Air Brush Cleaning Need Help???

[SuperMaxx83]

I just baught my first air brush in a long time and i painted my first real flames body today and it turned out ok but i think my prob is I'm not cleaning the gun good enough. I tried paint thinner and it doesn't work good and i tried mineral spirits and that doesn't work either. Now i have to ask you guys what do you use for cleaning air brushes? I use spaz stix ready to spray air brush paint. I dont want to hurt the seals in my air brush so please let me know what you guys use. Once again thanx alot guys. John

 

[Karl M]

Don't know a whole lot about airbrushes but I have used paint guns. I am assuming that it has removeable needles, take them out of the brush and gently clean them. The paint guns I used had a fluid needle and an air needle. Remove the tip, if you can, and gently clean it. Remember, I said I don't have any experience with airbrushes, and I don't now what you have so examine your brush carefully first. Hope this helps until someone with actual experience chimes in.

 

[evilgrin]

to clean out the spaz stix all you need is good quality lacquer thinner, run it thru the brush while back-flushing it occasionally this should get rid of any dried paint in the brush.

I was also told the denatured alcohol works as well but have yet to try it to clean the brush, I mainly use it to make sure there is no water left in the brush after cleaning out the water based paints I use.