Stefan, The All-In Nerd is here with another tutorial for you lovely people!
In need of information of how to make your own airbrush cleaner and acrylic thinner? Search no more my friend, this is the video for you!
Regular cleaner is quite expensive so of course you should make your own!
Have a watch and I hope you’ll enjoy it!
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P.S The caution about Vallejo paints depends on the pigments, but that actually mainly is an issue with Vallejo Game and Model Color. The Premium and Model Air should be fine to dilute with the homemade thinner.
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Timestamps:
00:00 – Intro
01:14 – Ingredients For Cleaner
01:55 – Mixing Tools
02:16 – Mixing The Cleaner
03:11 – Mix Bigger Batch
03:29 – Acrylic Thinner
04:15 – Mixing The Thinner
04:58 – Outro
Airbrush Cleaner (250ml) 99,9% IPA:
2/5 = 100ml – Window washing fluid or Windex.
2/5 = 100ml – Distilled Water.
1/5 = 50ml – IPA (Isopropanol Alcohol 99,9%).
10 Drops of Glycerin.
Airbrush Cleaner (250ml) 91% IPA:
1/3 = 83ml – Window washing fluid or Windex.
1/3 = 83ml – Distilled Water.
1/3 = 83ml – IPA (Isopropanol Alcohol 91%).
10 Drops of Glycerin.
Airbrush Cleaner (1 litre) 99,9% IPA:
2/5 = 400ml – Window washing fluid or Windex.
2/5 = 400ml – Distilled Water.
1/5 = 200ml – IPA (Isopropanol Alcohol 99,9%).
40 Drops of Glycerin.
Acrylic Thinner (250ml):
((In the video it’s a 200ml bottle but I show the measurements for a 250ml mix! My bad!))
2/3 = 166ml – Distilled Water
1/3 = 83ml IPA (99,9%)
1ml – Retarder
10ml – Flow Improver
Here’s some links to all the gear and material used in the video:
– Bottle with long nozzle – http://tiny.cc/c3c0vz
Steel funnel (with a siv) – http://tiny.cc/d3c0vz
Small dropper tool – http://tiny.cc/e3c0vz
Bigger dropper tool – http://tiny.cc/f3c0vz
Distilled Water – http://tiny.cc/g3c0vz
Windex – http://tiny.cc/h3c0vz
Isopropanol Alcohol – http://tiny.cc/i3c0vz
Retarder – http://tiny.cc/j3c0vz
Flow improver – http://tiny.cc/k3c0vz
Glycerine – http://tiny.cc/m3c0vz