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    November 2005
Cleaning
Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, September 17, 2003 5:30 AM
I have a Passhe VL double action airbrush. When I am finished painting I spray thinners through it & then I take the needle out & clean it. What concerns me is if I put the needle back in & then pull it out again it still has paint on it , I dont know how or if you are supposed to clean the inside, but if anyone can help it would be greatly appreciated.
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    March 2003
  • From: Broken Arrow, Oklahoma
Posted by maddafinga on Wednesday, September 17, 2003 7:53 AM
Hah, another Floyd fan, glad to have you aboard. I haven't used a Pasche, but I clean my Iwata completely every time I paint. (Actually, I like the cleaning part, it's relaxing to me) What I do to clean the inside is remove the tip and nozzle, dip a pipe cleaner into thinner, and run it through the body. Works like a charm. I'm going to get a set of airbrush cleaning brushes, but it's going to have to wait a little while. Until then, pipe cleaners work just fine.

madda
Madda Trifles make perfection, but perfection is no trifle. -- Leonardo Da Vinci Tact is for those who lack the wit for sarcasm.--maddafinga
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    November 2005
Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, September 17, 2003 3:50 PM
I have a Paasche VL and I do exactly as madda suggested... pipecleaner. More precisely, I do this:

1. Flush and back-flush with thinner.
2. Remove needle
3. Use thinner soaked q-tip to clean out the intake (where you put the jar or color cup).
4. Remove the cap and tip and soak them in thinner.
5. Run a thinner soaked pipe cleaner down the pipe. If you only get about an inch or two of the pipe cleaner soaked, the rest of it will act as a bit of a dryer as you pull it through...)
6. Clean tip and cap with q-tip and/or pipe cleaner
7. Clean color cup (I find this to be the hardest thing to clean....)

Enjoy!!

Murray
  • Member since
    November 2005
Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, September 18, 2003 5:15 AM
Thanks alot guys you have been a great help.
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