|
Brought to you by Airhead Airbrush .Com ,
Inc. and Airbrush Artist
Magazine .Com and Airbrush Technique
Magazine. Your best resources for learning " How To " Airbrush, custom
paint. Subscribe today to the best Airbrush, Custom painting magazines on the
planet. Click on the magazine banners below for detailed information about the
magazines and or to subscribe.
Having an enjoyable
airbrushing experience will greatly depend on how effectively you clean your
airbrush . Now don't get excited its very simple and easy and not very time
consuming.
Simple rule to follow is if you use solvent base paints use
solvent base cleaner . If you use water based paints use anyone of the
following: warm water, commercial airbrush cleaner , (see
Kevin Mayers article). Use some common sense here DO NOT soak your airbrush
in any of these more than over night. With Windex use only to clean your
airbrush while you are using it, don't soak your airbrush in it for any length
of time. An example of while you are using it would be a gravity feed airbrush
between color changes. Put a little windex in the color cup to wash out old
color and than move on to the next color. With a bottom feed airbrush have a
fast blast bottle full of windex or airbrush cleaning solution reduced with
water 50/50 and between color changes spray it through your airbrush to clean
out the old color and than move on to your next color.
Some handy
cleaning tools to have are a tip cleaning kit and or a airbrush cleaning kit.
These you can buy at most art supply, airbrush supply shops, they are fairly
inexpensive. You can find them listed on the accessories page of my Airhead web
site.
Ultrasonic cleaning machines such as dentists use are pretty handy
for soaking and cleaning your brush. Believe you can pick these up starting at
about $20.00.
Personally I clean my brushes like the examples pictured
below . Over the past 12 years of airbrushing I have found this cleaning system
to work best. You do not have to completely disassemble your airbrush ever time
you use it and want to clean it. About once per month I take my airbrush
completely apart and soak it overnight in commercial airbrush cleaner . After
soaking your airbrush over night use small brushes ( Airbrushers Brushes ) to
clean all of the parts, oil it ( using Medea Super Lube ) and put it back
together.
Below is my YOUTUBE video how to clean
your airbrushes if your using water based paints. Watch for new video's to
appear on Airbrush Technique Magazines YouTube channel
AIRBRUSH TECHNIQUE
MAGAZINE CHANNEL soon. Brought to you by
Airbrush Technique
Magazine publishing more pages of useful content per issue and fewer
pages of advertising than any airbrush publication. |
