Cleaning My Airbrush

Bgrigg wrote:

HawkeyeHobbies wrote: Be sure to flush your airbrush with water after using any ammonia based product. Ammonia will attack the nickel plating if left in contact for prolonged periods of time. It is a posted warning in the instructions of the new Grex airbrush I purchased. Yeah I actually read them. Seconded! And use distilled water, unless you are using a water softener in your home or live in an area that has naturally soft water. Hard water will leave mineral deposits and will eventually clog 1/2" plumbing. Imagine what it could do to your airbrush!

Good advice from you both. 

HawkeyeHobbies wrote:

Be sure to flush your airbrush with water after using any ammonia based product. Ammonia will attack the nickel plating if left in contact for prolonged periods of time. It is a posted warning in the instructions of the new Grex airbrush I purchased. Yeah I actually read them.

Seconded!

And use distilled water, unless you are using a water softener in your home or live in an area that has naturally soft water. Hard water will leave mineral deposits and will eventually clog 1/2" plumbing. Imagine what it could do to your airbrush!

Ammonia or smt ammonia based like stated before is the way to go. Also having a good way to get inside your airbrush during cleaning is a must as i have heard multiple stories of people ending up with clogged airbrushes after spraying future. Personally i just use a brush for my future coats.

Richard

Hiya...

all you need is Windex or other ammonia based window cleaner.  

I use my Badger 175 for future coats and I clean it by spraying about 20 seconds of windex through it..  removing the needle and cleaning it with windex and replacing it and spraying another 20 or so seconds of windex through it..  

windex will also remove future from your models..

Delbert 

P.S. here is a great link about future..

 The complete Future