I was wondering how many of you have had Windex hurt your airbrush from cleaning with it?
Have any of you veterans used it for a really long time and still have had no problems?
I have a guy arguing with me on an airbrush forum that it will attack the chrome and the brass and hurt the seals, yada, yada. I say BULL!
I even contacted Ken at Badger and told him what this guy was saying and he told me this:
It does after an extremely prolonged period of time, but it does not effect airbrush performance regardless. But no more than skin oils from prolonged usage and the related wear and tear of such usage. Most if not all Water base paint cleaners are ammonia based as it is the best material to date for cleaning such materials. Simple green is an alternative - however it also contains some ammonia I believe. What are they recommending? Alcohol, lacquer thinners and mineral spirits are certainly not suitable for removing acrylics as any residue left behind will affect future applications and will cause "gumming up" of the residual paints in the airbrush. |
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I agree with Ken and have cleaned my airbrushes for years with Windex and have never had a problem.
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