This is a future Hint and Tip from mremag.com but I think it will be helpful here…
Regards Trevor

Cleaning Air Brushes   from Craig Kirkman (Melbourne, Australia)
I got tired of repeatedly cleaning my airbrushes when doing painting an weathering so I spent a few dollars more and bought a couple … well actually four… for the most often used colours in my area, Black, Red, Royal Blue and Gold. However they also need cleaning up at the end of any session. Watching the painters at one of my previous work places I adapted their practice for cleaning brushes.
Get a tightly seal-able small container and put thinners into it  complete with your air brush nozzles, put the lid on and blue tack it to the outside of the lid of your washing machine when you have a load. Timing of your paint tasks is all important in this exercise as you can see. Run your washing load and the effect on your airbrushes is the equivalent of ultrasonic cleaning! Before you take your washing out, un-blue tack your container and your brushes should be perfectly clean!

Multitasking, can't beat it Trevor.

Great Tip that Trevor

The only downside with it is if your container leaked during the process and leaked over the washing load the order of the frying pan on the head would follow

cheers Brian

I don't think the container is meant to go in the washing machine Brian. I think it's blue tacked to the outside and the vibration of the machine does the cleaning.
I wouldn't dare do it the other way round.

Bob

Its lucky you pointed that out im sure others like me took it that you put it in the machine on a washing cycle.

Hopefully no one is tried that method since Trevor posted

cheers Brian

If they have Brian then I'm off on holiday somewhere safe.       

[user=52]henryparrot[/user] wrote:

The only downside with it is if your container leaked during the process and leaked over the washing load the order of the frying pan on the head would follow

cheers Brian

………………hmm…………………….

Briannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn

Must admit that was my first thought also :oops:

Great tip Trevor :thumbs

I'll get Helen to try that next time :roll::roll:

Ok - I think I got that one……………….I put the airbrush in the washing machine - no problem - trouble was,  I couldn't get the bluetack to hold the sheets -  they kept falling on the floor !!!  hmm:hmm

Yeah, wet bluetack isn't much good to anyone Peter.

[user=6]Petermac[/user] wrote:

Ok - I think I got that one……………….I put the airbrush in the washing machine - no problem - trouble was,  I couldn't get the bluetack to hold the sheets -  they kept falling on the floor !!!  hmm:hmm

The original post has been modified to hopefully clarify the point made… I didn't think it would be possible to muck that one up but I take it back…

Dyslexia Lures… OK  ;-)

Regards

Trevor

Dyslexia is an anagram of "Dailysex" !!!!

[user=6]Petermac[/user] wrote:

Dyslexia is an anagram of "Dailysex" !!!!

And "lures" = Rules so

Dyslexia Lures  means Dailysex Rules :pedal

 

Edit & that will clean the airbrush I am sure

Trevor believe it or not but your post has been taken seriously. It's just when this crowd gets a start on something they get crazier and crazier.
Good fun though, in it?   

As Bob said Trevor - whilst I can only speak for myself,  your post WAS taken seriously.  In fact,  cleaning an airbrush effectively will be the biggest headache I have ……………………….once I learn to use mine !!

In passing,  how quickly will paint dry in an airbrush ?  I could imagine spending 5 minutes assembling the airbrush,  mixing the paint,  filling the reservoir, getting the spray pattern just right then spending 3 seconds spraying your model - then having to reverse all the above before the paint dries in the gun then repeating for the 2nd and subsequent coats. :roll::roll::roll::roll::hmm

Hi All,

I wasn't offended at all but wondered how the hint was going to get corrupted further… Daily Sex would be OK actually! No two ways about it… get you guys going… surprised that there aren't further entries!

To answer Peter's question, you would have a fair degree of working time depending on your medium for spraying.

The Floquil Diosol has a fairy short working life as it is very volatile. I mainly use the Tamiya and "Aqueous" ( A Tamiya Copy… down to the shape of the bottle) brands of acrylics which for me work well with either brushes or spraying.  I use rubbing alcohol ( isopropyl alcohol) as the carrier which works quite well and I probably have about 5-10 minutes of working time. This is usually more than adequate.

I have one of the cheaper sprayers as I don't have the real need for an airbrush… one day … but in an airbrush the valve would probably increase the working life of the paint, I would think to at least double or more of that time which should be very adequate given that your spraying can be got through very quickly.

Hope this helps…

Regards

Trevor

Yep - that sure does help Trevor - thanks. thumbs

You'll realise I've never, ever used an airbrush but have a nice shiney one sitting on my shelf here awaiting practice. :roll::roll:

You'll realise I've never, ever used an airbrush but have a nice shiney one sitting on my shelf here awaiting practice.

why ? what are you waiting to practice on ? all you need is a sheet of paper
then practice drawing lines,dots,circles etc.
before you know it you will be painting with the best of us.

thumbs

Owen - I can make wagons,  I can probably make scenery (I did in an earlier life),  I can even make Liz cross (just occasionally :roll::roll::roll:) but Time has always defeated me !!

It's time I'm waiting for.  I tend to grab the odd few minutes on here but from March to November, I wonder how I ever managed to have a "proper" job !!!  I'm now supposed to be semi-retired but either I'm much slower than I used to be or the days are shorter - whatever the reason,  time is never in sufficient supply for what I want to do.

p.s. just had to correct the above 3 - (no, now 4) times due to some red health drink I've just had - made in Bordeaux it says on the bottle.  :hmm

ah what the hell,, keep taking the medicine mate.

:cool:

you know pics are worth a thousand (or more) words :) and might help hehe....nice idea!!