Paints not mixing completely

lambing wrote:

Bought a couple of bottles of Tamiya acrylics yesterday, and no matter how much I shake the bottles, the paint isn't completely mixed. Specifically Titanium Silver and Titanium Gold.

Did you try to stir the paints?

DoC

Dr. Coffee wrote:

lambing wrote: Bought a couple of bottles of Tamiya acrylics yesterday, and no matter how much I shake the bottles, the paint isn't completely mixed. Specifically Titanium Silver and Titanium Gold. Did you try to stir the paints? DoC

lambing wrote:

Dr. Coffee wrote:  lambing wrote: Bought a couple of bottles of Tamiya acrylics yesterday, and no matter how much I shake the bottles, the paint isn't completely mixed. Specifically Titanium Silver and Titanium Gold. Did you try to stir the paints? DoC Yes

Some of the paints that emulate metal contain what looks like metal fragments. Could it be that you see such fragments?

DoC

Dr. Coffee wrote:

lambing wrote:  Dr. Coffee wrote:  lambing wrote: Bought a couple of bottles of Tamiya acrylics yesterday, and no matter how much I shake the bottles, the paint isn't completely mixed. Specifically Titanium Silver and Titanium Gold. Did you try to stir the paints? DoC Yes Some of the paints that emulate metal contain what looks like metal fragments. Could it be that you see such fragments? DoC

lambing wrote:

Dr. Coffee wrote:  lambing wrote:  Dr. Coffee wrote:  lambing wrote: Bought a couple of bottles of Tamiya acrylics yesterday, and no matter how much I shake the bottles, the paint isn't completely mixed. Specifically Titanium Silver and Titanium Gold. Did you try to stir the paints? DoC Yes Some of the paints that emulate metal contain what looks like metal fragments. Could it be that you see such fragments? DoC No, there are swirls of different colors. I see the metalflake in the swirls - the swirls are just staying separate and not mixing into one uniform color.

That is normal. Just stir them good and paint as you will never be able mix them enough to get rid of the swirls you see. 

MaxPower wrote:

I never shake my paints... stirred only!!

Bond...James Bond.

lambing wrote:

Bought a couple of bottles of Tamiya acrylics yesterday, and no matter how much I shake the bottles, the paint isn't completely mixed. Specifically Titanium Silver and Titanium Gold. I shook them quite a bit last night, even stored them upside down overnight, shook them this morning, and they are still not mixed. Any recommendations?

Stirred, never shake a small bottle of paint to mix it.

Many metallic paints don't appear to mix completely, due to strange (Van der Waal's and other factors) interactions between the coated metallic flakes and the binder/solvent blend. This is normal. If there are no clumps, the paint should spray and brush normally.

BTW: Try Hawkeye's Talon acrylic metallics. Best acrylic metallic paint I've seen since the old Polly S line (Not Polly Scale).