Cleaning after lacquer paint

[Bri62]

Quick one guys what do you use to clean your A/B after lacquer paint

 

[Jim R]

Flush through with lacquer thinner and finish with Premi Air liquid reamer.

 

[Bri62]

Thanks Jim

 

[Andy T]

Cheap lacquer / standard / cellulose thinner, whatever you want to call it.

Available from many motor factors, Halfords etc.

I (kinda) still have my own bodyshop so buy it in 25 litre drums. Should clean the airbrush a few times

 

[Bri62]

Cheers Andy

 

[Tim Marlow]

I just use Mr Levelling thinners, same as I use to dilute the paint. Not quite as smelly as cheap cellulose thinner, even if it is a little dearer.

 

[BarryW]

I find Mr Tool Cleaner to be excellent for this. It is very strong stuff. By all means try the hardware store lacquer or cellulose thinner as an alternative but I found it had a bad smell, worse than the MTC or MLT or lacquer paint. Also you will find that ipa works well though sometimes you might need something stronger like MTC.

One word of warning. Lacquers can be a problem for airbrush seals on cheap airbrushes, specially the strong MTC and hardware store thinner. Over time the seals will deteriorate. If you have a more expensive airbrush, like Iwata or H&S you should be OK.

 

[BattleshipBob]

I use liquid reamer first, followed by mr tool cleaner. Also use a Tamiya airbrush cleaning brush to clean around the inside of the cup. Never had any issues.

Plus when I next use the airbrush I put levelling thinner in the cup and blast it through first

 

[Waspie]

I find Mr Tool Cleaner to be excellent for this. It is very strong stuff. By all means try the hardware store lacquer or cellulose thinner as an alternative but I found it had a bad smell, worse than the MTC or MLT or lacquer paint. Also you will find that ipa works well though sometimes you might need something stronger like MTC.

One word of warning. Lacquers can be a problem for airbrush seals on cheap airbrushes, specially the strong MTC and hardware store thinner. Over time the seals will deteriorate. If you have a more expensive airbrush, like Iwata or H&S you should be OK.

That answered my question re seals. Thanks Barry.

 

[Jim R]

Plus when I next use the airbrush I put levelling thinner in the cup and blast it through first

Agree. It allows you to check the airbrush is working properly for the job on hand.

 

[Bri62]

Thanks for all you input guys going the thinner and liquid reamer route followed by a bit of airbrush cleaner