Mr muscle window and glass cleaner is great!

[worldofglasscraft]

WE call windex "Mr Muscle" in the UK. There are two types. One is green in colour. This green fluid has no ammonia in it and I believe that it is the ammonia that strips the chrome but someone with more knowledge on that can explain better, Mr Micron I think knows.

 

[bagelman1952]

Just picked up on this thread. I use Vallejo acrylic paint and Jo Sonja acrylic paint on my models. I use a mixture recommended by Javier Gonzalez, who is a world class model painter. The mix is 2 parts windex, 1 part airbrush thinner, 1 part airbrush cleaner and 8 parts distilled water. Works like a charm with the paints I use though not able to confirm how it works with other paints. I use windex for cleaning out my brush also.

 

[Ziggle G]

I have found adding a cup of rubbing alcohol helps out a lot when making homebrew airbrush cleaner.

 

[Airbrush Dreams]

I have two airbrushes that the nickel plating in the cup has worn out and you can see the brass. I noticed it in my Micron C plus when I had strengthened the Windex and Water mix. This mix that is in this thread has stopped this from happening and actually cleans the paint out real fast. I never gave the ammonia any thought, but when it starts eating away at a $460 dollar airbrush you think hard.

 

[worldofglasscraft]

Fred, get yourself a brush plating kit from Caswell or similar and re plate. $460 has to be looked after.

 

[bokkie13]

I couldn't find the ammonia free windex but I did find a window cleaner marketed as "environmentally friendly" which didn't have any ammonia in it...

 

[towniceman]

Hi There,
Here is a recipe for DIY Reducer, sais it works with Createx and AutoAir paints. Hav'nt tried it yet. Let me know what you think.

1 cup Rubbing Alcohol
4 cup Water
1 cup Glass Cleaner
5 drops Glycerine

I've seen this but have been told to use denatured alchol not rubbing alchol .this is what I use
6oz distilled water
2oz denatured alchol
8 drops glycerine
thats it