Paasche H airbrush...

I hear ya.  While I use the H, I recognize its limitations.  In fact, I'm trying to decide now on a double-action AB that I can comfortably use.   I have a lot of nerve damage in my hands that makes manipulating a double-action AB difficult.  I've been considering one of the Iwata trigger-types lately.  I know it would make a lot of my paint jobs easier.  As for my Model H, there's comfort in familiarity I guess.

to tell ya the truth Gary it's been so many years since I last used the H I honestly don't remember. Maybe I should dig it out and dust it off and try again and see. I just remember the first time I cleaned the Eclipse it was the beginning of a long-standing love affair.

I know the H is a workhorse and has a lot of fiercely loyal users, but I just never managed to make very good friends with it, which is kinda too bad as I really liked the way it felt in my hand.

Bearcat57

I always found the Paasche H to be a royal pain-in-the-u-know-what to clean

Curious...perhaps I'm missing something but I can't see how it could be much easier.  It takes me maybe, 3 minutes tops to change color.   What was your cleaning technique, if I may ask?

Gary

I always found the Paasche H to be a royal pain-in-the-u-know-what to clean, and is the primary reason I went back to using rattle cans for so many years before finally getting my Iwata, which is so ridiculously easy to clean it's almost frightening.

I have an H model, and maybe I'm OCD but I break mine down after every color, after I've run lacquer thinner through it,  and I use the corner of a paper towel rolled into a needle shape to get all the way to the end of the needle and the adjustment cone.  Just my 2 cents worth

John

Yeah, my amateur self breaks it down after each color. Which is why I sometimes hate using my AB. I will definitely take your method into use tomorrow as I have put off painting as much as I could and I am out of assembly without painting!!

Tweenkie

Thanks so much for the response!!!

So I don't need to clean the tip and needle thoroughly after each individual use?? Thanks again for the info!!

You're quite welcome.  I guess it might be a good idea to break down the tip and needle each time, but  I haven't found it necessary. 

Thanks so much for the response!!!

So I don't need to clean the tip and needle thoroughly after each individual use?? Thanks again for the info!!

Okay.  Here's how I've been cleaning mine for the last 25 years.  When I'm finished with a color, I pour up (or out) the remainder of the paint, pour some mineral spirits in the paint cup when using enamel or Windex when I spray acrylic paint or Future.  I turn up the air pressure a little and spray some of the thinner through the AB into my waste jug.  Then I wipe out the cup and add more clean thinner.  I dip a cotton swab into that thinner and clean the rear of the AB where the paint cup's neck goes in.  Then I dip the end of a pipe cleaner(bent into a slight curve to match the "neck" of the cup) into the thinner and clean the neck.  The last thing is to spray a little more clean thinner through the AB. 

I can change colors in just a short time using that method.  After a few sessions, I usually take the spray tip and needle out and give them a thorough cleaning, as well as wiping the spray cap clean of any paint.  Periodically, I'll spray a little lacquer thinner through the AB after cleaning.  Then I spray a bit more mineral spirits through it.  I always finish cleaning after acrylics with spraying a small amount of mineral spirits through the AB also.  ymmv.

Gary