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Posted by AndrewW on Thursday, October 10, 2013 7:42 AM

Not sure what's in the vallejo airbrush cleaner, but when applied neat it works like a charm.  I cut it 50 50 with water for color changes, though, just for economy.  Don't use anything with alcohol for vallejo, their paints hate it as John087 found.

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Posted by john087 on Wednesday, October 9, 2013 6:24 PM
ISO also gums up model master acrylics as I learned last weekend

 

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Posted by BlackSheepTwoOneFour on Wednesday, October 9, 2013 9:46 AM

Would Testors Universal Acrylic thinner work on Vallejo paints?

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Posted by AndrewW on Friday, October 4, 2013 6:42 AM

alcohol does gum up vallejo, Gern.  Vallejo sell their own airbrush cleaner which works very well for acrylics, though it is expensive.  Windex also works for vallejo, but not amazingly in my experience.  

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Posted by montague on Friday, October 4, 2013 12:01 AM

Just use windex straight. Alcohol doesn't paly nice with some paint. Why are you wary of Windex?

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Posted by Gern on Thursday, October 3, 2013 4:37 PM

Doesn't iso gum up vallejo acrylics though?

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Posted by Tankster on Monday, September 23, 2013 12:58 PM

I use windex and ISO to clean out my AB.  If it needs a thorough cleaning I have an ultrasonic cleaner for that.  

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Posted by Reaper420 on Monday, September 23, 2013 11:01 AM
As always Don your wisdom shows the way. Im using acrylic as enamels will cause my wife to kick me out of the house!! As far as iso goes I can get ahold of 99% from safeway. Im a little wary of using windex tho for some reason. If I use windex do I need to mix it with water or just use it straight. Im assuming that iso is used straight up with no dilution.

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Posted by Don Stauffer on Monday, September 23, 2013 10:53 AM

Depends on the paint.  For enamel I use hardware store thinner. I much prefer real mineral spirits or turpentine. I make sure the can says one or the other. It is a lot cheaper than isopropyl sold at drug store.

For acrylics, windex or iso are both okay.  You can get stronger than 91%  I bought a big bottle of 94%

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Posted by P mitch on Monday, September 23, 2013 4:36 AM

Many people use Windex to clean an airbrush. But it can depend what your spraying, is it enamels or acrylic?

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cleaning out airbrush
Posted by Reaper420 on Monday, September 23, 2013 12:56 AM
So Im looking for a a very very cheap but very very effective way to clean my AB out. Im poor as of the moment.....well actually poor would mean that I have a little small amount of money, so in that case im BROKE. I can maybe spend $5 tops if that. I have not used my AB at all yet for that reason......I have nothing to clean it out with. But I dont want to use anything that will damage it or the inner workings. Any tips? What about 91% isopropyl? Thanks for any help guys.

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