Hi all
I'm not sure this is the correct place for this but following a tip I saw somewhere else I have just tried a product called Muc-Off as an air brush cleaner. It is meant for cleaning mountain bikes and costs about a tenner a litre from Halfords. It has worked really well through my airbrush on two different acrylics.
Like Future,one bottle will last a very long time!
Every penny counts!
Steve
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Cheap airbrush cleaner for acrylics.
stonar
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Posted: Monday, December 29, 2008 - 11:09 PM UTC
lampie
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AirLedge
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Posted: Monday, December 29, 2008 - 11:50 PM UTC
Hi,
I use windscreen wash (the blue stuff) to clean my airbrush. It's also a really good thinner with acrylics. I've used it with Gunze and Vallejo with success. The blue colour doesn't affect the colour of the paint. I've also heard it prevents "yellowing" of white paint.
All the best,
Mike.
I use windscreen wash (the blue stuff) to clean my airbrush. It's also a really good thinner with acrylics. I've used it with Gunze and Vallejo with success. The blue colour doesn't affect the colour of the paint. I've also heard it prevents "yellowing" of white paint.
All the best,
Mike.
thegirl
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Posted: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 - 01:28 AM UTC
I use Isoproply alcohol , cost me a dollar for a litler at the dollar store .
stonar
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Posted: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 - 04:18 AM UTC
Well Nige,with your 16 bottles of Future and 5 litres of IPA you should be set well into the 22nd century!
Steve
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raptorman0
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Posted: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 - 04:40 AM UTC
Hi
I have been using muc off for the last twelve months and it is very good, I have tried isopropyl alchohol and whilst it was effective the wife moaned about the smell!
muc off gets my vote, excellent cleaning properties
Clive
I have been using muc off for the last twelve months and it is very good, I have tried isopropyl alchohol and whilst it was effective the wife moaned about the smell!
muc off gets my vote, excellent cleaning properties
Clive
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Hi all
I'm not sure this is the correct place for this but following a tip I saw somewhere else I have just tried a product called Muc-Off as an air brush cleaner. It is meant for cleaning mountain bikes and costs about a tenner a litre from Halfords. It has worked really well through my airbrush on two different acrylics.
Like Future,one bottle will last a very long time!
Every penny counts!
Steve
Red4
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Posted: Sunday, January 04, 2009 - 03:13 PM UTC
50/50 mix of Windex and Isopropyl alcohol. Works like a champ. "Q" 
jaypee
Joined: February 07, 2008
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Posted: Sunday, January 04, 2009 - 09:12 PM UTC
I'm no expert only had the airbrush for 6 months but heres my regime.
windex for cleaning out future, iso for cleaning out acrylic, white spirit to clean out enamels.
I've only used enamels once and wont again until I get a spray booth with a flue
that REALLY stinks, and for hours.
I flush with water after cleaning.
windex for cleaning out future, iso for cleaning out acrylic, white spirit to clean out enamels.
I've only used enamels once and wont again until I get a spray booth with a flue
that REALLY stinks, and for hours.
I flush with water after cleaning.
CMOT70
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Posted: Sunday, January 04, 2009 - 09:31 PM UTC
I use Isopropyl to thin the Japanese acrylics, mainly because it's cheap...it occasionaly falls out the back of supply vans in 1 litre bottles at work. (i hope no one from work reads these threads). But i don't use it for cleaning.
But the cheapest form of cleaner is actually Methylated Spirits from the supermarket - sold as a cleaner/disenfectant, just $2.50 for 2 litres and it strips acrylics out of airbrushes easily. It's just Ethanol with an additive to make it taste bad so people don't drink it as cheap alcohol (it's basically just moonshine afterall!).
Andrew
But the cheapest form of cleaner is actually Methylated Spirits from the supermarket - sold as a cleaner/disenfectant, just $2.50 for 2 litres and it strips acrylics out of airbrushes easily. It's just Ethanol with an additive to make it taste bad so people don't drink it as cheap alcohol (it's basically just moonshine afterall!).
Andrew
Siderius
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Posted: Monday, January 05, 2009 - 09:17 AM UTC
How about warm water. If you need a little bit of detergent go ahead. I have been using exclusively acrylics for years and always clean my airbrush with water; till the brush spray runs clear. Works everytime with Model Master Acryl and Polly Scale Acrylics. Hope this helps. Russell
stonar
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Posted: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 - 06:23 AM UTC
Tried meths (to clean the airbrush that is) and it certainly worked. Whiffs a bit though!!
Steve
Steve
drabslab
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Posted: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 - 08:32 AM UTC
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How about warm water. If you need a little bit of detergent go ahead. I have been using exclusively acrylics for years and always clean my airbrush with water; till the brush spray runs clear. Works everytime with Model Master Acryl and Polly Scale Acrylics. Hope this helps. Russell
that is what I thought as well.
Isn't the biggest advantage of acrylics that yuo can thin these with just water and no solvents are needed anymore?
Desmoquattro
Joined: September 10, 2008
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Posted: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 - 08:52 AM UTC
For Tamiya acrylics I use pure methyl alcohol ( from the hardware store, works well for thinning too - methyl alcohol is the main ingredient in windshield fluid, only this stuff is 99.9% pure) and for Model Master acylics I use iso of at least 70% concentration. For some reason methyl works well with Tamiya but not with Model Master. For deep cleaning the airbrush I use industrial lacquer thinner - it will take off anything, even long dried paint, but damn it is foul. I usually take apart the brush and soak it in a vial of lacquer thinner, atomizing that stuff into the air is not a good idea.
pentlandexile
Joined: January 28, 2009
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Posted: Friday, January 30, 2009 - 12:37 PM UTC
I use Windex to clean acrylics out of my airbrush BUT I did use to use Muc-Off for cleaning my bike. You can also get citrus-based bike cleaners but I'm not sure if they'd do the job on paint.
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