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Cleaning your airbrush
🕑 Added 2025-04-20 01:40:52 +0000 UTCHey dudes. So it came to my attention recently that someone I know who has airbrushed for a few years didn’t actually know how to clean the airbrush properly. And it was only after his broke and I gave him an old one that I had laying around which needed cleaning and I saw how he approached it that I decided this has got to be adressed and if he’s doing it wrong then perhaps some of you guys unknowingly are doing it wrong too. Also I’m sure there’s a bunch of you who have this simplish task down to a fine t, but for the others in between they may want some confirmation or affirmation on the subject.
Hopefully this video is helpful to someone. I let my airbrush get hella dirty for this.
clean airbrush
Comments
Brent Goudie
Dont be scared dude keep him clean!!
Brent Goudie
Hey dude if you look through the last year or so posts I’ve done a skin one where I didn’t speed anything up. I think that will answer almost all those questions nicely for you.
Maksym Kravchenko
Hi! I use an Evolution airbrush and have been into scale modeling for about 10 years, but only recently got into resin printing — and I absolutely fell in love with creating miniatures. That’s when I discovered your videos, and I just wanted to say — your techniques are incredibly inspiring. I keep rewatching your content and learning something new every time. Your combo of Vallejo and Citadel paints was a real eye-opener for me! I used to work mostly with aircraft kits, so I'm still gaining experience with miniature painting. I have a few questions that are really important to me: When you move on from magenta and red to laying down the skin tones — what needle size and air pressure do you use? For the first skin layer (kind of a mid-tone) — do you thin your paint 50/50 with water, or do you use more paint in the mix? When you're applying skin highlights — do you keep the same needle, and do you change the pressure? The videos are quite sped up, and I guess some parts are edited out. How often do you use a hairdryer to dry your layers, and how much time do you usually spend on that? Thanks so much in advance for your time and answers! 🙏
Backyard Props
Thanks so much for this! I have been airbrushing for small amount of time in comparison to yourself and some others here, so this is more than helpful. I actually started with a cheap airbrush and compressor set I bought for just over £120, which worked pretty decent….until I tried to “clean it” 😬 this is when I broke it 🤦🏼♂️ luckily the set came with 2 so I had a spare. I’ve now switched to Iwata Eclipse CS which is awesome, so I don’t want to break this one by cleaning it! Lol 😂
