Cleaning

Tools, Techniques, and Reference Materials Painting and airbrushing
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I have a Passhe VL double action airbrush. When I am finished painting I spray thinners through it & then I take the needle out & clean it. What concerns me is if I put the needle back in & then pull it out again it still has paint on it , I dont know how or if you are supposed to clean the inside, but if anyone can help it would be greatly appreciated.

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Hah, another Floyd fan, glad to have you aboard. I haven’t used a Pasche, but I clean my Iwata completely every time I paint. (Actually, I like the cleaning part, it’s relaxing to me) What I do to clean the inside is remove the tip and nozzle, dip a pipe cleaner into thinner, and run it through the body. Works like a charm. I’m going to get a set of airbrush cleaning brushes, but it’s going to have to wait a little while. Until then, pipe cleaners work just fine.

madda

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I have a Paasche VL and I do exactly as madda suggested… pipecleaner. More precisely, I do this:

  1. Flush and back-flush with thinner.
  2. Remove needle
  3. Use thinner soaked q-tip to clean out the intake (where you put the jar or color cup).
  4. Remove the cap and tip and soak them in thinner.
  5. Run a thinner soaked pipe cleaner down the pipe. If you only get about an inch or two of the pipe cleaner soaked, the rest of it will act as a bit of a dryer as you pull it through…)
  6. Clean tip and cap with q-tip and/or pipe cleaner
  7. Clean color cup (I find this to be the hardest thing to clean…)

Enjoy!!

Murray

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Thanks alot guys you have been a great help.