Forum adverts like this one are shown to any user who is not logged in. Join us by filling out a tiny 3 field form and you will get your own, free, dakka user account which gives a good range of benefits to you: No adverts like this in the forums anymore. Times and dates in your local timezone. Full tracking of what you have read so you can skip to your first unread post, easily see what has changed since you last logged in, and easily see what is new at a glance. Email notifications for threads you want to watch closely. Being a part of the oldest wargaming community on the net. If you are already a member then feel free to login now.

Hello all!

So I have actually used my new ultrasonic to give my old airbrush a good cleaning.

Now, I know that simple green is a favourite of many, but since it's not available here I will have to find something else.

My first try was with Cilit Bang Powercleaner that seemed to have the same areas of use as Simple Green. The first test was just rubbing a bit of paint with a soaked quetip and it worked nicely. Since that worked I know it could disolve the paint so the next step was full scale in the ultrasonic.

Now it had dissolved some BUT where there was a paint build-up the paint had turned rubbery and even though it was easily removed with a toothpick it still needed to be removed by hand.

Why did this happen and is there something I should think of in selecting a cleaner to avoid this?

You might have needed to run it again. I have an old Masters G22 (very cheap) airbrush that I usedto shoot gloss varnish and it had some paint and ink dried on. It took 3 cycles in Simple Green to get stuff loose enough to clean it.

I rand 5-6 cycles at 480 seconds and there was no difference... That's to say, they paint came of easily enough. But when it comes to the inside of the airbrush I would prefer dissolving the paint so I don't have to risk damaging the insides of the airbrush.