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  • Member since
    March 2003
  • From: Portugal
spraying future...
Posted by lito.sf on Wednesday, March 31, 2004 11:50 AM
Hey, i´m just about to spray future on my aircraft for the first time and i wonder what should i use to clean the airbrush after spraying future?
Does enamel thinner work well?
I dont know if spraying windex will damage my airbrush since amonia can harm some metals.
What do you use to clean yours?
thanks alot
Lito
  • Member since
    February 2003
  • From: A Spartan in the Wolverine State
Posted by rjkplasticmod on Wednesday, March 31, 2004 12:01 PM
I use Sunnyside Denatured Alcohol Solvent avilable at most hardware stores in this area, not sure what brands may be in Portugal. Windex should also work, the ammonia content is fairly low, but Iv'e never tried it myself.
RICK At My Age, I've Seen It All, Done It All, But I Don't Remember It All...
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, March 31, 2004 12:10 PM
Holy crackers! Theres a lot of future questions! Go to the sticky thread "the complete future" in techniques for everything you want to know about it. Couldn't find my future question's answer there, but it should have everything you need to know about using it.
  • Member since
    January 2004
  • From: USA
Posted by MusicCity on Wednesday, March 31, 2004 12:26 PM
I clean mine out with Windex, and then just spray some water through it to wash the Windex out. I use mostly acrylics, so I've always got a big bucket of water sitting by my bench. Just dunk the whole airbrush under water and spray a few seconds to wash out the Windex, then blow some air through it to dry it.
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  • Member since
    April 2003
  • From: Hayward, CA
Posted by MikeV on Wednesday, March 31, 2004 8:16 PM
Windex will work but as you stated it can harm the chrome surface over time is used repeatedly, although I don't think it happens too often as I have never heard anyone complain about the ammonia attacking the chrome.

As Rick stated, any thinner like that will work including mineral spirits, lacquer thinner and others. Any acrylic paint cleaner will work also.
I don't know if you have Simple Green in Portugal but a mixture that I have mentioned on this forum before is 2 parts distilled water, 1 part Windex and 1 part Simple Green cleaner. It works very well for acrylics.

Mike

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