NEO for Iwata, CN, Review & Complete Strip, Clean & Test 

It is a sheer delight to watch and listen to someone who truly knows what they are doing. Bravo.

Just bought a neo. Thanks you for the solid straight forward. In depth video. I have a much better understanding of the brush along with its components and what to look for when trouble shooting. I'm excited to start using it for the first time.

Thanks for posting this very helpful video. I was looking for a brand new airbrush under Cd$100 and I think you help me a lot to take the decision. I truly appreciate knowledgeable people like you sharing their experience and skills. Please keep doing the good job!

Clear, complete, calm video (I mean with no camera movements at any time and too much words for nothing - as one can see in many other RU-vid channels) and review, explanations, tips. As a beginner in airbrushing and having just ordered an Iwata Neo CN, I sincerely want to thank you for your video which helped and learned me a lot. Perfect.

I have nothing to do with the field in which you are using your airbrushes, however, I can't ever deny the fact that you give sooooo much to the community sir! Respect!

Thank you for posting this, I got this to customize Gunpla and this has helped a shit ton in taking care of my Neo, thank you

I just ordered one of these from the internet today. Its a new one. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience in this video. Very helpful indeed! Joe from New England :)

This is the best video I could find that explains everything in a simple way that a dummy like me can understand, thanks mate.

Can I just say I can’t thank you enough. I’m relatively inexperience with my airbrush, and it was completely blocked for paint. I totally forgot you could remove the nozzle with the wrench! Thanks again!

I am new to using a airbrush and after a month or so I was ready to throw to trash. I started to watch video of care and cleaning of the neo airbrush and after watching this video of cleaning before and after, I was amazed at how much paint was in gun even though I felt I cleaned it the right way. My way was the wrong way, followed his instructions and now paint works great! No more issues.

Thank you so much. You opened my eyes to the internal workings of this airbrush and now its acting like I just purchased it :-)

Thank you very much for this video. I’m new to airbrushing and this video really helped me with my Neo. Thank you very much.

Thank You! I just bought a new neo and this was a big help in cleaning it!

Thanks very much ....your video was very helpful . Thank you for explaining step by step and with details! From now on I don't have to struggle to disassemble and installing all of the part back correctly. Eduardo....(from Highland California)

I'm new to airbrushing as well. Your video has taught me a lot. Many thanks for such an informative video. I have 3 airbrushes, all cheap Chinese types, - My first one was a a single action syphon feed and bottom bottle type, of which I bought years ago back in the 1990's for painting model railroad scenery, - My second one is a double action syphon feed and bottom bottle type of which my Son-In-Law (who's an Automotive Body Specialist) , gave me about 5 years ago of which I've never used as of yet (it was his first one as well), - My third one (I bought about 6 months ago), is a double action gravity feed type, also of which I haven't used yet (I'm still trying to acquire all of the necessary supplies, and equipment first before I begin learning the field of airbrushing. I already have two compressor's. - One is a 21 gallon shop type, and the other one is a hobby type made for air brushing with a reservoir tank attached), and I have also built my own plywood 24" X 24" X 16" spray-booth with light, and a 12 volt DC squirrel-cage exhaust fan ( Exhaust fan and duct-work housing was made from an old dodge pickup heater assembly with low and high speeds). The pro's are that (1) it has great exhaust suction upon both speeds, and (2) that the fan motor is located outside the duct-work air flow for safety in case of any sparks, and (3) the total cost of building it was around $15.00, - $10.00 for the 16" long Flat LED under-counter lamp assembly at Walmart, $5.00 for a three-gang plastic electrical box, and three standard house-light switches. Everything else I either had on hand, or I scrounged for free. (In fact the amp gauge I installed in it came from an old non-working automotive battery charger I no longer used and just had laying around yet). The Con 's are that (1) it takes from 8 to 12 amps ( 8 amps on low, 12 amps on high), to power that fan, and (2) I have to use a 12 volt automotive battery, or an automotive battery charger which puts out that amount of 12 amps to power that squirrel-cage fan. I eventually want to get a good brand name airbrush such as Iwata, Badger, etc., as well in the future. So, I'm viewing the reviews of all video's of different air brush brands and types to help me select the proper one when the time comes to get one. However, this brings up a question of which you covered in the video, of which I did not see asked as a question from another person when I read all of the posted comments from your loyal fans. You specified that the needle should always be removed for cleaning from the front rather than by dragging it backwards through the inner seal. I thought that was a great information tip, "Thank You" for such a great tip of advice. The Question I have pertains to that great advice. - Can the removal of the needle from the front be done with all brands and types of air brushes, or just with the Iwata "Neo" Air Brush? - Once again, Thank You Sir for such a Great Video, and for sharing it for one and all.

Thank you, very helpful! I love my Iwata neo, and now, i know the correct way to clean it.

Excellent and very helpful video. I'm waiting for my new Neo to arrive

I think I may have done terrible things to my neo while learning how to care for an airbrush, like sticking nylon brushes where they really shouldn't go etc. Now I have the confidence to overhaul and clean it properly. Thanks so much for this, have a subscribe!

Thank you for taking the time to make these informative airbrushing videos, my friend from the UK. Hail from Germany and the Warhammer Community.

Thanks for posting, this is a wonderful tutorial on thoroughly cleaning an airbrush.

Thanks very much for this information, very useful, grettings from Venezuela

My air brush was clogged up you a month I thought it was broken but this ish work 👍🏾 thanks

Neo owner and airbrush beginner here - Iwata do themselves no favours by not having some of this detail in the user pamphlet. They even have a warning on the top of the sheet to never remove the nozzle unless it's damaged or clogged, but I can't see how you can avoid it getting clogged or damaged without regularly removing the nozzle to clean it. I thought I was quite scrupulously cleaning it until it started performing poorly recently and can immediately see where I've been going wrong now. Really helpful video thanks very much.

I just bought is airbrush off of amazon the other day. Waiting for it to come in and I ran across your video. This is a great video and very informative. I have subscribed to your channel. I’m a beginner modeler.

i really appreciate the time you took to make this helpful video...thank you

This video helped me out a lot. Cheers from the Warhammer community.

Thank you for the advice on the needle packing nut/washer. I have paint flowing back along the needle but wasn't sure how to replace the packing washer. Much appreciated!

Thanks for a great video. I just received my Chinese air brush and couldn't connect the paint bowl because no thread had been cut on the nut! Swarf in the bowl too, so I've bought a Neo. What started out as painting a few lures is costing me, but I do like good tools.

Great video. I just bought one. I wanted to know and you made it so ... Thank you. 🙌

Thank you for the information , helped me make my mind to purchae the airbrush.

I have never used an airbrush but I did purchase the Iwata CN medium for my leather crafting hobby. I noticed your video's title, which includes the word 'REBUILD'. As a practice exercise, I decided to follow you, step by step, through the process of dismantling the brush. After it was completely apart it took quite a while for me to figure out how to assemble the trigger, ( at approximately 21:46) and the apparatus connecting to it, since you went directly back to a point beyond this. Had I known you were going to skip steps, I would never have taken it apart. What I thought was going to be an easy process became very confusing. This is a great video for someone who is familiar with the 'guts' of the airbrush, but skipping a couple of crucial steps made it quite a challenge for me. Thanks, though! I did get a lot of understanding out of your efforts.

Fantastic video. Really helped me out. Thank you.

I had been putting off using my airbrush because I didn't want to gunge it up.... I just watched this vid while cleaning it and it seems to be back to as new condition after its 1st use :) PS I've had it over a year in the box

Thanks for the video! It was very helpful

Nice informative video, will be my first airbrush once it arrives.

My local Hobby Lobby had one on clearance for $15 and on the box it said “does not work ! Clogs” So I bought it, gave it a deep clean and it’s working. SCORE!

Again a fantastic video

You saved my husband from mental breakdown! Thank you so much for this video :)

Thanks alot. Now I can get back to painting. Take it easy

Thank you I learned a lot from you I am using the same gun and I am a greenhorn on airbrushing

Thanks for actual informational video!

I bought a neo again and the eclipse also thanks for the tips on airbrush cleaning and I will use lacquer thinner because it's cheaper than tamiya airbrush cleaner thanks so much my friend

Very helpful thank you so much

Very nicely done.

Thank you so much...its been bloody nigh on impossible to find out how to do this, instructions are either missing or non existent ...had up until now, relied on my knowledge of conventional spray guns 😬

This video was so incredibly helpful! Thank you so much for this! I do have a few questions. I have watched a lot of videos on how to clean and air brush and my neo always got paint all throughout. I couldn’t figure out why, I did remove the needle from the back and not the front and that white washer in the very middle wasn’t gripping onto that needle at all. Are you always supposed to take the needle out from the front? Is paint ever supposed to make it back by the trigger?

Hi ....I await your airbrushing vid ,regards Fred

Thanks for a really informative piece. I'd worked out most of this but trigger was sticking and constant air coming through. With your help worked out how to dismantle trigger mechanism. That said, there was no obvious gunk in there so is it common for trigger to stick? Should I oil or will that damage it? If oil can be used what sort is safe? (Probably a daft question I accept). Also, Iwata put up their own silent "official" cleaning videos and demo shows needle removed from back??!! Iwata seem to think it's okay? Thoughts?

I was trying to see you reassemble it piece by piece specifically the needle chucking guide as I just bought a replacement part but having a hard time getting it in all the way I don’t want to force it.

Came here for help, Figured out my tiny seals on the air value, the one inside was bad. I was able to swap the outer one, with the inner one and my brush is working again. Temp fix, need to get new seals asap though.

dude you fucking rock. this helped me out. I was getting pissed off cause the brush kept clogging and now i understand how to work this

thanks for this video! Just a question, Do you think it's possible use this airbrush with cocoa butter paint?

I really love this video this is helped me out so much I bought the same airbrush had no idea how to use it so I got frustrated I thought it was dirty I took it apart because I bought it used but in great condition so put away now after watching this and putting it back together I lost the spring do you know if any spring will work for this airbrush because I can’t find it anywhere 😫 thanks for the video 😀

Followed your concise instructions to clean mine. Worked a treat now everything is spotless. However I'm not getting much if any air flow through the air valve assembly unless there is some lateral movement when the valve pin is depressed. I can not figure out why?

Thank you!

This video gave me the courage to buy an air brush. Now I'm just waiting on my air compressor

I brought one of these. Used it once. Gave it a clean as you do. When I put the nozzle cap back on it doesn't work. No paint comes out it stops any air from flowing completely. If I losen it, it works again. But I can't spray with the nozzle cap lose as you can feel the air moving the cap back and forth. I have no idea what to do. Started using my cheap air brush again. Any idea what may be the problem?

Mine works much better with properly thinned paint! Great brush!

Lovely. If every “intro-How To” on the web was so well-done we’d be on freakin Mars by now (i just wanna be the first to moon the moon as we pass by. )That’s all. Its okay. It’s fine.

hello, are acrylic paints that are used for models poisoning? Also will a spraybooth reduce dust particles on the models i paint? I wanna by a good airbrush pistol with a spray booth and airbrush at home without messing up the whole furniture with paint.

I really enjoyed your video would’ve liked to seen the reassembly of all the little parts it’s kind of missed a great video

Hi, could you help, when trying to use my Neo after a deep clean, there is no airflow through the brush unlesss I loosen the nozzle cap, Ive not experienced this problem before, is this normal? Thanks

Hey, not sure if you will see this. I just bought this airbrush and it came in, it's a great looking airbrush however my hose doesn't connect to it. I'm still rather new to the field, would you by any chance know of what piece I need to connect this airbrush to my hose! I hope you see this and can link me somewhere to get what I need. It's really bugging me as I thought I'd get to use this new airbrush today.

thank you very much for this video, I have a second hand syphon feed NEO BCN, but even though I cleaned it as my normal airbrushes, it didn't work. even now with your thorough methodI went deep,I found traces of cloged paint, I cleaned it, BUT the air pressure is very low,(even in 60PSI and it doesn't suck the paint up. how can I get to clean the "airpipes". Greetings from Crete - Greece

Can you just loosen the back nut to remove the needle and draw it out backwards if needed? I've seen this on other airbrush video's if you just wanted to clean the needle..thanks

Who ever owned this airbrush before you would have done well to check your vids out. 😅 That thing was rotten!

You seemed to be able to easily remove the air valve, though the valve on mine won't unscrew at all. Is there anything else I can apply or should use to remove it?

The little flap piece that goes behind the trigger that's attached to the needle chucking guide, how does yours stay attached to the chucking guide? I was cleaning my Neo and it came off and I about lost it, I found it though and it took forever to get it back and get my brush back together. Is that normal?

Interesting video, but I'm not sure it covers the issue I'm having. My airbrush will sometimes just stop spraying all of a sudden for no apparent reason, most recently while I was flushing it out after painting. The first time I had this happen I messed around with the air valve and it started working again just fine. Now it's happened a second time and nothing seems to be fixing the problem. The air brush isn't even all that old and certainly not caked with years worth of paint. I'm quite confused. And help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

So I took apart my airbrush, cleaned it, then put it back together. But the trigger is loose and won't stay in place. It wobbles back and forth without me pressing down and then moving it. The gun shoots out air but nothing else. I think it's because of the trigger. Any idea what could be causing this?

Can you use different needles? I bought a cheap kit and looking to upgrade but I got like 5 different needle sizes already

Wait i thought this comes with the air blower or compressor? If not can u hook me up with a link to get one kindly i dont know which one to get for this specific airbrush

"It's a plain unexciting cardboard box". :D

Can you run tamiya airbrush cleaner through it without damage

Do you have a vid showing you putting on a beeswax seal??

how do you get the detached "S" piece to fit..once you have removed the trigger??? I can't get the trigger to seat? Please help. Thank you.

where is best place for spares in uk please Great Video

It's a bit sad to see the majority of airbrushes sold on the used market all suffers from neglect. The owners didn't care anymore.

What’s the nozzle size and the needle size

What is the size of the needle

Dear sir, have you noticed that it says ‘Neo FOR Iwata’ on the box? I suppose it means that the Neo airbrush was made for Iwata from an outsourced manufacturer. What about the ‘CN’ boldly printed on the body? Does it means China? Is this a low-cost made-in-China airbrush (I don’t mean a bad one) designed to make the customer happy because it has ‘IWATA’ branded on it?

where is plunger assembly?

I just can't get the fluid nossle on Edit: I just realized I just freaking broke it 🤦not I have to see if hobby lobby has it in stock

Sparmax make the neo so I read! I've got a new sparmax and it's awful I was going to go for the neo this week but been reading manufactures information and it's sparmax who make the neo it's not that it's made from cheaper materials I'm now concerned on the trigger pull back as the sparmax I have is a very long travel before it will push any paint through that's why I hate it! I'm trying to find out what the trigger pull back is like on this if its short like I'm used to the sparmax is so weird to use it makes it unfun! But you taking it apart there it's near Identical to the sparmax 0.3 sp I have! It's pretty amazing just how much its the same just with Neo instead of sparmax in the side there! But that's what it is a sparmax so it will be the same!

you forguet to show how to reensamble the needle, which is the right measure in the point

Dude I just bought one of these at hobby lobby, brought it home, opened it, and it was empty except a lighter… I hate federal way

"Test"?

You didn’t show how to put it back together :(

Sat and watched waiting for reassembly of the gun and he skiped over it smh lol

I don't understand how someone could sell this airbrush pretending that it had been cleaned. Even as a beginner I clean mine better. And I don't talk about the bits of dry paint inside the airbrush body, which can't be seen if you don't completely strip the tool, but about the obvious dried paint on the visible parts of it. A bit of a shame IMO.

Mine gets clogged

🤬🤯🤢🤮👹

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This is a really bad airbrush. It's a splattergun with no control or finesse. I returned mine in disgust. I've had better no brand Chinese ones off ebay.