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                        Cutting Tamiya paints with Tamiya acrylic thinner + alcohol?

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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, January 24, 2004 4:06 PM
                        Distilled water can be an option - works fine for me.

                        BT6
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, January 24, 2004 8:39 AM
                        Thanks guys, I've noticed that the effects you get with the Tamiya thinner are better than using the isopropyl.

                        Anyone here used wiper fluid? I've heard good things about that too.
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, January 24, 2004 5:31 AM
                        I found that if you mix a lot of alcohol with the tamiya paints it leave like a CARC paint job effect or a faded look ( sun bleached ). It could also be due to the manufacture of alcohol?
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                        Anthony
                        • Member since
                          February 2003
                        Posted by Anthony on Saturday, January 24, 2004 1:14 AM
                        I use 70% isopropyl rubbing alcohol from the drug store. It works well; as good as Tamiya original thinner. But when you use to mix with Gunze Sangyo acrylic(Mr. color), don't use too much, it may result droplets on surface.
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                        spector822002
                        • Member since
                          December 2003
                        • From: Southern Maine
                        Posted by spector822002 on Saturday, January 24, 2004 12:03 AM
                        Since I have been on here , I have used rubbing alchohol exclusively for my airbrush work , much cheaper dries much faster , and makes you go blind if you drink it !Wink [;)]
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                        tigerman
                        • Member since
                          March 2003
                        • From: Rain USA, Vancouver WA
                        Posted by tigerman on Friday, January 23, 2004 8:44 PM
                        I have heard that alcohol is basically Tamiya thinner and that is all I have used.

                        http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y269/wing_nut_5o/PANZERJAGERGB.jpg

                         Eric 

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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, January 23, 2004 8:39 PM
                        I use isopropanol or isopropyl alcohol (I think it’s the same stuff) to thin my Tamiya paint,
                        I prefer it to water
                        I’ve heard some people use the wind screen wash (the blue stuff) it adds no colour either
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                        Kumy
                        • Member since
                          December 2002
                        • From: Steeler Country
                        Posted by Kumy on Friday, January 23, 2004 8:03 PM
                        I've never tried water but I mainly shoot Tamiya acrylics. I've never tried Windex either... but I have read about it as well as rubbing alchohol. I cut my paints with Tamiya thinner which smells so toxic!

                        When I shoot Future I clean out my brush with windex or rubbing alchohol. But I also shoot some water thru afterwards since somebody else mentioned that the alcohol can hurt an airbrush.
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                        Dwight Ta-ala
                        • Member since
                          July 2003
                        • From: Philippines
                        Posted by Dwight Ta-ala on Friday, January 23, 2004 6:00 PM
                        My Tamiya Basic Compressor is not very strong and the instructions specify the thinning mix ratios for each type of paint. For Tamiya Acrylic Paints, I only use 90% Isoprophyl Alcohol as thinner for Tamiya Acrylics. Those Tamiya Acrylic Thinners are very small (and expensive in the long run). I remember using water and it is also acceptable but I prefer alcohol because it allows quick drying of paint.

                        Try to experiment on this and you might find it OK (and economical, too)

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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, January 23, 2004 5:56 PM
                        When I thin them I use some methelated spirits.
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                        shermanfreak
                        • Member since
                          January 2003
                        Posted by shermanfreak on Friday, January 23, 2004 5:53 PM
                        Most Tamiya colours I use straight from the bottle. If I do need to thin them a bit, I have used water.
                        Happy Modelling and God Bless Robert
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, January 23, 2004 4:49 PM
                        I recently heard of people using "windex". I only use PollyScale thinner (no water, no alcohol), and to tell u the truth, it looks like windex but smells like narcotic windex :P

                        Try to mix a small cup (adding drops slowly at atime) of windex to thin it since you are out of thinner. I personally had tamiya paint turn to gum on me when i added alcohol.

                        Good luck.... :)
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Cutting Tamiya paints with Tamiya acrylic thinner + alcohol?
                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, January 23, 2004 4:05 PM
                        I may just brave my freezing basement and use my airbrush after all on my Panther group build project. Problem is that I don't have much Tamiya acrylic thinner right now, just four of the little bottles. And I don't think I'll have time to get a bigger bottle. (Bigger issue -- I don't think my compressor is working correctly! [:0])

                        Anyway, compressor issues aside, I wonder how a Tamiya thinner/alcohol hybrid will work as a thinner? Anyone ever tried this? I usually just use the Tamiya acrylic thinner to thin their paints for airbrushing, but that deosn't look like it's gonna happen.

                        Thoughts? Should I just order some and wait for it to come, or should I mix what I have with isopropyl to get the job done?
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