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  • Member since
    February 2003
  • From: Southern California, USA
Posted by ABARNE on Tuesday, January 6, 2009 8:47 PM
Experience is often the best teacher.  Regardless of whether a paint is "airbrush ready" or not, always check before adding thinner. 
  • Member since
    December 2008
  • From: Goffstown, NH
D'OH!
Posted by New Hampshire on Tuesday, January 6, 2009 6:58 PM

Yes, I am an airbrush noob:

Yesterday I got my order in from Squadron including the bottle of Vallejo Green Zinc Chromate colored paint I needed to get going with my current build.  So I head down to the basement, pour some into the airbrush cup drop in some Tamiya Acrylic thinner, and start spraying.....and it is watery and very transparent.  I won't say exactly how long I sprayed before I realized the Vallejo paint is "airbrush ready" since it would probably be more pathetic than funny Blush [:I]

Moral of the story:  All you other airbrush noobs out there....DOUBLE AND TRIPLE CHECK YOUR PAINT BEFORE SPRAYING!!!!!

Brian

P.S. But on a brighter note the Tamiya stuff I used afterwards was properly reduced by me and sprayed perfectly!  I felt SOMEWHAT vindicated after that.

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