NEVER Clog Your Airbrush Again!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 19 พ.ค. 2022
- There's a trick to keeping your airbrush clog-free.
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This is my airbrush. There are many like it but this one is mine. I must keep my airbrush clean and true as I am clean and true!
I much prefer to dump the contents of the paint cup after you back fill. If there's any tiny bits of paint that have dried or started drying, I don't want to be firing that through the nozzle.
I've read elsewhere that keeping the airbrush under water was bad for the rubber gaskets, but I agree, it works and it seems worth the trade off. The other good tip is to not allow the paint to run out, therefore avoiding blowing air over a dry tip. I still get paint on the shaft of the needle have have to clear it though. I still haven't solved that issue, except to take it out and clean the whole thing.
I haven't been keeping my airbrush wet, but what I usually do before I start (I do something pretty similar as a cleaning process) is run a few drops of cleaner, then water, and then flow improver through before I start painting with it.
An airbrush nozzle can hold a surprising amount of dried up paint even while looking "clean". I have picked out a lot of paint from an airbrush that was still spraying. Keep your broken needles and use them for cleaning. They work really well for it.
My father’s job is to paint cars, and when I help him I used to be the one who have to clean the “paint-pistol”, so when I bought an airbrush it was natural for me to clean it. I do almost all the step that you listed... but the one to leave the airbrush inside of water I never heard of, and sounds very smart. I will add it to my cleaning routine, thank you!
I just got my first airbrush the other day. Still need a compressor but I had no idea about the whole water storage to prevent clogging it never even occurred to me and no one talked about it in the videos i've watched about maintenance so I appreciate the game changing advice before I even to started playing the game!
Airbrush Cleaner is, generally, a mix of Isopropyl alcohol, Glycerine and water.
Coming back a week later to comment after testing. This worked for me like a charm! I live in a dry climate so my brush tended to clog very easily no matter how much thinner I was using. I was getting to point of having to do deep cleans of the brush mid session to stop speckling.
Lol, that part that covers the back of the brush... I haven't seen that thing in years, but I know I own it.
I highly recommend you invest in a quick disconnect. Even if you only have one brush, it saves a lot of time when you have to disconnect your brush. I alternate with three brushes and I don't want to wait while I screw a hose on and off between them.
For flushing the airbrush after using water based acrylics I use pre mixed windscreen washer fluid. Can be bought very cheaply from automotive stores and works very well.
I have to say that keeping the airbrush in water has helped me enjoy my air brushing a lot more, since I didn't like the cleaning part of the job. I learned this from Uncle Atom from a video years ago and it has worked for me. Again thanks for the great advice Uncle Atom!
I've seen a lot of interesting videos from your channel, but this is the one that got me to subscribe. I've been frustrated about my airbrush getting clogged, and it has really put a damper on my motivation to paint with it. I very much appreciate your advice and look forward to having a much more fun experience with my airbrush.
LOVED THIS!!! It is an excellent how-to video: clear, concise & just the right length! Thank you so much & I look forward to seeing more content along these lines! 😁👍
Thank you for sharing this video! I have been ABing for about 20 years and I do everything you do except for two things. First, when I’m done I clean out the cup with thinner first and dump it, then I use the cleaner. Second thing, with the cleaner in the cup, I take a #3 or 4 round brush and clean around the sides of the cup with the cleaner, dump that and repeat, back flush and then repeat with water or window wash from my car, back flush repeat and done! I also take one drop of needle juice on my index finger, rub it together with thumb and index finger and pinch/pass the needle through my fingers once and done!
For me the problem is usually painting a lot of the same color... paint will start to dry in the airbrush, the dried paint moves downstream and bang, there's your clog.
putting the airbrush into water to never get it dry is so obvious but also mindblowing for me at the same time. thx for this amazing tip. i also might buy an ultrasonic cleaner to make sure everything is super clean all the time
Some airbrushes have little holes in the nozzle cone - trying to backflow those is an easy way to get the airbrush clogged up ( because inevitably you wont make a perfect seal and a little paint still comes through ) :(
One additional thing: take the needle out through the nozzle side of the brush (after removing the actual nozzle). This way you don't 'contaminate' the parts of the brush that would otherwise never see any paint (the trigger and back screw parts)