If you've started airbrushing with a water based acrylic paint, you may have noticed that your airbrush might begin to perform poorly after a few minutes of spraying. One of the most common issues is paint drying on the tip of the needle- aka tip dry. It's particularly a problem with thicker acrylic paints (especially white) but once you learn what it is and how to deal with it, all your tip dry problems will fade away. You'll still get tip dry on your airbrush needle (it's just a part of airbrushing), but if you learn to clean it off and keep after it, tip dry will become much easier to deal with. I hope this video helps. Best of luck in your paintings!

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timestamps
00:00 airbrush tip dry into
00:53 what is tip dry? see how it forms on the airbrush needle (slow mo 120fps)
01:56 Common problems caused by tip dry
02:48 Cleaning tip dry with toothbrush or finger tips
03:45 Pros and Cons of using a needle cap
04:41 Using a cotton swab or synthetic paint brush
05:40 cleaning solutions
06:31 Airbrush trigger technique to reduce tip dry and spitting
07:41 Reducing airbrush paint