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mickolaus
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I think we all clean and lube our airbrush(es) on a regular base , I for one take em apart every 2 months or so or sooner if I notice a brush is not as smooth as it used to be , in the past 8 years I used the super lube to get them going again , the SM however came with the K33 airbrush balm so I took my CM apart and cleaned all moving parts with alcohol 70% let them dry for a few sec and applied the K33 balm with a tooth pick as advised by Carlo and put the airbrush together again ( not an easy task if you cant really see the tiny parts and have to do it by feel LOL )
A little test spray showed a big improvement right away: my CM is much smoother now , not as smooth as the SM but much better than before I cleaned and lubed it
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Is that called just plain "condition"? I've been using super lube and wonder if that is any betterI use Etac efx and not all my airbrushes have fancy needles only the microns have those , I did put superlube on the tip of a needle once and I found it useless : I got fisheyes due to the glycerin that is in the super lube and it took a few blasts of paint to get rid of that , on real hot days with temp over 30 C there will be some dry tip even with the Efx and I solve that with the condition air : I know there is also glycerin in that but the way I use it is 1 drop condition air to 2 oz water and add a drop off this mix to my paint this does solves the dry tip problem on those days and not the superlube