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  • Member since
    October 2008
  • From: USA
Posted by Lacquer Head on Sunday, November 30, 2008 2:05 PM

Make up a solution of 50% Distilled Water, 25% Windex and 25% Simple Green. Great airbrush cleaner for cleaning your brush after acrylics and future.

To give credit for when it's due, I learned this trick after reading a post by MikeV.

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  • Member since
    May 2005
  • From: Left forever
Posted by Bgrigg on Friday, November 28, 2008 8:58 PM
White glue is the way to go.

So long folks!

  • Member since
    September 2008
  • From: NE Georgia
Posted by Specter65 on Friday, November 28, 2008 7:39 PM
Thanks y'all.  I'll go for the windex when I put some through my AB.  I dipped the canopy of the AMT F-4G Wild Weasle I just finished and it looks great.  Now that the clear clasic has been coated, is there a preferred glue for affixing it to the airplane once the future has dried?  Should I just use white glue like I would have normally done with clear parts?
The future will soon be a thing of the past.
  • Member since
    May 2005
  • From: Left forever
Posted by Bgrigg on Friday, November 28, 2008 7:00 PM
dmk nailed it, though I don't bother with the hot water, just Windex. Future is nothing more than a clear acrylic paint.

So long folks!

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    January 2003
  • From: Peoples Socialist Democratic Republic of Illinois
Posted by Triarius on Friday, November 28, 2008 6:57 PM
Windex is best. Simple Green also works.

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dmk
  • Member since
    September 2008
  • From: North Carolina, USA
Posted by dmk on Friday, November 28, 2008 6:21 PM

I use the same cleanup method that I use for acrylic paints 

I keep a paint jar full of 50% hot water and 50% Windex. Spray it through the airbrush into a soda bottle, wipe the tip off with a Q-tip dipped in the Windex mixture, wipe out the paint cup too and call it a day.

Once in a while take it all apart and wipe the parts down with Lacquer thinner.

  • Member since
    September 2008
  • From: NE Georgia
Future cleanup
Posted by Specter65 on Friday, November 28, 2008 5:45 PM
Although this has probably been covered here before, I coudn't find it while searching.  I got myself some future to try for the first time and am wondering what is the best way to clean up after spraying it through my AB.  I'm going to try dipping a clear canopy tonight and will let it wick away excess onto a paper towel.  I here it makes for a nice clear, shiny finish on canopies.  My main concern is cleaning the airbrush.
The future will soon be a thing of the past.
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