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cleaning tamiya acrylic from my airbrush

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Posted by Bick on Tuesday, March 24, 2015 7:44 AM

If the acrylic paint has dried in the airbrush, I, too, use lacquer thinner or acetone but make sure you AB has Teflon seals and not rubber O rings.

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Posted by Real G on Tuesday, March 24, 2015 1:23 AM

I also use hardware lacquer thinner to clean out Tamiya acrylic from my airbrush. Works a charm.

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Posted by Taps88 on Monday, March 23, 2015 10:14 PM

I use Isopropyl Alcohol

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Posted by Watchmann on Monday, March 23, 2015 8:49 PM

I spray a cup of distilled water to finish up, just to remove any left over chemicals.

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Posted by JunJon on Monday, March 23, 2015 7:38 PM

Am I the only one here who clean an AB with a hardware lacquer thinner?

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Posted by pordoi on Monday, March 23, 2015 3:40 PM

You can also add a little Windex with ammonia to the 91% isopropanol.  Works very well.

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Posted by Chrisk-k on Monday, March 23, 2015 11:51 AM

I use 91% IPA to clean my 3 Iwata ABs after spraying Tamiya.  I've never had a problem.

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Posted by Tojo72 on Monday, March 23, 2015 11:38 AM

You can use iso alcohol 90 or just plain water to clean Tamiya from an airbrush.

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Posted by hypertex on Monday, March 23, 2015 9:32 AM

Retarder is not a cleaner--it's a substance keeps the paint wet longer. I clean Tamiya acrylics with Windex or lacquer thinner. You could probably use alcohol, too. Check your Airbrush paperwork to see what they recommend.

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cleaning tamiya acrylic from my airbrush
Posted by Alientipod1000 on Monday, March 23, 2015 7:13 AM

hello modelers! I have a expo super detail gravity feed airbrush so is this tamiya paint retarder good to clean acrylic from my airbrush.

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