Keep in mind it doesn't happen to everyone. Ammonia has had a history of ruining O-rings(seals) and eating the finish off the brush. I gave my honest opinion about alternatives and a few links on the subject. The OP asked for a SAFE use alcohol for cleaning.
The thing is it has happened before to people. Just don't try to soak your airbrush in it.Īmmonia based products have always been a iffy subject on using it to clean your airbrush. Once that's done, remove all the parts and wash them off with warm water, let them dry, and reassemble the airbrush and make sure to lubricate where needed. Just take out any gaskets (rubber or paper) and fully disassemble the airbrush, drop it in the ultrasonic cleaner, and run it for one or two 480 second cycles.
Using Windex (straight from the bottle or 1:1 with warm water) in an ultrasonic cleaner is a great way to do a heavy cleaning, which I do about once a month or so depending on how much I use it. Just don't try to soak your airbrush in it. The first link you provided that includes the email from Badger even says "Ammonia is an excellent spray through cleaner.I have sprayed ammonia through Badger airbrushes for over 30 years and have never seen a damaged airbrush as a result." There are also variants of Windex that do not contain ammonia. Windex is less damaging than those solvents. People do spray more than acrylics through airbrushes and use things like mineral spirits, lacquer thinner and turpentine to clean them afterwards. Any airbrush that has solvent resistant seals should be just fine.
The rap against ammonia in Windex has been about damaging the seals. Windex has ammonia base in it that eats the finish on your airbrush over time.
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