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                        Trash, dust, etc.

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                        RadMax8
                        • Member since
                          February 2005
                        • From: Cleveland, OH
                        Posted by RadMax8 on Sunday, February 20, 2005 12:10 AM
                        yeah i was about to say those shop rags are freakin' sweet. they soak up everything, and are thick and pretty much free of lint.
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, February 19, 2005 12:17 AM
                        The name of the towels you are referring to is "Shop Towels on a Roll".
                        You can also find them at Walmart.
                        HTH's!
                        Gene
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                        tho9900
                        • Member since
                          July 2004
                        • From: SETX. USA
                        Posted by tho9900 on Monday, February 14, 2005 9:10 PM
                        those nlue surgical towels can also be had at your local auto supply place... I forget the name but they are "handiman wipes" so to speak.. no lint and they soak up an incredible amount of liquid!!!
                        ---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!
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                        Jim Barton
                        • Member since
                          February 2003
                        Posted by Jim Barton on Monday, February 14, 2005 5:17 PM
                        Because I have no airbrush, I use the canned air dusters made for cleaning computer keyboards and the like. Just don't shake the can while you're spraying as it will let loose a white "fog."

                        "Whaddya mean 'Who's flying the plane?!' Nobody's flying the plane!"

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                        leadsled
                        • Member since
                          January 2004
                        • From: Peru, IN
                        Posted by leadsled on Sunday, February 6, 2005 2:18 PM
                        Another tip is to keep a small bottle of water (something with a pump spray) and lightly mist the inside of your paint booth or area where you paint before you start painting.This helps to cut down any dust the area might have aquired so it doesn't get kicked up when you paint.My 2 cents [2c]
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                        LoneWolf1Seven
                        • Member since
                          March 2003
                        • From: Colorado
                        Posted by LoneWolf1Seven on Thursday, February 3, 2005 3:59 PM
                        I use my airbrush, push the botton down slightly just enuogh that only air comes out then paint. I dont know what type airbrush you have but my badger blows everything off seconds before spraying. Hope this helps.....
                        "When you're gambling always put your money heads down, never let money look you in the face!" "If I die before I wake, hit the snooze button for me!!!"
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, February 3, 2005 3:07 PM
                        Used T-shirt material work great! and at the rate my wife destroys mine I'm covered for a looong time.
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Monday, January 31, 2005 9:15 PM
                        any plastic supply house will have an anti static cleaner for plastic.

                        styrene and acrylic has a big static charge and that is what draws all the trash to your model like a magnet. Sanding and filing charges it up.
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Monday, January 31, 2005 8:23 PM
                        I use diaper cloth.
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Monday, January 31, 2005 8:19 PM
                        Try to get hold of some of the super-absorbant blue towels they use in hospitals. They come in trauma kits and are sometimes just tossed aside. I'm remodeling a home for someone right now who works at a hospital and he gave me 20 or so and had even more to spare. Thay won't leave fibers as they're used for wounds.
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                        Bones-coa
                        • Member since
                          April 2003
                        • From: Savannah, GA USA
                        Trash, dust, etc.
                        Posted by Bones-coa on Monday, January 31, 2005 12:24 PM
                        I seem to be having a big trash problem. That is, it always manges to get on my model microseconds before I push the button on my airbrush. I'm thinking most of it is coming from the rags I use. What have you guys found that works as good rags? Is there anything else you do to minimize contamination of your work area?
                        Dana F On the bench: Tamiya DO335B-2 with LOTS of Aires stuff (On Hold) Trumpeter A-10 with LOTS and LOTS of aftermarket goodies! (On Hold) Tamiya 240ZG (In work)
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