Best Airbrush Cleaner For Createx Illustration Paints?
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First off I never stripe it down unless I have a clog issue or I will be storing it for a while.
To clean the nozzle I use Restorer made by Createx to soak only the nozzle in . the rest of the brush I just use first the high performance reducer then hot soapy water .
To clean the nozzle I use Restorer made by Createx to soak only the nozzle in . the rest of the brush I just use first the high performance reducer then hot soapy water .
Big John 1945
Mac-Valve Maestro!
My routine at the end of the day or when I switch colors. Empty the paint bowl, fill bowl with windex, use a quetip to wipe inside of bowl, dump liquid out, refill with windex spray until the bowl is empty, fill bowl with isopropyl alcohol, spray onto paper towel backflushing halfway through. Remove needle and wipe with residue of alcohol on the paper towel, refill bowl with windex and spray on paper towel till it is total clear. Been doing this for three years with no harm to my gun or bowl. Paint sprays beautifully.
I use a little reducer on a paper towel to clean the worst of the cup, then back flush with a little more reducer, another couple drops blown throw, then run a bunch of paint cup full of water through. I have some Createx Cleaner that I also shoot, then water again. It seems like a lot of reducer, but it’s only a few drops and it does the best job in my opinion.
Basstrack238
Mac-Valve Maestro!
Dump leftover paint if any, then spray and backwash with airbrush cleaner and wipe bowl. Then spray and backwash with 4012 and use a brush to clean cup and needle tip with the 4012 in cup. I pull tip and needle when they start getting sticky, then clean, that's not too often. Or if I make mistake and use metallic. I normally run separate airbrushes for metallic and pearls. Pain to clean them
My process at the end of the day is the same as Big john above, with the addition of blowing a cup of cleaner through when the needle is out, just be careful of the angle you are holding the brush or you'll wind up with cleaner flowing back where its not needed.
Given that you asked what cleaner rather than how do we clean the brush, all of the above are used by many of us, just be careful spraying the isopropyl in the air, a spray out pot is strongly recommended, not great for you lungs, !
I use what i have on hand, it can be a comibination of
windex
water
isopropyl
Createx reducer
Createx airbrush cleaner
After you've dumped the excess paint, another great method that works great with side brushes and the A or B size cups is a mug of warm water with a drop or two of dish liquid in it. submerge the front of the airbrush so the cup is submerged, wind up the PSI then just use the trigger like you would when you are painting, and let it all cycle through, rinse out using water/reducer.
This will also work with C size cups but you'll need a deep mug as the brush needs to go in almost dead vertical, whereas the other sizes can be angled.
Immediately dump the content of the mug unless its plainly clear that it is not your normal tea or coffee mug, i'd hate to think someone picks it up and takes a big swig
Given that you asked what cleaner rather than how do we clean the brush, all of the above are used by many of us, just be careful spraying the isopropyl in the air, a spray out pot is strongly recommended, not great for you lungs, !
I use what i have on hand, it can be a comibination of
windex
water
isopropyl
Createx reducer
Createx airbrush cleaner
After you've dumped the excess paint, another great method that works great with side brushes and the A or B size cups is a mug of warm water with a drop or two of dish liquid in it. submerge the front of the airbrush so the cup is submerged, wind up the PSI then just use the trigger like you would when you are painting, and let it all cycle through, rinse out using water/reducer.
This will also work with C size cups but you'll need a deep mug as the brush needs to go in almost dead vertical, whereas the other sizes can be angled.
Immediately dump the content of the mug unless its plainly clear that it is not your normal tea or coffee mug, i'd hate to think someone picks it up and takes a big swig
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DaveG
Airbush Analyst
My process at the end of the day is the same as Big john above, with the addition of blowing a cup of cleaner through when the needle is out, just be careful of the angle you are holding the brush or you'll wind up with cleaner flowing back where its not needed.
Given that you asked what cleaner rather than how do we clean the brush, all of the above are used by many of us, just be careful spraying the isopropyl in the air, a spray out pot is strongly recommended, not great for you lungs, !
I use what i have on hand, it can be a comibination of
windex
water
isopropyl
Createx reducer
Createx airbrush cleaner
After you've dumped the excess paint, another great method that works great with side brushes and the A or B size cups is a mug of warm water with a drop or two of dish liquid in it. submerge the front of the airbrush so the cup is submerged, wind up the PSI then just use the trigger like you would when you are painting, and let it all cycle through, rinse out using water/reducer.
This will also work with C size cups but you'll need a deep mug as the brush needs to go in almost dead vertical, whereas the other sizes can be angled.
Immediately dump the content of the mug unless its plainly clear that it is not your normal tea or coffee mug, i'd hate to think someone picks it up and takes a big swig
hmmm, that mug of warm water sounds like a fantastic idea - and yes, I will need to dump it when done,a s I KNOW I will eventually take a swig from it.
The rest of my cleaning routine for Createx (and most acrylic type paints) is as written above in this thread. I normally don't have much paint in a cup, but f I do I will dump it, fill with AB Cleaner or Windex - I use a soft paint brush to swab the bowl with cleaner, spray into a pot, then switch to water. End of day I will do another round of cleaner or windex - back flush, then pull the needle to wipe and like JackEb will also blow a bowl full without the needle installed. Needle back in, but usually not all the way till the next time I paint.
