Airbrush Cleaning Question.

Phil_H wrote:

chriscru wrote: Metho?? Can someone translate for this newbie to the airbrush world? "Metho" is short for "Methylated Spirits" in Australia (and aka "Meths" in the UK), which I believe is roughly analagous to denatured alcohol. Essentially it's Ethyl alcohol blended with Methyl alcohol and other additives to render it undrinkable.

Ah thanks for explaining, I will have to pick up some of that, just read a few paragraphs from a "tutorial" which said that it works well for cleaning airbrush parts, etc.. I am guessing you dont use it to "thin" the paint though right?

chriscru wrote:

Metho?? Can someone translate for this newbie to the airbrush world?

"Metho" is short for "Methylated Spirits" in Australia (and aka "Meths" in the UK), which I believe is roughly analagous to denatured alcohol. Essentially it's Ethyl alcohol blended with Methyl alcohol and other additives to render it undrinkable.

cheers Phil, thats what i've been doing!

If you're just using Tamiya acrylics in your AB, metho is fine. Not to say Tamiya thinner is any better or worse, but metho at $3 per litre is much preferable to Tamiya thinner at $3 per 10mls.

Generally, when changing clours, I'll run water through it till it runs clean to flush it out, then run some metho through it.  End of session, as above, then unscrew the head and soak it in a paint jar of metho. Wipe it down and then reassemble and it should be good to go.