dominic_2005 Posted October 30, 2017 Share Posted October 30, 2017 Hiya folks, quick question for you. After spending almost 2 years fiddling around with cheap chinese airbrushes, (and compressors to match), purely to learn about airbrushing, I recently decided that I could see the potential in airbrushing, and decided to invest. After about 3 months of trawling various sites and tutorials and watching countless YT videos over and over, and comparing airbrushes.....I got myself a Badger compressor (with tank), which was an opportunist buy as my local shop offered me a wee discount on it. Perfectly happy with it. Airbrush wise I grabbed an Harder & Steenbeck Infinity CRPlus 2 in 1 #2 Airbrush (.2 and .4 nozzles)...and so far, I love it. I can definitely see the difference between the chinese knockoffs. Anyway, I've got sidetracked here. My first use of it on a kit was to lay down a few coats of primer on a couple of parts. I used Ultimate's Primer with a 50/50 mix with Ultimate's thinner. It went down lovely, no issues there. What I did notice is the time it took me after placing my airbrush down, putting my three small parts aside to dry, when I came back to clean my airbrush, I already had a clog at the needle. This was within say, 90 seconds at most. Now being I am quite inexperienced, is this to be expected? Is my ratio wrong? Not enough thinners? Too much? Wasn't a major hassle to strip, clean, rebuild. Thoughts? Thanks, D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pin Posted October 30, 2017 Share Posted October 30, 2017 How do you clean your airbrush? Do you disassemble it and wipe the needle? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dominic_2005 Posted October 30, 2017 Author Share Posted October 30, 2017 I did on this occasion yes. Bare in mind this was the first time it had been used so had never previously been cleaned, aside from cleaner followed by thinner run through it after taking it out the box, before I started painting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pin Posted October 30, 2017 Share Posted October 30, 2017 I clean mine immediately after each paint change. Basically clogging happens because of small imperfections of the needle that makes it possible for tiny particles of paint to stick to it. Keep your needle clean and well polished. I'm a bit surprised that it happens to a brand new airbrush though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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