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will metal body airbrushes namely the badger 155 handle paint store thinner

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    November 2005
will metal body airbrushes namely the badger 155 handle paint store thinner
Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, February 12, 2005 4:32 AM
i got a badger 155 and i want to shoot some paint store thinner through it for cleaning. i dont know exactly its composition cos its just called "thinner" on the label, but i do know that its VERY nasty, and im worried about it damaging my gaskets and rubber seals. i could go the safe way and use gunze thinner but gunze thinner is 12 bucks singapore for 250ml while the "thinner" thinner is 2 bucks for a liter.
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  • From: USA
Posted by MusicCity on Saturday, February 12, 2005 7:08 AM
If it's mineral spirits or laquer thinner it won't bother the o-rings or seals at all. All Badger brushes have "Solvent Resistant" o-rings and seals.
Scott Craig -- Nashville, TN -- My Website -- My Models Page
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  • From: SETX. USA
Posted by tho9900 on Saturday, February 12, 2005 7:50 AM
I've shot both through my 155 Reg... no probs at all!

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oh yeah I forgot to add... congrats on the new AB!!!! you've come a long way from that sprayer! you'll love the 155 once you get used to it... a really nice and forgiving brush!
---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!
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Posted by Delbert on Saturday, February 12, 2005 8:01 AM
I use low odor mineral spirits to clean my badger 360 and havn't had any trouble at all..



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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, February 12, 2005 9:38 AM
You'll love the Badger
It will become your favorite tool.
Its an engineering work of art.
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, February 12, 2005 10:06 AM
how about cellulose thinner ? this stuff melted a pair of surgical gloves [:S]
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  • From: Hayward, CA
Posted by MikeV on Saturday, February 12, 2005 11:55 AM
QUOTE: Originally posted by reggiethedorf

how about cellulose thinner ? this stuff melted a pair of surgical gloves [:S]


Cellulose thinner is lacquer thinner. No problem spraying it either.
The only area you do not want to get the thinner is in the trigger area as the o-ring in there is rubber and can swell and crack.
The needle bearing is PTFE (Teflon) and can handle that thinner with no problems.

Mike

Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom. " Charles Spurgeon
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, February 12, 2005 2:04 PM
what mike said

I clean my Badgers with Laqc thinner all the time... well over a year now.
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  • From: The cornfields of Ohio
Posted by crockett on Saturday, February 12, 2005 7:14 PM
Ditto.......
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