drawbow

Thanks everyone I will try your suggestions tonight, I have only been cleaning with water and createx cleaner, I will try the acetone. I am pretty sure I had the needle chuck tight because I cleaned the gun 3-4 times in a row to try and work things out and I am sure I was tightening it. I rolled the needle on a flat surface and did not see any bend but I was not sure how sensitive a needle bend could be. Thanks again eveyone, Hopefully I will have a pic up soon of my first.

Hello all, first post here and I have a question! I have a Iwata airbrush and tonight in between cleaning it the gun stop laying paint, if I take the nozzel off and touch the needle to paper it will splatter paint? Did I bend the needle? I have cleaned and can see light through the needle tip. I am real sorry this is my first post but I am so close to finishing my first lure and wanted that to be my first but I hit this road block. I want to thank everyone for their post and information, I have learned a ton just in the few weeks since finding this site. I jumped right in and made a hinged swimbait for my fist which I think came out pretty good for my first but I am afraid to paint it until I get a little experiance under my belt, so I have been working on a spook design and hopefully will finish by the weekend. I hope to return the education I received from you all by posting some designs and ideas and look forward to dipping into the wealth of information. drawbow