WHERE do you clean your airbrush??

All my work is done inside my booth with the blower on high. No chemicals comes into the booth open and no chemicals leave the booth open.

1) Pour left over paint into a storage jar. 2) Set compessor to 60 lbs/p.s.i. 3) Fill cup half full with used lacquer thinner and scrub gently with old paint brush. ( I finally found a use for those white Testors paint brushes!) 4) Spray a little into the booth and dump the rest into the used thinner jar. 5) Wipe out cup with a paper towel. 6) Fill cup half full with clean thinner,scrub cup again and spray all this into the booth. 7) Fill cup half full with clean thinner and spray all this into booth. 8) Hang up airbrush and set compressor to 0 psi. 9) Leave booth fan on until filter is dry and all VOC are gone. (Takes about 5 minutes with lacquer thinner). This my seem to be a long process, but it only takes about two minutes. The high p.s.i and booth fan does most of the work.

Using this method, I only have to break my airbrush down once every three months to lube the needle and trigger. 

Yann Solo wrote:

I have some metallic coffee cans for that purpose.  I simply run some cleaner thru my airbrush spraying it into the can.  If you don't like the fumes, you can do this under the spraybooth if you have one.

Same with me.  I have cotton inside the cans and whenever the cotton becomes saturated, I simply dispose of it.  I have a can for each type of cleaner I am using.  The lid has a small hole where I place the AB nozzle in it so I don't get fumes flying around.  I usually place the can in my spraybooth when cleaning, if possible.  After the final cleaning I replace the lid with one without a hole.    

I clean them in the front where the paint comes out.

Sorry.... couldn't resist.

I do my airbrushing outside for now, so I do the initial "blowout" outside, then bring everything in and clean it all in the kitchen sink. Since I switched to acrylics, it's actually a quick process, and the only smell associated with it are generally my fault. (Barump-da-bump..... thank you folks, I'll be here all night. Be sure and tip your waitress.....)

If I'm cleaning to switch colors- right there on the back porch. When we finally get into our new house and I have a proper model room, I plan on having a handy-dandy spray booth and cleaning station.

Hehehehe...... clean it in the front...... sometimes I crack me up.