I wanted to start this thread as an open discussion with hopes of learning and sharing some tricks of the trade when it comes to keeping our airbrushes in proper working order. I find this to be a common thing that most of us go through as we learn the basics of airbrushing.
After perusing through the forums and YouTube, I felt that I still was not getting the performance from my airbrush that I should. So I decided to break down my Iwata CR and closely inspecting everything, I found that my nozzle tip was lined with old dried up paint. After about a good 20 minutes of careful cleaning, I finally got all that old paint out of there using an old needle I had laying around. Now my airbrush performs like it's brand new. I always thought that I was doing a good job of cleaning my AB, but apparently I wasn't.
