Can i airbrush Future right out of the bottle or does it have to be thinned? And what do i use to clean my airbrush after using future?

I always run it through straight out of the bottle. I clean up (as with any acrylic) with Windex, followed by distilled water to keep the Windex from etching the inside of my HP-CS. Never had a problem.

thanks for the help.

I tried thinning it with water when I first used it, but eventually I too found that it goes on better straight out of the bottle. Windex and water for clean-up here, too.

Future brushes just fine. Have to pass on a tip from the Promodeller forum in the UK. Future acts very differently if airbrushed than if hand brushed. Airbrush is great for putting on a protective layer. It's also good to seal a model if you want a satin finish. (Put 1 parts Tamiya base flat into 4 Future and you've got a good substitute for Dullcoate.) If you want a real gloss finish for some reason, hand brush is the only way. Future self-levels so there's brush strokes - just don't globe it on. I'm also experimenting with using a couple of drops in acrylic paints to keep the pigments suspended and slow tip clogging and improve flow. (Depending upon pigments, they'll start to collect at the bottom of your cup very quickly and that's not good for a good finish. That's some experienced modelers use a mini electric paint mixer made by Badger or rig one up with a Dremel: they want to get the pigments really spread throughout the paint.) Assume you realize that Future is essentially a sprayed on acrylic so unless you're really careful, you want washes or filters done with enamels or oils. Wouldn't want to use pigments in acrylic thinner either. Cleaning the brush is no problem. I use lacquer thinner on anything. Future, however, is made for housework and cleans very easily with windex - which is a pretty decent airbrush cleaner for acrylics in any case. I do use my Talon with a .5 tip in stead of my Evo with a .20 - but I doubt it's necessary. I've got them both out and with future you're spraying the whole kit probably, so a fine spray is pointless.

Another cool use for Future is as a light filter. I add a couple of drops of artists watercolour to the future and use it to blend my base coat colours at the same time as giving them a protective gloss coat for decalling.

I've had better luck with cheap airbrush cutting Future with about 20% water. For whatever reason, it lays on smoother for me that way.

I use it right out the bottle with a cheap Harbor Freight 0.35 sized needle airbrush. Clean with Windex with ammonia and then clean water.

Would alcohol clean thr air brush or should windex be used ?

I would suggest Windex, or some cleaner with ammonia, to clean after spraying Future. Alcohol may work, but as fast as it dries, I'm not sure it would be a good enough cleaner. As a thinning agent, I love it as it seems to "mist" acrylics better for me. But Windex is will clean it as opposed to just thinning like alcohol. Flushing with distilled/deionized water is a must though, as the ammonia based cleaners will clean out the Future, but will also eat away at the metal innards of your airbrush.

Speaking of using Windex to clean up: I only recently learned the dangers of too much exposure to Windex in the airbrush during cleaning, and have since made sure I run water through it afterward. So far, I haven't noticed any change in performance. What should I look for?

The ammonia component of Windex/Windolene/et al will eat away at the metal internal parts of the airbrush, which is why most will flush with deionized water after the Windex to clear out any residual ammonia. My guess is that prolonged Windex exposure/dunking could leave small ridges/grooves on some parts that could affect the air/paint flow or mix, leaving sputters, splatters and such. Don't know for sure, but that would be my guess. Also would depend on the construction of your particular airbrush.

Ok, soooo what is wrong with using regular tap water?

Basically nothing really, as far as I'm concerned. It's just that sometimes tap water can contain small amounts of minerals or other impurities which can leave blotches of residue after drying.
Depending on the properties of tap water in one's area, using distilled water can range from a necessity to just playing it safe.
I think the one definite advantage of using distilled water is the consistency, you know what you're getting and how it'll perform.

Makes sense,must hide my destilled water, greedy room-mate drinks it,thinking it is drinking water, noob