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Title: air brush cleaner
Post by: ctom on 05/21/24 18:46 UTC
Over the last four years I have accumulated quite a bit of Createx paint, primarily the standard paints but I have a couple of the "wicked" colors too. What has griped me is the cleaner. It comes in such small bottles and really takes a bit to get an airbrush clean, clean. Having seen several "recipes" for cleaners I decided to whip one up and give it a try. Hallelujah! This stuff works..... GREAT. And the cost to make about two gallons of the stuff is less than two , one pint bottles of the Createx stuff.

4 cups of purified water.... I use bottled water
1 cup of 91% alcohol
1 cup of fantastic or 409 cleaner
5 drops of glycerin

I made up my batch using a 1/2 gallon milk bottle.
Title: Re: air brush cleaner
Post by: 21xdc on 05/21/24 20:13 UTC
My recipe is similar and works awesome as a cleaner, and thinner.  ;)
Title: Re: air brush cleaner
Post by: Lines on 05/21/24 21:29 UTC
Good information. I'll probably need this soon.
Title: Re: air brush cleaner
Post by: olsarge on 05/23/24 10:13 UTC
I use one very similar to this one as well.  The recipe is still packed away somewhere but it is a mixture of distilled water, alcohol glycerin and windex.  Works nicely.
Title: Re: air brush cleaner
Post by: ctom on 05/23/24 10:45 UTC
My recipe is similar and works awesome as a cleaner, and thinner.  ;)

Care to share you elixer?
Title: Re: air brush cleaner
Post by: 21xdc on 05/23/24 15:47 UTC
Care to share you elixer?

30% isopropyl alcohol
70% distilled water
5 drops of glycerin per ounce.

70% isopropyl alcohol is already 30% water
91% has 9% water.... So... Depending on what you buy. Final mix is 70% water.... 30% alcohol and 5 drops of glycerin per ounce.


Works fantastic for me and friends.