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"AIRBRUSH TIP DRY"by Don
Johnson
Brought to you by Airhead Airbrush .Com ,
Inc. and Airbrush Artist
Magazine .Com and Airbrush Technique
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Ok so you are airbrushing
along and all of a sudden the paint flow stops, or less paint starts to flow
now what?
Don't get excited, bent out of shape this is just one of
those little things that occasionally happens while airbrushing.
No
matter what kind of paint you use paint will occasionally build up on the
needle tip, commonly called "tip dry" and you'll need to clean it off.
This seems to take place a bit more often when using white but will
happen with any color weather you are using water base or solvent based
paint.
With thicker paint (higher viscosity) like textile paint
(Createx, ETAC, Aqua Flow) the more often tip dry seems to occur.
So
how do you go about cleaning the dried paint off the tip of your airbrush
needle tip? Carefully of course you do not want to bend the tip of your needle.
Below are some examples of how you go about carefully cleaning your airbrush
needle tip. Click on an image if you need to see a bigger view.
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Pictured above some of airbrush
artist favorite tools, a Q-tip and cleaning solution.
When using water
based paints you would use airbrush cleaner like that made by Medea.
If
you are using solvent base paint as in automotive custom paint you would use
lacquer thinner or reducer. |
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The first thing you will want to do
is to remove the tip guard. This is accomplished in different ways on different
brands of airbrushes but most tip guards just screw off.
Remember lefty
lossie, righty tighty when trying to unscrew the tip guard.
Please
refer to the airbrush manufactures recommendation on how to remove the tip
guard. |
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Ok pictured above is our airbrush
with the tip guard removed and the tip of the needle exposed. As you can see
there is a lot of white paint built up on the needle, this of course will cause
problems while you're trying to airbrush.
When you are just learning to
airbrush you might find this frustrating but as you become more experienced it
becomes second nature to clean this "Tip dry" off the tip of your airbrush
needle..
So if you're new to the airbrushing world this might seem like
a very big deal but as you become more comfortable with your airbrush it
becomes less and less of a hassle. |
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The Q-Tip method of removing the
paint is pictured above. With the Q-tip soaked in the appropriate clean
solution carefully wipe the tip of the needle off. |
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Above is the most preferred method
of cleaning tip dry off the airbrush needle tip.
Using your forefinger and
thumb finger nails simple clean the paint off the airbrush needle tip being
careful not to bend the tip.
This actually becomes almost second nature
after you have been airbrush for awhile.
There you go the mystery of
"Tip dry" solved and how to over come it. I hope you found this helpful,
remember its just paint, relax and have fun. |
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