Airbrush cleaning

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to the forums! Pull up a keyboard and stay a while.

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Lots to be learned from this place, some great information to be found

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See this topic for basic airbrush techniques http://www.finescale.com/fsm/community/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=34208

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Bookmark these two sites, they will save you time, money and effort:

Music City's http://www.craigcentral.com/models/ and Swanny's http://swannysmodels.com/ Scroll down and read all their tips and info. You will be happy you did. If these two gentlemen don't have the answer, I don't know who does!

With acrylics, I clean with a 1:1:2 ratio of Simple Green: Windex: Distilled Water. I always thin paints with the Mfg's thinner. (I mostly use Tamiya, so I stick to thier thinner.)

Welcome to the forums.

Acrylics - What vinman said about Simplegreen and acrylics. Best all-purpose cleaner out there and it doesn't leave a film after rinsing which is very important for painting. Great for washing before painting also. For thinning I use cheap 70% IPA - works fine for me anyway.

Enamels (or lacquers) - I use plain hardware store lacquer thinner for cleaning and thinning. Sometimes I use mineral spirits for thinning because it evaporates slower and leads to a smoother coat (this is especially important for gloss enamels)