@@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.
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 .
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.
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!
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.
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.
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 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 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.
i took my first airbrush apart last night... after watching a million RU-vid 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!
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
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.
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 RU-vid.
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
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 ...
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.
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?
