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This may be a silly question but is there a hole in the nozzle? The piece that looks like the tip of a pen. When I am cleaning it, I can't see a hole. Is it just solid metal at the tip? if there is a hole, when cleaning are you supposed to stick something through the hole? Since it must be really tiny, what fits? Thanks!
   
Made in gb
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UK - Warwickshire

:/ wtf ofcourse theres a hole in the nozzle, all the way through it... otherwise it'd be named a cap or a cover surely.

Be careful about pushing things through it, its delicate, if you deform it even the slightest bit then your airbrush is basically garbage now.

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Made in us
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Yeah I guess it was a stupid question.. honestly though, I can not see the hole. It must be really tiny. What's the best way to clean it then? I wash out the inside with a little airbrush cleaning brush.. but how do you make sure there isnt something stuck in the little hole?
   
Made in ca
Swift Swooping Hawk





Use a nozzle cleaner tool.

something like that:
http://www.chicagoairbrushsupply.com/noclset.html
   
Made in us
Trustworthy Shas'vre




DFW area Texas - Rarely

Put the needle in the brush.
Observe it sticking out.
Pull the needle back
Observe gap where needle was.
that is the hole.

I just spray cleaner through my brush to clean that part.

One question....however....does your brush have a needle?
(yes, that seems like a silly question...but so does where is the hole) you could have an external mix brush....which don't have needles....or the same kind of holes.

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