Airbrushing with Pledge (Future) - A Simple Guide
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- čas přidán 27. 07. 2024
- Airbrushing with Pledge (or Future, or Klear) is actually very simple. Though designed as a floor polish, it's actually an excellent acrylic gloss coat. This video examines what a modeler needs to know about application and cleanup. Pledge is an excellent utility gloss coat for Star Wars, Ma. K, Warhammer 40K, Gunpla, and many other scifi and traditional scale modeling genres.
I'd previously published a general overview use of Pledge that may also be of interest: • Scale Modeling How-To:...
0:00 Start
1:07 What is Pledge?
2:18 Preparing the model
3:51 What about the airbrush?
4:35 Thinning?
7:06 Applying it to the model
8:23 Avoiding "orange peel"
9:16 Checking the coat on various paints
11:08 Second and third coat notes
12:09 Drying times
14:57 Cleaning the airbrush after using Pledge
18:47 Answering some questions about using Pledge
21:01 Does it turn yellow?
22:48 Try it, you'll like it!
24:10 Wrapping up
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The yellowing floor polish comment reminds me of TV ads back in the 60's: "dries clear as glass, never yellows"... LOL
Great stuff Jon! Thanks so much. I’m in the decals after 10-15 minutes camp myself. Pledge/Future is incredibly forgiving. Cheers!
Awesome - I'm so glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for the kind words. Once you see what its boundaries are, it can be incredibly useful in so many ways, and speed things along. Happy day to you friend!
Another sane and informative video. I like your approach to using these supplies and tools - no hyperbole, no pontificating, no absolutes - just good info and good sense.
Glad it was helpful! I figure I'm not clever enough to do all that stuff. :)
I just try to share what I know, and be as helpful as I can. Thank you for your kind words.
And thanks for watching and commenting!
Excellent video! Jon, you explain it thoroughly and easy to understand. I've watched several of your videos this week and all are extremely helpful. I've been modeling for almost 50 years and have learned tips to do things better than I've been doing.
Thank you so much for your kind words. I'm so glad to know the videos are helpful. Thanks for watching and commenting, and happy day to you friend.
I have started using pledge for my top coats for my model cars and I have been happy with the results thus far. I will experiment with different topcoats in the future so that I know what works best for what I am looking for. Clearly so! I appreciate the humor in your videos. I too have returned to the hobby after a 25 year gap. I am not just having fun, I feel like I’m now obsessed with this hobby! Keep it going Jon!
That's the ticket right there - try different things, and decide what works best for different situations.
Thank you so much for your kind words, and for sharing part of your journey. It's so fun to pick the hobby back up after being away. So many advances have been made! It can be easy to and fun to go "all in"!
Thanks again for watching and commenting, and especially for your kind words! Happy day to you friend. 😊
Future has been part of my regimen since day one because, clearly so, it works! Great video, Jon.
Thank you so much for watching and commenting. And I am grateful for your kind words.
It is a great product. It works so well!
Clearly so!
Jon, I appreciate your easy going, "my-way-not-the-one-true-way" approach.
Thank you! I am grateful for your kind words!
And thanks for watching and commenting. Grace and peace be with you!
I am preparing to use Pledge on my P-51, aluminum paint. Thanks for all the great tips for how to use it. I follow ALL of your videos, to the almost total exclusion of others'. You are the BEST.
Thank you so much for such a kind and encouraging comment! I really appreciate. And thank you for watching and commenting!
On my way to get a bottle, I've feared this stuff for years and with your great info, Im now ready to dive into it!
Go for it! I think you'll really enjoy it! I'm so glad the video has been helpful to you.
Thanks for watching and commenting!
Hey Jon, just want to let you know I really enjoyed watching this video last night. I watched a few other of your long form "deep thoughts" videos and I really appreciate your honest and thoughtful thoughts on the hobby. When I was younger, I searched for years for a product called "Future", and being in the US, I could never find it. It took me a long time to figure out it was just Pledge floor gloss product. Things are really cryptic sometimes for newer people getting into the hobby. Your long form videos are really helpful in that way I think, as people truly interested in progressing in the hobby will get value from it. You made a comment about how you can lump 95% of the hobby into a large group, but its those 5% that that go above and beyond and look at those details to truly become noteworthy (Maybe not exactly in those words). It's interesting that it might be a similar percentage that are "getting past the 7 minute mark" on some of your longer videos as you stated also later on. I can directly point to your videos on airbrushing that helped me so much at that time to become comfortable and at least proficient at it and move forward to the next challenge. I don't have much of a point except to say thank you for the videos, and I will certainly look forward to more if you choose to make them. Have a great day!
Thank you so much for such a kind, thorough, and encouraging comment! I am truly grateful.
I definitely will keep making this type of video. One of the things that is most important to me is to be helpful. And I'm always thankful to see that this type seems to fit that goal nicely. So stay tuned, and thanks again for watching and commenting!
The best tutorial I've seen to date regarding Airbrushing and using Pledge/etc. Keep up the good work.
Thanks a ton! I am grateful, and thanks for watching and commenting!
Finally! An instructor who really explains the "who's" the "what's" the"where", "when" and "why" of the topic at hand...and done so with humor and patience.
LIKED and SUBSCRIBED!
I look forward to reviewing otber videos of yours and ones to come!
Thanks!
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Thank you so much for your kind words! I am so glad you found the video helpful. That is really my goal - to try and share what I know to help fellow modelers out, and and have fun in the process. Thank you so much for liking and subscribing, and for watching and commenting! That is a wonderful encouragement for me to keep going. Happy day toy you, Tony!
Going to try airbrushing for the first time soon, wish me luck!
Thanks again for your videos, as a 41 year old just getting into models, you've been a huge asset. You've become my go to for gunpla advice, and your videos shouldn't be fascinating, but they are man. You do good work, and I hope your channel continues to grow. Thank you for all you do, God bless man.
Thanks so much for your kind words, and for watching and commenting. Have fun with your projects!
Yes!! I can FINALLY try using future/pledge that so many other channels mention in passing.
Great to hear! I'm glad the video was useful for you. And thank you for watching and commenting!
Clearly so! Great video. I have been using Pledge / Future for more than a few years. I found the video to be worthwhile watching.
Glad it was helpful! Thank you so much for watching and commenting!
Clearly so! Love your videos!! They are always informative and have referred to them in some of my builds.
Awesome, thank you! I am so grateful for your kind words. And thanks for watching and commenting!
Jon, glad you mentioned shooting it wet. I can't tell you how many models I built with a gritty "gloss" coat because I listened to all the advice to build up with mist coats.
Well I could have put on a hundred mist coats and all I would have ended up with is a half inch thick layer of dull acrylic, which was fine if the model was to ultimately end up with a flat coat, but wasn't cutting it for the glossier schemes.
I finally took the plunge and let the flow rip and now I get the sheen I've always wanted - clearly so!
I guess the multiple mist coats method works well for some, but I never learned the secret to success.
God bless
I know what you mean - early on in my use of Future I had the same problem. But that whole "self-leveling" thing kept coming to mind. And to self level, it needs "self"! 😊
Thanks so much for watching and commenting! Grace and peace be with you.
It's interesting that ya'll are saying this, because in every case where I didn't mist on at least the first coat of Future, it beaded up on me. My best results were sprayed through my Iwata HP-CS (. 02 needle) at 13-15 psi. Once that initial mist coat set up, I could go on heavier.
Good video, Jon, and clearly so! I learned several things about Future (old school) that I was unaware of. Keep up the good work.
Glad it was helpful! Thank you so much for watching and commenting - I am grateful!
Thanks for CLEARing that up!!
I'm glad it was helpful - and thank you so much! Happy day to you!
Clearly so! Great video Jon, very informative and a good easy watch. Cheers!
Thanks so much! I am glad you enjoyed it. And thanks for watching and commenting!
A very informative and interesting video thank you. We've had Pledge in the UK for literally years and I never knew it could be an advantage other than mopping it over tiles! We also use it in the bathroom and shower and it's not yellowed over the year's that we've used it! It seems to throw off the water in the shower too. I'm definitely going to give it a go, thank you and take care my friend 👍😷👍🏴
I am grateful for your kind words, and I'm so glad you found it helpful.
Thanks for watching and commenting - happy day to you!
Clearly So! Thank you. This was very helpful in my research prior to the first attempt with Future/Pledge floor shine.
Awesome! I'm glad you found it helpful! And thanks for watching and commenting. 😊
I love your views and guides on modeling. As a newbie, you helped me a lot.
Thanks! That's so encouraging to know that the videos are helpful to you. I always appreciate hearing that.
Thanks so much for watching and commenting!
Clearly so! I’ve used it on one model and it worked pretty well. Thanks for the video!
Thanks so much for watching and commenting!
I am a carpet and Floorcare guy that has taken up airbrush painting. I too use products from other walks of life in my career. Great video.
Thanks so much, and thanks for watching and commenting!
Been using Pledge for years, love it.
It's great stuff! Thanks for wathcing and commenting!
I paint fishing lures and am trying to figure out something I can use as a mid coat over mirror chrome so that it doesn’t dull when I epoxy coat. Supposedly Pledge is the preferred product. Gonna try it. One wouldn’t think mirror chrome would be so difficult to obtain but seems to be. At this point Despaie marker refills have given me the best results. Haven’t tried coating it yet with Pledge. Everything else I’ve tried kills the shine.
Nice video. I really like your presentation style. No “music”, no endless graphics. Just pleasant presentation of information. Thx
Yeah, it's odd how a gloss coat will kill a metallic shine sometimes. Good luck with it
Great information on "FUTURE,PLEDGE" for clear.Thanks.Nice video.
Glad it was helpful! Thanks so much for watching and commenting!
Clearly so! Very informative video Jon! Definitely cleared up my confusion!
I'm so glad it was helpful! Thank you for watching and commenting, and especially for your kind words. I am so very grateful!
What a lesson learning video for a newcomer to clear coats :) Thank YOU so much :) Clearly So !!
Glad it was helpful! Thank you so much for watching and commenting!
Klearly so! Just got a bottle last week to try it and this video was just perfect!
Great to hear! I think you'll really like it. Thanks for watching and commenting! 😊
Thank you for this great tip. I like the clarity of your explanation.
I'm so glad you found it helpful! Thanks so much for watching and commenting!
Thank you for posting -very informative and entertaining! I've brushed it with good results, but never sprayed it. Can't wait to try it through my new eclipse👍
Glad it was helpful! Have fun with it!
Thanks so much for watching and commenting!
Great video for new modelers. Thank you s much!
I'm glad it was helpful! Thanks for your kind words, and for watching and commenting. Happy day to you!
Thanks for the tips and the knowledge that you have passed on in this video, I use Pledge as topcoat- with the thinking that on 1:1 cars, the topcoat wasn't super shiny ( at least that's my story and I'm sticking to it ), so Pledge is a perfect product for me
I'm glad you found it helpful! Thanks so much for watching and commenting! 😊
Way, way, WAY back in the mid eighties, I read an article in Military Modeler magazine that described using Future floor wax as a gloss coat. The article even took it a step further with adding small amount of black paint, to make it a glossy black wash. I used this for a while on all my models (I made hundreds of models because I used to wargame with them in 1/72 scale). The only problem I had with the wash was you had to gently stir the mixture, not shake it. Shaking would cause the Future to "bubble up" , which caused some unwanted effects when you got down to the bottom of the paint pot, or bottle on the airbrush.
Great video. I will have to "re-introduce" Pledge floor wax into my painting process.
Thanks so much for watching and commenting!
Thanks for the tips and techniques. You present as a person who says model the best way that fits your own style. And, your information coincides with other positive sites.
You are so welcome! Thanks for watching and commenting!
Clearly so!! Jon, just seen this video and I subbed to your channel. Great info, being disabled with breathing problems I use the pledge floor polish and the craft paints because of the no fumes. Will be watching your other videos in the future. Have a great weekend coming up my friend. Terry
Thank you so much for your kind words! Keep an eye out on the channel - later this year I'll have some projects that are 100% water-based acrylic painting and weathering. Those might be of interest to you. And you might like this previously published video too, which covers adding weathering effects using acrylic products. (czcams.com/video/RI6uTqAoD14/video.html)
Thank you so much for watching, commenting, and subbing! Happy day to you my friend!
@@JonBius yeah, I will gor sure be following your channel and videos. Terry
You’ve cleared up a lot of my questions! Thanks!
Glad to hear it! That's always an encouragement to know the videos are helpful.
Thanks for watching and commenting!
Clearly so! This is the first video from yourself I have watched I have subscribed and will be watching more of your videos. Easy to listen to and straight to the point, thumbs up from me 😎
Thank you so much for the sub, the watch, and the kind comment! I am grateful.
Happy modeling, and enjoy the channel!
Clearly so!! Love your videos, they are very informative and give me something to listen to while I'm rolling teeny tiny monsterteeth from sculpey. Thanks!
Thank you so much for your kind words - I am grateful! And thanks for watching and commenting!
Clearly so! Thanks for the tips, I’m about to use this for the first time so appreciate the tips.
Awesome! Enjoy it.
Thanks for watching and commenting!
Clearly so! Thanks for the in depth coverage. (intended) I'm researching to get my teen daughters their first airbrush. I think having Pledge available for sheen is going to be great for them.
Glad it was helpful! Thanks so much for watching and commenting!
Make it “Clearly so”! Love your channel and videos. Your work is top notch, but your attitude is even better. 👍🏾
I appreciate that - thank you so much for your kind words, and for wathcing and commenting! I am grateful. 😊
Happy day to you friend!
Clearly so! Excellent information Jon.
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching and commenting!
Hi Jon,
I’ve just discovered you re this video, loved it, I’ve subscribed.
I’ve been using Klear/Future for a while, but still got some great tips from you.
I also watched it to the end 😀👍🏻
Jason 🇬🇧
Awesome, thank you! I am grateful for the watch, sub, and comment. And thanks for listening through to the end! 😁
Happy day to you friend!
Thanks, very informative video. I've always wondered about cleaning up after running it through the air brush. I have some "off name" floor shine I have used but it's not the "future" stuff and I have never tried it in the air brush. I have used it on a base or something I'm not worried about messing up. I think I will upgrade to the actual stuff next time I'm out at the store and try it with the airbrush. Thanks again.
Glad it was helpful! It is definitely "airbrush worthy". Give it a shot - I do think you'll like it.
Thanks for watching and commenting!
Clearly So! Good stuff Jon. Thaks for putting this up. very informative!
Thanks so much for your kind words, and for watching and commenting! I'm so glad you enjoyed it. 😊
Looking forward to giving this a try soon! You mentioned getting a "super shiny finish",for achieving that ive used mcguires 3 step kit and was extremly happy with the outcome.a little on the exspensive side for the kit but it goes a long way,and it does require some time & a lot of buffing.
I've always heard that McGuires works well, but I've never tried it. That's good to get additional confirmation - thank you!
And thanks for watching and commenting!
As always, a great video John.
Thanks so much! I am grateful. And thanks for watching and commenting!
Thanks for the cleanup steps! Most helpful!
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching and commenting!
Clearly so! Love the humor! I have used Future for years too. I mix it some with Car window wash(blue) and I mix it in my final coat on the paint job some times. Chris Cortel told me how to do that long time ago.
6 years and I have not had any yellowing either. There again there not in a corner! 🤣
LLAP 🖖
I'm glad you liked it! Thanks so much for watching and commenting!
Nice video Jon :-)
Thank you so much! I am so very grateful for the watch and comment! Happy day to you! 😊
I've had two bottles for over 10 years and they look like new. I keep them in a zip lock bag away from natural light and heat.Thanks for the great tips!
They can definitely last a long time! Thanks so much for watching and commenting!
Excellent tutorial Jon 👍🏼
Glad you liked it! Thanks for watching and commenting!
Thanks, Clearly So ! Just got an airbrush and will be starting with Future.
Cool - have fun with it!
And thanks so much for watching and commenting!
Laughed at your description of the spring water!
Haha! I'm glad you liked that! :D
Thanks for watching and commenting!
Clearly so
Clearly So! Excellent video put simply across, lots of info for the 1st time tryer.
Glad it was helpful! And thanks for your kind words.
Thanks for watching and commenting - happy day to you!
Well done! Very informative and helpful! Thanks!
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for your kind words, and for watching and commenting. Happy day to you friend!
Thanks for touching on so many of the plus for using Future/Pledge
Thanks so much for watching and commenting!
There was a comment on HyperScale from a modeler who thought his Future was getting cloudy with age, and he said was going to THROW IT OUT!!!! AUGH!!! My Dutchy senses were tingling. I pointed that out as you did - it's an acrylic floor coating. Don't throw it out, use it up on the floors.
:D
Another excellent video! Great point explaining not to spray mist coats with Pledge. I did in the past and it did orange peel. Wish I saw this video before I did that.
Thanks! Yeah, in a way it seems counterintuitive, but practical application shows it to work! Thanks for watching and commenting!
@JonBius I appreciate your videos and your detailed explanations. Lengthy videos are great when they are informative and not a lot of babbling! I found out about using Pledge a few years back watching hpiguys workshop. He uses it almost all the time on his builds over rustoleum spray cans and the results are really good.
@@deputy3690Thank you! When I tried to "be a CZcamsr", short videos were better received, but far less helpful. So I decided it was better to be helpful than popular, and I try to get as much information as I can into each one, staying focused on the actual hobby. Not clever music (I've dropped all intro music, etc., in my more recent videos), not "this video sponsored by", no clever B-roll. It's boring in an entertainment sense, but I figure if you were over at my house just hanging out, and you said "so how did you do xyz?", my videos are pretty much what it would be if I was talking one-on-one. Just without the occassional break to head into the kitchen for more chips, pizza, or sammiches. 😊
Anyway - thanks for your kind words, and for seeing what it is I try to do. That means a lot to me.
Happy day to you friend!
Clearly so! Great video. Thanks for sharing!
Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you so much for watching and commenting!
Clearly So! Great Video, was wondering about the best cleaning method so glad to see what you do!
Thanks for watching! I do a few flushes with water, and then a few washes/spray throughs with alcohol. That generally does the trick!
I remember this product when I was a child as my parent used it.
I am in my 50's and never remembered it unto this video.
So I search Walmart and it is less than 7 dollars so I will pick up a bottle.
Subscribed and Liked 👍
Thanks so much! I am grateful!
great video, lots of information as I have been looking to start using this..........clearly so!
Thanks so much for watching and commenting! Have fun!
Nice video and great process. Since Future, has no Future, I've been looking for a cheap replacement. I took a chance on Quick Shine Multi-Surface Floor Finish. It is a white and green bottle. The color is a cloudy clear until it dries crystal clear. I've brushed it onto one of my models and it works great! This model was painted with krylon color shift. The color shift was preserved and it brought the gloss up. I'm trying the airbrush next with your recommendations on cleaning the airbrush.
Good information - thanks for that! And thanks for watching and commenting!
You are Klearly the man!! Thanks for an instructive vid that will surely help all of us newbies. Model on dude ;-)
Glad you liked it! And thank you for your kind words, and for watching and commenting. Modeling on! 😊
I've used Future/Pledge for years never thinning it. Jon is right. It's perfect straight out of the bottle.
Thanks for watching and commenting!
Great video jon.This type of "how to" video has been NEEDED for years on this subject...wonder when they'll put on the bottle...uumm.just sayn.lol
Glad it was helpful! And thank you for the kind words, as well as for watching and commenting!
That would be cool... "For usage instructions on scale models, go to..." LOL
Great video Jon!
Thanks so much! And thank you for watching and commenting!
Thank you for the tips. I learned something new. I've seen other modelers use pledge or future.
Thanks so much for watching and commenting! 😊
Yeah it's been used for years by so many modelers. It's great stuff - but they quit making it! 🤨 Keep an eye out in January '23 though - I will be testing out a possible replacement for it!
I'm glad you did this video! Thank you
You're so welcome! I'm glad you liked it. Thanks for watching and commenting!
Clearly so! Great video - very helpful. Thanks.
I'm glad you liked it! Thanks for watching and commenting!
Great tips in this video. I've been airbrushing Future/Pledge for a few years now, mostly as a prep for oil washes and decals and I do dilute it a bit with water, sometimes a50/50 ratio, but I've had a few issues with beading or coat buildup at the bottom of vertical surfaces or the edges of flat ones that I've been able to control without much difficulty or messing up. But after watching your video, I think that diluting future may be precisely the root-cause of this problem. I do it mostly as to shoot a finer, thinner layer of the stuff. I'll start following your advice here, so just wanted to say thanks a lot for making this video. Cheers!
Thanks so much for your kind comment! And thanks for watching and commenting. I hope that adjustment will work for you - I think you may have identified the root of it. Happy day to you!
CLEARLY, such a great video!!
Glad it was helpful! Thanks so much for watching and commenting!
@@JonBius it was helpful, clear to the point but did not pardon opinion and personal insight, excellent stuff. Subscribing.
@@bradh9564 Awesome - I am most grateful!
I haven't used Future in a while, but now I want to try it again having watched this video.
It's great stuff! I highly recommend it.
Thanks for watching and commenting!
@@JonBius Clearly so!
You earned my sub
I've been using future wash for 20 years 👌
Thanks so much!
Future washes are great - definitely old school cool! 😊
Just subbed, very useful and practical info, just came from watching your pigments video.
Klearly so!
Thanks so much for subscribing, watching, and commenting! I am grateful. 😊
Superb - your information is gold sir. Thank you
You are most welcome - thanks for your kind words!
Thanks for watching and commenting too!
Clearly so! Great info, I find that when I use pledge if I don't leave the model alone for a few days it is tacky/sticky when I touch it, so much so you can see my fingerprints! I think for the current model I'm working on I'll give it a thicker coat instead of a couple of lighter ones. Thanks again for the info.
Thank you for watching and commenting!
Clearly so Jon...wonderful video! First time I have seen you. Thank you from Judy in Nova Scotia, Canada
Thanks so much for watching the video, and for your kind words. Please consider subscribing. And thanks so much for watching and commenting!
Clearly so! Great information, much appreciated
Glad it was helpful! Thanks so much for watching and commenting!
Clearly so!
Great vid Jon
Thank you very much! I do appreciate it! :D
Definitely going to try this! I've been getting frustrated with Vallejo gloss varnish staying slightly tacky and soft indefinitely.
I'm glad you found this helpful! I hope it gives you much better results. I've enjoyed using it over the years.
Thanks for watching and commenting!
Wow. Just tried this. Had a bottle on the shelf for years. My first model after 50 years. Worked great and easy to use. Especially after taking hours with windows open fans going using booth and spray Tamina clear coat spray with better gloss. Never use anything else. Have enough for several lifetimes
Great to hear! Thanks so much for watching and commenting!
@4:35 yeah, regarding thinning, I've found the same thing. I've thinned it with water, and with isopropyl, but found it's not necessary. I apply it lightly enough to cover without getting runs and drips. I want it to be about as thick as if I had applied it by hand, which I do on my toy soldiers.
@12:09 Yeah, overnight, for a decal gloss coat or when dipping clear parts. I do put pieces in a container, not to facilitate drying, but to keep dust from landing in it while it dries. When I use it in painting my toy soldiers, I'll wait till I can touch the piece without leaving a fingerprint. I use mostly acrylics now, and I find that some of them rub off with handling. So I'll paint a figure's legs, or the base, for example, then apply Future over that area to seal it as I continue to work on it. Eventually, I'll give the figure a couple of coats when I finish, anyway.
I also learned to use Future to make glazes. I mix a drop of water, a drop of Future, and just enough color to tint it. I use this to do some shading on a figure. On a face, for example, after having finished the details, I'll mix a glaze of a darker flesh color and run it into the low areas-under the lower eyelids, under the chin, in the ears, those lines from the corners of your mouth to your nose, etc. When it cures, it looks a little like a piece of ceramic.
Thanks!
Clearly so! (LOL!) After watching this I am convinced that all other videos about using Pledge-Future-Clear here on CZcams should be removed. You've covered it all and in a way that gives confidence that 1) it works; 2) it lasts; 3) it cleans up easily. Just don't thin it!😁
Thanks so much for such kind words of encouragement! I am so glad you found it helpful. And thanks for watching and commenting! Happy day to you!
Great stuff!! Thx for info!! Greatly appreciated!!
I'm glad you liked it! Thanks for watching and commenting!
Clearly so! Interesting to hear, thanks.
Thank you very much! I am grateful!
Just found your video - thank you and especially for the alternative now that Future is discontinued! I am down to a very small jar of Future... And man thanks on the advice re cleaning airbrushes with ammonia. I have been using Windex and it has stripped the chrome off my Paasche H color cup. Great video.
Yeah, Ammonia has been the sad ending of many an airbrush! I know because I had one! 😊
Thanks for your kind words - I am grateful. Happy day to you!
Great post. Very informative. Subscribed.
Awesome, thank you! I am grateful for your kind words and for the sub.
Happy day to you!
Clearly So!!!! Thanks for the insights Jon...
Thank you for watching and commenting! I'm so glad you found the video useful.
I would confirm what Jon says about using Windex to clean the airbrush. It actually works in terms of stripping out acrylic paint. However, ammonia will etch the chrome off of the interior, especially the bottom of the color cup if left in too long. There is one guy on CZcams that claims the ammonia doesn't hurt the airbrush, appealing to an engineer degree. But I have seen me do it, Thayer Chandlers, Paasches, and Iwatas. Ammonia is an awesome cleaner for rifle bores, and airbrushes. You just can't leave it sit more than 10 minutes.
And there are so many alternatives that don't harm the airbrush too!
Thanks so much for watching and commenting!
@@JonBius and OP - Ammonia hasn't been an ingredient in Windex since 2006. So either you're using 15+ year old bottles of Windex, or else it's another ingredient that's damaging to the airbrush. Which is it?
@@robdavis1091 Got me! Thanks for watching!
Clearly so! Great video and yes I watched the whole thing. 😊
Awesome! Thank you so much for your kind words, and for hanging around until the end. 😁
Happy day to you friend!
Clearly so! Thank you, great content!
Glad it was helpful! Thanks so much for watching and commenting!
Clearly so, sir! Thanks very much for the info.
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching and commenting!
Clearly so ! Appreciate the video still trying to get this to work for me but being honest I haven't nailed the tenique yet 😅 your info hopefully will help alot !
You can do it! I think the key is hitting that sweet spot between "mist coat" and "flood". Once you hit that point, it is magic.
Thanks for your kind words, and for watching and commenting. Happy day to you!
Thanks John for a clear explanation, no pun intended.
You bet! I hope it clears things up! 😁
Thanks so much for watching and commenting!
Clearly So!
Thanks Jon!!
Thanks so much for watching and commenting!