Striper Talk Striped Bass Fishing, Surfcasting, Boating

     

Left Nav S-B Home Register FAQ Members List S-B on Facebook Arcade WEAX Tides Buoys Calendar Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read Right Nav

Left Container Right Container
 

Go Back   Striper Talk Striped Bass Fishing, Surfcasting, Boating » Build Stuff: Custom Plug & Lure Building, Rod Building » Plug Building - Got Wood?

Plug Building - Got Wood? Got Plug?

Reply
 
Thread Tools Rate Thread Display Modes
Old 05-07-2015, 08:38 PM   #1
dannyplug1
Registered User
 
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: little compton ri 02837
Posts: 339
Cleaning an airbrush

I am having trouble cleaning out my air brush. I use the cleaner that badger sells but I get a build up at the tip. Is there a a solution I could soak the tip in with out hurting the seals? What do other people use to clean their guns. Thanks Charlie.
dannyplug1 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-08-2015, 04:50 AM   #2
Jackbass
Land OF Forgotten Toys
iTrader: (0)
 
Jackbass's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Central MA
Posts: 2,309
I remove the tips every couple uses and just soak it then rinse under pressure. Seems to keep things flowing
Posted from my iPhone/Mobile device
Jackbass is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-08-2015, 05:07 AM   #3
iamskippy
Registered User
iTrader: (1)
 
iamskippy's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: A village some where
Posts: 3,436
Air brush restore. It will strip it clean. You can also soak it in the simple green windex and water solution receipt that can be found here on the site . I don't remember the exact ratio.
Posted from my iPhone/Mobile device
iamskippy is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-09-2015, 07:00 AM   #4
O.D. Mike
Registered User
iTrader: (1)
 
O.D. Mike's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: S. Easton
Posts: 1,676
Can you show us a pic of what the tip looks like?

Buy white painting rags from hardware store. After every color, take a rag and wipe out the remaining paint out of the cup. Then flush the cup and airbrush with water and 50/50 simple green and water. Going back and forth with water and 50/50 until you think it is not shooting paint anymore.

Pickup a rag and shoot into the rag, if you see any color or not, start to back flush the gun by folding up the rag and forcing the tip into the rag and spray fully open this will produce bubbles. After doing this a couple of times with water and 50/50 solution, shoot into the rag again, do you see color? If you have water in this step, back flush the gun and check the bowl, after the bubbles settle check to see if there is any paint or metallic flake floating in the bowl. If there is keep back flushing with solution, if there's not your done on to the next color.

Use a ultrasonic jewelry cleaner and DON"T leave parts overnight.

Hope this helps,
OD

"Always two there are, no more, no less: a master and an apprentice." >> Yoda
O.D. Mike is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-09-2015, 08:20 AM   #5
stripermaineiac
Registered User
 
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Buxton, Maine
Posts: 1,727
I saw some of those collapsable cup liners for spray guns at HD. do those work as good as they claim.Another customer I was talkin to said he just removes them an stores them in a freezer ziplock till he needs the color again. cuts down on cleaning and saves him a load on waste. He was a small time home fix up contractor. Sounds like his ideas might help. I'm just starting so I don't know much about this spray stuff. Ron
stripermaineiac is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-19-2015, 09:26 AM   #6
surfflyfish
Registered User
iTrader: (0)
 
surfflyfish's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Connecticut/Rhody Shore
Posts: 280
Harbor freight, a jewelry sonic , best tool to clean mines.

If You are looking for your next Real Estate Sale or Purchase-Contact me.
surfflyfish is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Bookmarks

Thread Tools
Display Modes Rate This Thread
Rate This Thread:

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT -5. The time now is 03:18 PM.


Powered by vBulletin. Copyright ©2000 - 2008, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Please use all necessary and proper safety precautions. STAY SAFE Striper Talk Forums
Copyright 1998-20012 Striped-Bass.com