Get Perfect Results: Airbrush Setup, Usage, and Cleaning Guide 

A very timely video (for me) as I'm considering the purchase of an airbrush. Thanks for the detailed instructions, especially the teardown and clean at the end and yes cleaning the outside is an important part of looking after your tools as any craftsman knows. Great video many thanks.

Really useful video George thank you! I have just recently started using an airbrush and my cleaning pot/holder came with a rather useful tool for cleaning out the nozzle on the airbrush, it’s a needle with a flat cut on it so when you push it into the nozzle and turn it it scrapes the paint and debris out of the nozzle completely. I find it very useful. It also came with a selection of cleaning brushes for the airbrush. Very useful! I would put a link but i don’t think i can, it was on amazon and seems to be the first one that comes up when you search ‘airbrush cleaning pot’, has the extra bits in the main photo. Sorry for long comment but thought you might be interested

I worked for DeVilbiss where we made airbrushes such as the Super 63 and the Sprite. I personally wouldn't recommend using the needle to clean the nozzle out. It only takes a slight bend or "hook" to the tip of the needle to wreck it and the nozzle too. Many a time we had airbrushes sent back to us to repair all because the owner removed the needle and either put it down carelessly or accidentally manhandled it in some way. I remember we had a batch of needles returned to us all because someone had stored them upright in a tube upon which someone else had placed a sheet of paper on the tips of the needles. Every single needle - there was about a hundred of them - was "hooked" all because a sheet of paper was placed on top of them. The whole lot had to be sent over to our factory in Germany to be re-ground. So it's best to take great care when handling the needle and nozzele. I recommend using soft fuse-wire or a sliver of a cocktail stick to clean the nozzle out.

Thank you George, I have been thinking about purchasing an airbrush for a while now but have hesitated due to not knowing which would be best. Also never really known how use it or maintain it, so this video has been very useful and I will be purchasing one very soon. 👍

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Nice to watch an encouragement video

Great video! I'm after an airbrush myself so very well thought out from you! I now need a crab myself to hold things... to Thingiverse!

I may be purchasing one of these then. Could really inprove my stuff, also love your dratini.

Thanks for a great video George, look forward to more in the future.

superb and easy to follow, many thanks George

Perfect timing, my Airbrush setup arrived today haha

truly love the video mate the airbrushing tip are really gonna be helpful for my TR fleet

Great video introduction taking away some of the mystery of airbrushes and how simple they can be. The filter in the spray booth is to catch the overspray paint. Have you looked at the fan and motor in the extractor and the build-up of paint on them? Also try putting a little bit of thinners in the airbrush before the paint. I find it helps to get the mixing started.

Hey George it’s me again from the Douglas and Tattoo video, I’m quite new to modeling and I saw your station video and I loved it so I made my own replica of Dolgoch station and I want to be able to show you so I may make a video on it on my trains channel @OhTheIndignity!

Well George……. I am pleased you made this video first one reason only!! It has convinced me I don’t need or want an airbrush. I totally agree the results speak for themselves, but I haven’t got the patience to clean it properly and would lose or drop those tiny pieces. So thank you. I will carry on with my paint brushes and convince myself it looks as good. Even if it doesn’t really!

Great tutorial Thank You

If the airbrush was used with acrylics could all the components just be dunked in a bowl of soapy water and given a good scrub? Thanks for such a great, informative video. I'll watch it again if I ever use an airbrush but it certainly shows the advantage of rattle cans.

Great video! Just don't use tap water as thinner for acrylics. At least use destilled one, or even better real acrylic thinner like tamiya's. I am not sure what's in it, but always works better than water

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What setting do you have the compressor set to? It’s just so much faff cleaning them. I think I’ll stick to airbrushing when I have a set of coaches to do, but otherwise rattle cans or brushes will remain key. Someone needs to invent a much easier to clean airbrush design!

Comparing your airbrush with mine, I think i need a better compressor. Mine fits in my coat pocket.......