To clean the nozzle thoroughly from the inside, you can use a fine brush or a nozzle cleaning needle. Here absolute caution is necessary to avoid damaging the nozzle. I personally take the extra step of using Badger Needle Juice in the trigger and paint cup. 2-3 drops, let it sit, reassemble. Then connect your hose, turn on the compressor, and blow out any excess oil. If you are considering getting an airbrush cleaning pot / jar, I highly recommend it. As it is a product that can significantly reduce your risk to the harmful side of airbrushing…

An airbrush cleaning pot is a device used to clean airbrushes. It can be made from various materials, including plastic, metal, or glass. The airbrush cleaning pot is filled with a solvent that dissolves the paint in the airbrush. This allows you to clean the airbrush without having to take it apart.One airbrush is held in a rubber housing (which feeds in to the glass jar of the cleaning station) whilst the other sits within a further airbrush holder situated on top of the cleaning pot. With that all set, let’s get into the differences between just changing colors, being done with your airbrush session, and a deep cleaning. How do you clean your Airbrush when Changing Paint Colors? Attach the airbrush – Once the cup is filled, screw on the airbrush so that the tip is submerged in the liquid. Make sure that there is a tight seal between the cup and airbrush so that no liquid leaks.

An airbrush cleaning pot provides a great over-spray containment location for flushing any material through your airbrush.This is because the air is most contaminated when a lot of material is sprayed through the airbrush. You see, a cleaning pot provides a contained space to flush out your airbrush, without exposing yourself to the heavy amount of overspray commonly produced when spraying cleaner through an airbrush at full force. Granted I was using water-based mediums. Solvent base mediums were definitely way to risky, but I thought I could get away with no cleaning pot using water-based. But by utilizing a cleaning pot, you reduce the risk on your health significantly, as the cleaning pot will contain the atomized material within the jar. Rather then allowing it to collect inside your lungs… The airbrush cleaning pot allows you to flush out your airbrush without exposing yourself to any of the atomized solution flowing from the airbrush. As the cleaning pots’ main purpose is to contain any atomized material within the jar by filtering it out of the air via the filter on the outlet side of the lid.