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For cleaning airbrushes I just get whatever cheap lacquer thinner is available at the local hardware store. As "windy" said, don't apply directly to styrene as it will craze the surface. Mr Color lacquer thinners and Tamiya lacquer thinners can be used directly on styrene. I used them to remove Mr. Color and other lacquer paints from plastic.

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Exactly as @is it windy yet? and @Mstor wrote. The hardware store stuff for cleaning your airbrush and mixing equipment. MLT for thinning paint. Plain Mr Color Thinner for stripping paint from your model as well as shaping Mr Surfacer 500 and Tamiya Putty.

 

I did a complete strip down the the P-51D, Bad Angel, in my current sig.

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13 hours ago, is it windy yet? said:

Just remember that stuff is a lot stronger than mr. thinner.  Works great in cleaning paint from the airbrush, as you say better than the hobby brands.  Just don’t use it on styrene. 

Right ! Thank you for the reminder. This is ONLY for cleaning and it does clean really well. Makes color cup shinny clean in seconds. Dai 

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On 5/29/2020 at 3:06 AM, dai phan said:

I found out something about this cleaner. Do NOT use it to strip paint of plastic items. The juice will MELT them. Dai  

 

Yes, a number of people, myself included, warned against this. It will melt/craze the surface of plastic. Use Tamiya or Mr Color lacquer thinners instead. They are much milder.

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3 minutes ago, Mstor said:

 

Yes, a number of people, myself included, warned against this. It will melt/craze the surface of plastic. Use Tamiya or Mr Color lacquer thinners instead. They are much milder.

I learned the hard way ! Dai 

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