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Airbrushing Future/Klear floor wax?
Ploup
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Alpes-Maritimes, France
Joined: September 20, 2004
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Posted: Saturday, August 05, 2006 - 09:38 AM UTC
Hi guys,

I have two questions:
Do you airbrush Future/Klear floor wax?
And what do you use to clean up your airbrush?

Thanks in advance for your help.

Cheers,

Laurent
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Posted: Saturday, August 05, 2006 - 10:13 AM UTC
Yes you can airbrush Future, I use a low pressure setting...around 25-30 pounds. One thing you have to watch for is that you don't stay in one place to long, Future is real thin and you can build up the coating fast and end up having it run. Don't be affraid to try it. Give it a try on some scrap piece or something to see how it''ll work.

As for cleaning the airbrush out, I use rubbing "Isopropyl" alcohol. It's cheap and works well. I also heard of members using car windshild fluid.

Joe
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Posted: Saturday, August 05, 2006 - 12:22 PM UTC
Joe has pretty much said all there is to say.
Its thin .. no need to thin further. Better to add a few light coats and let dry between, rather than put it on heavy ... it will run.
I also use an alcohol product for cleaning the brush afterwards. Windowlene or Ajax that are alcohol based, will also work for cleaning the brush.
Darson
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Posted: Saturday, August 05, 2006 - 12:32 PM UTC
Hi there Laurent,

Yes I certainly do airbrush Future at around 20 psi.

To clean up I use plain old Windex window cleaner which I also use for cleaning acrylic paint out of my airbrush.

Cheers
Darren
Ploup
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Alpes-Maritimes, France
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Posted: Sunday, August 06, 2006 - 11:27 AM UTC
Thank you very much guys!
masstactical
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Posted: Sunday, August 06, 2006 - 06:09 PM UTC
I always thin Future with a few drops of Windex. In my opinion, the Future levels better when using this technique. I use a psi of 10-15 and get great results.

Mike
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