I forgot to clean the airbrush for a month...(Cleaning/restore a total clogged airbrush)

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[@Liecho]

Legend says it that after this video was filmed the air brush was left uncleaned for another month

[@allbluedream]

Interesting. The first thing I'd try probably would be soaking it in thinner in a ultrasonic washer

[@demillebrandon1185]

Don't do that cuz it destroys all the o rings good luck

[@Eteric]

@@demillebrandon1185 Those can be replaced, can't they?

[@Phoenixillusion18]

@@demillebrandon1185 The specially design airbrush cleaners shouldn't damage the O rings. However if you use IPA alcohol then yes, that will definettly damage them.

[@hannya66]

For those using ultrasonic bath , make a solution with very hot water of " Simple Green " go about 50/50 , let soak for a good ten minutes or more if you wish , then ultrasound for at least ten minutes, and rinse all parts thoroughly with water when clean .

[@ML-dl1cp]

I came here because I have an Iwata Eclipse airbrush which sat uncleaned for FIVE years. It was absolutely caked solid with dried paint, but It's up and running again thanks to Bayin's tutorial. Note: It took A LOT longer to get all the goop out of mine.

[@00Rennah]

Ouch ouch ouch an almost 300€ airbrush lol. Good job ressurecting it!

[@alienfac32]

tengen toppa gurren lagann sign?

[@jsrob35]

Makes me feel good that I chose the same model airbrush after my research. I chose correctly.

[@ssc4153]

Very well explained instructions. I just purchased my air brush and I am terrified to take it apart due to the fragileness of the needle and the tiny parts. I will refer to your video when I have to do my first clean up!

[@ScaleJournal]

Good experience, thanks for sharing!

[@alxandorbond3399]

First and Main Mistake - touching the spine. It's 100% way to damage and great problem. I'm used in this case isopropyl alcohol (aka isopropanol). I pour the isopropanol in airbrush and pushed the trigger backward and forward. About 5 minutes and spine of my airbrush is free. I'm used the Tamiya acrylic paint.

[@thesweeples3266]

Whats a “spine”?

[@MyaPya_]

THANK YOU SOO MUCH!!!!! i thought i was gonna have to throw mine away until i saw this😅😅 so i cleaned it out and it works!!!!!

[@Dude_Slick]

Those HP High Line brushes ain't cheap. When I worked at Death Row Motorcycles, The guy that ran the booth before me left an Eclipse on top of the sanding cabinet in that same condition. It was a paper weight. It was dried solid inside. It was there well over a year. I dropped it in lacquer thinner for a week and got the nozzle off. Another week and got the needle out. Then it was just soak and dig with an awl and an old needle, repeatedly until I could get brushes in there. I added it to my arsenal and still have it today after 8 years or so and it works great. Never even replaced an O-ring.

[@thornekontos1560]

Thank you for this...I had to slow the video way down to get the orientation of the small piece that puts tension on the trigger, but once I knew that everything was restored to almost new.

[@712erik]

i could fill an entire channel with just me neglecting my airbrush and have to resurrect it every time :P

[@Vapingdeath]

May i can give you a little help. I allways used a ulltrasonic washer to clean my heavily dirty airbrushs. It allways worked very nice. Greetings, keep up the good work !

[@CubusMaximus]

put you some Soap or something in it or do you use only water with the sonic cleaner?

[@Vapingdeath]

@@CubusMaximus warm water and some airbrushcleaner

[@AirbrusherGameandArt]

@@CubusMaximus if you use an Ultrsonic to clean make sure you remove the air valve or plug it with something that won't react with your cleaner. The micro bubbles ruin the inside of an airvalve.

[@balthasarkeks5840]

@@AirbrusherGameandArt How do they (the micro bubbles) do that? It's a serious question.

[@AirbrusherGameandArt]

@@balthasarkeks5840 Heya. To the best of my understanding, the microbubbles over time of repeated cleaning create small holes in the wall of the airvalve cavity. I didn't know this myself til I had one of my awata's act weird and this was explained to me. Now I either remove the valve or plug it with bluetac. As long as you take the precautions you will be fine cleaning it with an Ultrasonic.

[@DiagolonRider]

i took my first airbrush apart last night... after watching a million KZbin videos, feeling half confident i said, "fack it" and started disassembling it from front to back. the airbrush i have is a Kibee cordless which came with absolutely no instructions or wrench or anything... and after i got everything apart I'm looking at all the pieces and I'm like, there's more pieces than in the videos lol...so anyway i pulled the needle which was a bit sketchy since I've never done it before, and it actually takes a little bit of gump, not too much, but a bit... cleaned everything and started reassembling. the trigger bit was the most heinous, aggravating thing i think I've ever done, there's a little curved piece that goes just in behind the trigger itself, and i didn't know which way the curved end was supposed to go, but i figured it out. got it together and got the trigger spring thing all back in, then i tried the trigger and everything kept falling apart again! i thought for sure i mucked it...but then i realized it's the needle that holds all that shit together! they don't mention this on their 'cleaning' videos... after mucking around with this for awhile, i look and now i have a tiny seal sitting on the table that fell out from somewhere that i had no idea where lmao... turns out it was the seal that goes between the main gun assembly and the first big piece on the front... anyway i got it all cleaned, got the needle back in making sure to be extra careful. on this one you have to push the needle thru from the back, because of the tiny 2 piece nozzle, the tip of the needle passes thru the trigger stem and that little curved trigger actuator thing, which is sketchy AF! but i got it back together and working good. if it's your first time taking an airbrush apart, don't sweat it, but keep a keen eye on every single part and make sure to identify every little seal and where they go!

[@KrZuman]

When u try to get that needle off, don´t take the nut off, leave it on, hold on the nut and then pull back. If it doesnt work then use the pliers without the needle chucking nut. Also in this case scenario, just soak the whole brush first in isopropanol or even in acetone. U can also use ultrasonic cleaner with the solvents or water with soaps or just water,, hot or room temperature, depends how difficult situation you have. Take the airbrush into parts, !! BUT DONT !! put airbrush body into it because can get cracked by its force - it broke my airbrush. U can fix the crack with epoxy glue or soldering tin using solder to heat the area first ( I have not fixed yet and these were two different suggestions from Google). Check out more information from KZbin.

[@lionelhoward6091]

Easily done tho if you get distracted, but good job breathing new life into it!

[@democracy2005]

i dont recommend to use superlube (the blue tinted color) as it will leave a sticky residue when it becomes dry, its better to use the tamiya blue capped grease or vaseline on the moving parts of the airbrush

[@DiagolonRider]

what about that oil you use for hair shavers? i think a drop of that would do nicely on three needle!

[@democracy2005]

@@DiagolonRider i guess it would work

[@Schraubergott]

Das Spray kannte ich noch nicht super erklärt nun weiß ich auch , wie der Betätiger herausgeht . Danke . Weiter so . MFG.

[@kevinvitale8980]

Almost, like watching Dr. Pimple Popper. I was cringing when extracting the needle.

[@comingupooo]

Lol you scared me at 2:11, I saw the cleaner/paint drip down your finger and thought you stabbed yourself on the needle

[@nikolaosstavrou5327]

I use nitro paint cleaner for auto paints.it works great.

[@emperorkiva8063]

2:06 oh god, the cleanner was so strong the airbrush is bleeding

[@jethrocathcart7452]

Good as new

[@MottysMilitaryModels]

Hi Bayin, I've only recently come across your channel. Now if you never ever read another one of my comments again or respond please please read this. With airbrushes and cleaners etc there's lots and lots some great some crap !!! Ha ha I resulted down to lacquer thinner To shift everything however , as much as it works it's never great for the airbrushes seals and rubber and plastic bits , so I was experimenting for ages trying to find something then I was in hospital having my chemo treatment one day and a nurse was cleaning the surface with SURGICAL SPIRIT. It's obviously made to clean and get rid of anything as our hospitals and many others in the world use this to also clean their tools so it has to be good and of course harmless to humans and tools etc. So I thought , right where can I get that from , well over here in the UK pharmacy's and chemists sell it and also eBay . I tried it Bayin on an airbrush very much like this of yours but with gloss dried for months etc and I let it soak on the offending areas !!! Lol for no longer than a minute and oh my god !!!!!!! Everything disappeared. It got rid of everything. I don't know where you are in the world Bayin but please please try this SURGICAL SPIRIT . It will help and change your cleaning process so much plus it will cut the cleaning time down. I also use it to give my cave and work area a clean with , it's quite simply superb. Once the airbrush is clean I just put a drop of airbrush cleaner or water in just to flush it through !!! Honestly please try it !!!! If you can't get it where you are please say and I'll buy some and send it you. I don't want anything for it I just happy to help !!! Hope you and your family well ? Stay safe buddy. If you try it , please let me know what you think

[@BayinWu]

hey mate, thanks for the reply and kind offer. I will surely have a try. btw, I'm based in London so, we are not that far apart.

[@bobward7489]

That literally hurt. I hope I NEVER make that mistake. Quality brushes are to damn expensive.

[@user-ro1cs5hp5e]

ty for the video. I have 2 questions: Do u use a respirator when painting with the airbrush? and also when using cement glue?

[@fubaiyu]

吴大师其实你把那个洗笔液放到笔壶里放半个小时，说不定不用换针。

[@tuva600]

Ultrasonic acetone bath would have done a good job of giving it a full-on clean

[@tobychen0410]

don't forgot!

[@vincepugliese911]

Interesting tweezers. Where did you get them?

[@petermotta1623]

One solution ultrasonic cleaner !

[@ikkiiiieee]

Where is that needle crown cap from?

[@alankelly2019]

What was the red sealant you used on the nozzle?

[@thisishotttv5222]

What was the first cleaner

[@spacehamsterZH]

This video's going to give me nightmares.

[@j023909]

question, could I use any needle for any machine? or does it have to be made for it?

[@BobBoB-ez1pi]

Better to loss a seal than a good needle seal can be made good with Badger bees wax sealant.

[@karolzigmunth5784]

ultrasonic wash with a acrylic paint dissolver would do the trick without further damages...

[@HomelessOnline]

Would paint thinner be OK in a situation like this?

[@sttm1283]

wouldnt it be cheaper and less time consuming just to buy a new needle nozzle?

[@rayfarthing5121]

The best cleaning liquid you can buy is liquid reemer

[@BobBoB-ez1pi]

Pipe cleaners are better, and cheap, clean out paint well.

[@roberthart4224]

He used pipe cleaners, did you not watch the video?

[@nathanhamilton3857]

@@roberthart4224 in the video he used a model specific pipe cleaner

[@CyberZ0ne]

boiling water first or paint thinners would have sofened the paint before removing needle

[@roberthart4224]

He used paint thinner... Were you not watching?

[@BobBoB-ez1pi]

To avoid damaging needle point put new needles in from front. Draw it back away cleaner of the nozzle, put on nozzle, slide needle into place. Basically it the revers way that you put a needle into the brush, but reduces the chances of needle point bending ...

[@boomerhgt]

I used to do that the problem with that is constantly removing the nozzle it ruins the seal very quickly

[@markravlich3585]

Nope

[@donovan007007]

I clean my airbrush with acetone.... you should’ve just let it soak for a day or so in acetone and it would came apart and been super clean

[@christianhanbali6286]

donovan007007 nonono, you could hurt the gaskets

[@donovan007007]

Gaskets are pennies

[@boomerhgt]

donovan007007 Not for Iwata they aint

[@johnbiswanger4292]

How about providing links to the items you used. Thanks

[@johnnyrotten665]

That was the deadest needle I have seen in a long while...

[@whittaker007]

Well that was painful to watch!

[@lynnkjjones7066]

The only reason I watched this particular video was to see how that valve under the paint cup was maintained. It was just about the only part on the airbrush you totally ignored. My airbrush is similar to this one with the valve under the paint cup and I have air escaping through that and nothing going through the tip. The video was a complete bust for me.

[@urbanyeti659]

Blue paint caked on the paint cup. Blue paint caked on the outside of the airbrush. Sprays with cleaner. Red paint comes out of the nozzle. What is this sorcery?