spray medium.
This may be overkill but once I have finished spraying, and cleaned up the airbrush I spray a cup of IPA through it. . .
You must be older than I'd imagined!"take two bottles into theshower. . . spray area? not me, I just spray, and go!'' Ha!
You must be older than I'd imagined!
Pete
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