The question of how to strip paint seems to come up all the time. Perhaps you made a mistake and sprayed the wrong color and it doesn't look right. Perhaps you received an old body from someone and you want it to have a different color. When it comes to stripping paint, personally I don't do it anymore. I tried it once and it was a horrible job, messy, disgusting and a dismal failure. If a complete body gets screwed up, I just use it as a race or play body since their life span isn't long enough to worry about and the effort certainly isn't worth a $24 body.

When it comes to correcting mistakes, there are a few things you can do. Say for example you get a small bleed or drip. You can use a Xacto knife to correct the problem. Simply scrap the excess paint away carefully. If that isn't enough, wrap a small piece of paper towel around the blade and dip it in rubbing alcohol or Bolink Body Wash to slowly scrap away the paint. If you find you are consistently making the same mistakes, you can try to figure out why or what is causing it or figure out how to capitalize on it. I mentioned earlier I don't do straight lines well. Instead of continuing to try and do them, I figured out how to live without them. That is how my molten and flame bodies came about.

Cleaning your airbrush properly is an essential step in keeping it functioning at the top of its form. Whether you are using Lacquer or Acrylic paints, the steps to clean them are the same, the only difference is with Lacquers, you use LACQUER THINNER to clean the airbrush and paint cups. Water will have virtually no impact on cleaning lacquer and will often gel it, making it harder to clean. With Acrylic based paint, you use WATER.

1. Pour some lacquer or water (depending on the paint you used) in your paint cup and spray until your brush runs clear. (Remember to flush out the brush occasionally by putting your finger over the tip and let the water/thinner come back into the cup. You will see bits of paint backwash into the cup.) If you are using acrylics, after the brush has been flushed clear, I use a paint cup full of auto window washing fluid for good measure.
2. Once that is done, you will need to unassembled your brush down to the component level per the manufacturers suggestions. Since your airbrush has many small pieces, lay out a towel to set the pieces down on so they won't roll away.
3. Working over a utility sink, use an old toothbrush dipped in lacquer thinner and scrub each piece clean very gently.
4. Once clean, leave the pieces on the towel to dry.
5. When all the pieces have dried, you can reassemble your airbrush for the next coat or to be put away for storage.