airbrush pick up tubes?

[hellonwheelz3]

Do any hobby shops sell these things in bulk? My airbrush only came with about 3 of these, and i dont want to keep re-using them. would surgical tubing work?

[Guest Davkin]

Airbrush pickup tubes are just polyethylene tubing. Find a plastics distributor in your area that will sell to people off the street, take them one of your pickup tubes for reference and I bet they can find a roll of tubing that will make enough pickup tubes to last a lifetime. You might try mcmaster.com as well, I beleive they have that tubing.

David

[hellonwheelz3]

Thanks for the tips David. We have a couple plastics companies in town which i'll hit up. I wonder if the hospital would work too? Got family out there. Thanks again!

T

Airbrush pickup tubes are just polyethylene tubing. Find a plastics distributor in your area that will sell to people off the street, take them one of your pickup tubes for reference and I bet they can find a roll of tubing that will make enough pickup tubes to last a lifetime. You might try mcmaster.com as well, I beleive they have that tubing.

David

[Guest Gramps-xrds]

Been using ink tubes outa pens for yrs. Most will fit w/ no problem.

[kustomkat1]

try the plastic tubes used for fuel for R/C cars.

[MikeMc]

Do any hobby shops sell these things in bulk? My airbrush only came with about 3 of these, and i don't want to keep re-using them. would surgical tubing work?

I'm lost....why not clean them just like your bottles?

Lacquer thinner should work great...my trouble is loosing them!!

[Fletch]

I'm lost....why not clean them just like your bottles?

Lacquer thinner should work great...my trouble is loosing them!!

I agree completely Mike, I clean mine with Lacquer Thinner just as I do the bottles. I have never had a problem with cross contamination of the paint. I've managed to drop them and they fall into the Bermuda Triangle never to be found again but, never a problem with cleaning them,

[LoneWolf15]

A metal coat hanger fits perfectly in the tube. Run it in and out a couple of times and it will remove any built up residue in your feed tube. Blow it out with a blast of compressed air , run some laquer thinner through it and you'll be ready to paint again.

Donn Yost

Lone Wolf Custom Painting

[Olle F]

The pickup tube on my Badger is probably 10 years old and still going strong. I have never even thought of replacing it as part of the cleaning, I just spray plenty of lacquer thinner through the airbrush when I'm done painting. If there is any paint residue in the tube, I just take it off, run a pipe cleaner through it and blow it clean with compressed air.