Airbrush Still Jammed

[ElectricPaladin]

Any advice for getting an airbrush un-jammed? I soaked mine - disassembled - overnight in airbrush cleaner solution, then rinsed it off and put it back together... and still nothing. The air goes through just fine, when I tried to run water through the device, nothing sprayed out.

[DarkLink]

Probably dried paint clogging the nozzle. You can use the needle to scrape out the inside of the nozzle, but that might bend the needle. They make a dedicated tool for it, though.

[Deadlift]

Try a fine pin to scrape any paint that maybe jammed in the nozzle. There has to be a blockage somewhere. As "complicated" as some airbrushes look the principle is very basic. Air forces paint out. No paint then it's blocked, or a possible damaged nozzle. When you can get your hands on a sonic cleaner, worth it's wait in gold when cleaning. You can also get airbrush nozzle cleaning kits which consist of a brush and a specific cleaning tool.
Again well worth getting.

[ElectricPaladin]

But how do you explain the fact that air is getting out? If the nozzle were blocked, wouldn't nothing be getting out at all?

[Psychosplodge]

Air molecules are smaller than liquid molecules?

[ElectricPaladin]

Air molecules are smaller than liquid molecules?

Not categorically, no, but paint molecules might be smaller than air molecules...

I don't think that the airbrush is that jammed. I mean, if the jam is bad enough that air molecules are getting through, but not theoretically larger paint molecules, I think that an undetectable amount of air would be getting out, not a pretty strong blast whenever I depress the trigger.

[Psychosplodge]

not just making it seem more high pressure?

[ElectricPaladin]

not just making it seem more high pressure?

Hmmm... maybe.

[Deadlift]

But how do you explain the fact that air is getting out? If the nozzle were blocked, wouldn't nothing be getting out at all?

It happens to me frequently, air flow seems to be fine but no paint. Is your airbrush gravity fed or bottle fed ?

[ElectricPaladin]

It happens to me frequently, air flow seems to be fine but no paint. Is your airbrush gravity fed or bottle fed ?

Bottle fed.