airbrush cleaning

[turbo_b00st]

hi,
i've been always an acrylic type of guy when it comes to airbrushing because it is easy to clean up. However, lacquer paint is oiled based ( correct me if im wrong ) so how would you clean up after spraying lacquer. i'm asking this because im wanting to trying getting into spraying lacquer . is it the same way with acrylics, just use thinner to run through it and us a brush to clean the paint cup? btw, if you can tell im a noobie, but im still practicing and improve my skills.
thx

mike

[MPWR]

Laquer thinner will clean up laquers.

For cleanup you can use either whatever reducer you're thinning your laquer with, or generic hardware store laquer thinner (cheaper, but sometimes less effective).

[SteveK2003]

Yeah, just use lacquer thinner for everything. I find many acrylic thinners don't do as good a job, so why mess around?

Just be sure to flush it with water and/or the thinner for your medium, just in case the lacquer thinner reacts with the next batch of paint.

[turbo_b00st]

thanks!