cleaning airbrushes

Good advice Ed.

Mike

Merlin,

I feel the same way about Coast Airbrush. There are places a little cheaper in price on some items, but the service and helpfulness of the folks at Coast make it worth shopping through them.

Thanks for the kind compliments on my airbrush work my friend. I appreciate it. I am still a long way from where I want to be though.
You are very welcome for any help I may have gave you.

God Bless

Mike

Are Tamiya Acrylics easy to clean? Is there another brand thats better? Of course Tamiya Acrylics are supposed to be good all around, so I'll probably stick with those.

QUOTE: Originally posted by mandrake Hello DewaPerang! that is pretty weird!, does it really works??? Windex and Liquid Detergent??? what kind of liquid detergent?? would that work for any airbrush?? i have a Badger 150 and some times is a pain to clean it, but your suggestion looks pretty simple and easy!, and what would be your suggestion if i use a testors enmel or any other enmel??

Hello mandrake
The liquid detergent i used was the normal household detergent..there're many of them u can found on your mart...i used local make the brand is Dynamo... I dont mix detergent with windex..i shot with windex forst..and then water..and then detergent
I use Tamiya Superfine ab and Aztek A4709... for aztek , since they're plastic i normally leave the cup in the detergent overnight...
for enamels, first i shot with the expensive Humbroll thinner and then with mineral spirits....
Lacquer based is cleaned with lacquer thinner....i use the ordinary house paint thinner Tiger Brand....i heard this will damage the ab but since i seldomly paint with lacquer i think this may be OK for me...well ..glad i can help

I also like acrylics. I normally use alcohol or windex right out fo the bottle.

Mandrake, I think Pinol is a bit too strong. I would suggest you use alcohol.

QUOTE: Originally posted by DewaPerang Hello mandrake The liquid detergent i used was the normal household detergent..there're many of them u can found on your mart...i used local make the brand is Dynamo... I dont mix detergent with windex..i shot with windex forst..and then water..and then detergent

Why do you spray detergent through the airbrush after using Windex and water? What is it supposed to do?

Mike

Thank you very much mikeV and Bnsfco!, good advises!

QUOTE: Originally posted by MikeV Why do you spray detergent through the airbrush after using Windex and water? What is it supposed to do? Mike

Hello MikeV,
To answer your question frankly i dont know why ..
I accidentally found it. The story goes like this:( this happened 5 yrs ago)
I try to removed dust and cat hair from my models..after wiping with brush then i soak it in water+liquid detergent. after a few minutes i noticed the color started to came off the model... at last the model was completely back to its original plastic color. The model have been painted years back then and i'm sure that the acrylic color have fully 'dry'. then i started to think that this can be used for my Aztek A4709 since it's plastic....after some times i started to like this method and it's cheap too....

QUOTE: Originally posted by DewaPerang Hello MikeV, To answer your question frankly i dont know why ..

Hehe.

I would just make sure that you sprayed water through it after the detergent or you may end up with some paint that won't stick due to the detergent contaminating the paint.

Mike

QUOTE: Originally posted by MikeV QUOTE: Originally posted by DewaPerang Hello MikeV, To answer your question frankly i dont know why .. Hehe. I would just make sure that you sprayed water through it after the detergent or you may end up with some paint that won't stick due to the detergent contaminating the paint. Mike

HEhehe Mike...sure..spray with adequate water..a few pass wont work...