What do you guys suggest for cleaning out empty or old bottles of paint. t the moment I can clean out empties by a repitious cycle of 'put laquer thinner in (seems the harshest and cleans every type of paint iv thrown at it), empty, wipe with rag as much as I can, repeat)
This works for the majority of empty bottles (getting paint off sides) cant get the old paint out of the corners. As far as old paint, I cant get the stuff out, Ill let it sit in thinner for days, it wont budge…
Try soaking in full strength Simple Green.
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Toothpick, metal, or nylon paint stirring stick.
Unless you have tons of time why bother? Also if you don’t have clean or new caps again why bother. You can get empties cheap. I just toss mine in the recycles. You’re not being “green” if you are using lots of petroleum based products to clean them out.
not that I want to be green, I just have things like… paint in bottles that dont have adapters for my AB, empty bottles that I do have an adapter to fit on my AB. Same for mixing paint, it stays mixed and doesnt dry alot longer in the bottle the it does on a pallet. Just a matter of saving money.
Make up and small food jars also are great storage containers for paint. Easier to clean too. 
After soaking, bend a paper clip, wad up a piece of paper towel and dig away.
I getcha gerald, I have alot of stuff I could use, thing is, these model master’s bottles and 10ml tamiya bottles fit the adapter I ahve for my airbrush, makeup and such dont, saddly.
That paperclip idea is good, its always the stuff in the corners I cant get with my pinkey! thanks!
Why not use the glass jar that came with the airbrush instead?
I don’t see any advantage in connecting the paint bottle directly to the airbrush personally. [%-)]
it came with 2, and there in use already.
Don’t you mix some paint, spray it and then clean the siphon-feed bottle when you are finished?
Yeah, you’re mixing too much paint, Smeagol… You should really invest in a couple of paint cups if money’s your issue…
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OK, translation please? Posting childish remarks is not going to earn you much respect from those here who have been airbrushing as long as you have been on planet Earth! We know it’s an AIR BRUSH so what’s your point?
So…tell me, are you mixing thinner into these paints and storing them for future use which is why you need the bottles cleaned?
Ok, Ill repeat it again. My airbrush is the type that needs the bottle attached. There are 2 adapters for it, the bottles that came with it and Model masters bottles. I have model masters bottles that are either empty or almost empty, and I want to clean them out so I can re-use them for things like… the Testors paints, the large size tamiya bottles, you know, things that I DONT have an adapter for, like I said. It wouldnt be good for the remnants of the last color mixing with the first now, would it?
Get some freakin’ Methyl-Ethyl Ketone (Before you ask, hardware store-paint and thinner aisle) and soak the bottles in it… If that don’t take it off, you’ll need a hammer… Testor’s Liquid Cement is mostly MEK and will work in a pinch, but it’s way more expensive per ounce than a pint of MEK…
Then get a couple metal paint cups… Unless you got some 15.00 El-Cheapo, Suzy Homemaker, POS Testor’s or Badger brush, it’ll take a cup… Then you mix in the bottle and pour off into the cup to paint…
Then enroll in a Vo-Tech school and take an autobody repair course… Pay special attention during the blocks of instruction on painting…
Or- and this is what I think you’ll do anyway- continue to do things the hard way and complain that “no one gets you”, and make another smart-azzed post…
This airbrush maintenence stuff ain’t hard, man…
Yes we knew that, that is a siphon-feed airbrush which I own 7 of and am very familiar with from my T-shirt airbrushing days.
OK, why do you need to use the Model Master adaptors? The bottles that came with the airbrush are all you need. Mix your paint in another container, pour it into the jars that came with the airbrush, paint your model, clean the airbrush and jar. That’s it.
The ones from Paasche and Badger both fit either airbrush.
This is what I am talking about. Also, the metal cups like Hans mentioned are the best way to go and are easy to clean.
What airbrush do you have?
you know what, I asked a simple question, I just need the ****ing bottles cleaned, not a lecture on how im doing things wrong because it isnt’ your way
Nobody was lecturing you, we were giving constructive ways to eliminate your problem but you obviously don’t really want our help.
Go ask Google for your answers then as I will no longer expend the calories involved to type an answer to your immature ramblings!
You pull this crap all the time, Smeaglet… If you don’t want to do it someone else’s “way”, then why the hell do you even ask for help? Think anyone’s going answer you with a different “way” than their own? That’s what happens here… People tell you how THEY do it, then the freakin’ ball’s in YOUR court as to use it or not…
Try the techniques given, or don’t, nobody gives a sh*t either way… It’s your freakin’ problem anyway, Scooter…