House Paint?

With the cost of models being almost insane these days, I know that when I pay over $100 dollars for a kit, I'm not going to chance it. I do use 90% iso alchohol instead of Tamiya's thinner and do use a regular gallon of mineral spirits from Home Depot or Lowe.

I fully agree that the price of hobby paints is very high per volume, and seemingly rising.

I always buy white and black and other always needed colors online for maybe .80 cents to a dollar cheaper than the LHS, and never but never can buy a kit anywhere but online.

House paint probably would work. 

Ross would be the one to ask.

House paints are latex and don't spray well or adhere well.

I wouldn't waste my time as model paints are cheap considering how much you can airbrush with just one bottle.

House paints, including acrylic latex and even those that are fully acrylic are:

1. Formulated to stick to drywall, plaster, and other, similar paints. They don't stick to plastic too well.
2. Contain much coarser pigments than model paints.
3. Because of No.2, they use binders that form much thicker dry films than hobby paints.

Triarius wrote:

Don't use them except for scenery.

And houses!

Bgrigg wrote:

Triarius wrote: Don't use them except for scenery.  And houses!

Like I said, scenery…regardless of scale… 

I could only imagine the mess they would make of the insides of an airbrush.

Would be like spraying Elmer's glue.