Little help With Cleaning

[East]

So I settled down to practice some portraits and relized like a DB I left my gun with paint in it.
:frustrated::frustrated::frustrated: It's working ok but I am sure is has some dried Createx in it. I was wondering what to use to soak it in to clean it. :unsure::holysheep: Take it easy, :zentf5: Shawn

[ED62slow]

I usually just tear down my gun and clean it, never really soaked it. I use airbrush cleaner made by createx to clean though. Hope you find your answer and have fun painting.

-Matt

[fontgeek]

If you can take it apart with out having to force the needle back through the needle packing, then I would take it apart, soak and clean the individual pieces. If you can't easily pull the needle back through the packing, then I would put some solvent in the reservoir to let it soak and soften up first.
If you are using an airbrush that has a Teflon packing/seals/needle bearing, I would put some laquer thinner in the brush and let it soak overnight. You do NOT want to submerge your brush. Submerging your brush exposes all kinds of areas to solvents and polutents that were never designed to deal with them, namely the airvalve, the trigger piston and seal, the handle, and the rear assembly of the brush (the spring, the needle chuck, etc.).
Never use abrasives on or in your airbrush, they can make an expensive airbrush into an expensive paperweight in a real hurry.
Good luck!

[Shiva]

AUTO AIR Restorer.. REMOVES Createx and Auto Air paint.
stand on end or hang CAREFULLY in it., do NOT soak the air valve area.. it WILL soften/dissolve all the paint within,, and the restorer IS reusable after filtering out the chunks.

[East]

right on, thanks for all the help. I just broke it all the way down and cleaned it with a couple of pipe cleaners. It's fine. I was kinda freaking out at first, I thought I ruined it. It's only a $70 dollar gun but still. Thanks again, take it easy. Shawn

[Annie]

With waterbased paints I have found that isopropil alcohol does wonders.
:)
Annie

[airarts]

If you can take it apart with out having to force the needle back through the needle packing, then I would take it apart, soak and clean the individual pieces. If you can't easily pull the needle back through the packing, then I would put some solvent in the reservoir to let it soak and soften up first.
If you are using an airbrush that has a Teflon packing/seals/needle bearing, I would put some laquer thinner in the brush and let it soak overnight. You do NOT want to submerge your brush. Submerging your brush exposes all kinds of areas to solvents and polutents that were never designed to deal with them, namely the airvalve, the trigger piston and seal, the handle, and the rear assembly of the brush (the spring, the needle chuck, etc.).
Never use abrasives on or in your airbrush, they can make an expensive airbrush into an expensive paperweight in a real hurry.
Good luck!
YEAH! BRIAN IS BACK!!!!!
:party::multistars:

I use acetone.