Dick Montgomery Posted July 2, 2012 Report Share Posted July 2, 2012 I wish there was a cleaning station for airbrushes..... just place a cap on the paint pot on your airbrush, the cap has a hose leading to a container of whatever cleaning liquid one uses, and place another attachment over the business end of the airbrush so that outgoing liquid runs into a "waste container"... A closed system.... Run the brush for a time and flush out the paint in the cup and airbrush...and you are ready to load up and go again with another color. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Aldrich Posted July 2, 2012 Report Share Posted July 2, 2012 Dick, You know that Testors makes one right??? http://www.testors.com/product/0/9315X/_/Universal_Airbrush_Cleaning_Station Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWalrus Posted July 2, 2012 Report Share Posted July 2, 2012 Not to mention Micro-mark http://www.micromark.com/table-top-airbrush-cleaning-station,9625.html On sale at $20 less than Testors and a better gizmo. I have one that I bought at Omaha. Has anti-tipping handle (removable), replacable air filter and is more universal than Testors. The bowl is also glass and heaqvy enough to make it fairly stable. Item sold by art supply stores and by different airbrush companies; for example Iwata. Highly recommended review material. Not a closed system, but nobody makes them. A closed system would mean that the circuit is re-circulating. Means re-using cleaner. Kind of like changing your automobile oil but not the filter. On top of that the subject cleaning device has no problem with using different thinning medias for those of us who use different color medias depending on what we are doing at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Montgomery Posted July 3, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2012 I've jury-rigged a closed system. I use the same fluid two or three times and then dispose of it...I've found that I can use about a cup of Windex or Iso Alcohol a number of times before it becomes too dirty. Enamel is a different issue and I generally clean the brush the old-fashioned way...but it is very much a Rube Goldberg Rig. I had no idea that Testors made one....followed that link and that isn't exactly what I'm looking for....but thanks anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Aldrich Posted July 3, 2012 Report Share Posted July 3, 2012 Sorry......expressing my sad face!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWalrus Posted July 3, 2012 Report Share Posted July 3, 2012 (edited) Perfectly understandable considering the high price of Windex and Iso-alchohol! BTW, just empty the dirty cleaner collected in the jar and re-use it. Remember my two rules of life: K.I.S.S. and always Eschew Obfuscation. Edited July 3, 2012 by TheWalrus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWalrus Posted July 5, 2012 Report Share Posted July 5, 2012 After reading the initial description I remain confused and am trying to picture the concept. Are you suggesting a cap for the paint pot which has a nipple on it for a plastic tube which would lead to a used paint reservoir? That could actually make some sense in that it would be useful to prevent a mess when back-flushing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Montgomery Posted July 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 9, 2012 Yep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RONBO Posted July 10, 2012 Report Share Posted July 10, 2012 I would like to see any scale except box a Ford Tri Motor. Monogram pulled of a Ju-52 why not a Tri Motor? Ronbo :gold-plane: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmertes Posted July 19, 2013 Report Share Posted July 19, 2013 Found a cleaning station at Hobby Lobby last year that seems to work pretty well. Replace your paint pot with the appropriate cleaner, set the airbrush in the mount on the cleaner & shoot. The cleaning station has about an 8 oz jar & filter in the exhaust port. Seems it was less than $20.00 and I used 1 of their 40% off coupons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Montgomery Posted July 20, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2013 Hmmm...been looking for something like that. Got a brand name for the cleaning station? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGronovius Posted July 21, 2013 Report Share Posted July 21, 2013 I thought I once saw an Iwata airbrush cleaning station at a local Hobby Lobby. I didn't find it listed on their site, but that doesn't mean they didn't have it in store. A quick google search turns up some around the $20 price range. Found the manufacturer's page too: http://www.iwata-medea.com/products/accessories/table-top-cleaning-station/ I know nothing about this product other than I thought I had seen one once and briefly considered using my 40% off coupon but did not. I don't even know if it what you are looking for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Montgomery Posted July 21, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2013 Thanks for the link. I'll visit the Iwata folks at the convention to see if they have a few on display. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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