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Cleaning airbrush after Createx

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Cleaning airbrush after Createx
Posted by oldermodelguy on Wednesday, August 31, 2022 8:17 AM

I posted this in another forum as well but seems to me someone here uses Createx.

So are you guys who use Createx cleaning up your airbrushes after using Createx with anything but their own rather expensive cleaner ? My usual treatment with every other acrylic paint still leaves quite a bit of paint to deep clean it seems. I can usually flush acrylics to the point where deep cleaning isn't needed after every use, same for solvents. Not so much with this stuff. It's very easy to use though otherwise.

Acetone did fairly well. I'm out of Windex so didn't try that. Fantastik just made it sudsy lol. Alcohol wasn't sufficient without a tear down. Maybe it's just that airbrush, it can be fussy to clean but usually once I wipe the needle it's pretty good.

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Posted by the Baron on Wednesday, August 31, 2022 9:54 AM

Have you tried lacquer thinner?

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Posted by oldermodelguy on Wednesday, August 31, 2022 11:52 AM

Not yet but this is the second mention of it. In the other forum a guy there uses LT so that will be next. I was trying non solvent first, then alcohol and acetone. You get to acetone might just as well go the rest of the way lol !

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Posted by Eaglecash867 on Wednesday, August 31, 2022 1:08 PM

I'm thinking Windex (actually, the Walmart Great Value brand of glass cleaner is even better...seems like a higher ammonia concentration), or maybe some pure cleaning ammonia would break that up and flush it right out.

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Posted by BrandonK on Wednesday, August 31, 2022 1:31 PM

I've used Creatix before, have tons left. It always cleans up just fine with lacquer thinner. Then I rinse with some distilled water to remove any LT resisdue. Never had any issue with it.

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Posted by oldermodelguy on Wednesday, August 31, 2022 4:20 PM

I'll test the LT out tomorrow. I'd think if that does it then acetone should have as well but I will see. As far as Windex or iteration there of, I got to get some anyway, the house is out of it. When I do I'll try that.

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Posted by Humper on Thursday, September 1, 2022 5:43 PM

 I tear my brush down and wipe/clean with LT, reassemble then spray just a small amount 5618 cleaner through it. I haven't had any issues with that method, but I do have a bottle of the 4008 restorer on hand just in case...

 

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Posted by oldermodelguy on Friday, September 2, 2022 6:03 PM

On this airbrush it seems the way to go is pull the needle and the whole nose off leaving the body ( it's just finger tight) and you can flush right through with whatever. I used hot tap water and ran the stream right through, popped it back together and shot some acetone through it and it shot clean. Pulled the needle and nothing was on it. Just a quick extra step is all. Then I cleaned the pedal shaped needle protector on the air cap as it had dried paint on it by this point with acetone and a brush. It's taken me longer to type this than performing that quick cleaning.

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