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                        Acrylics, alcohol, and a funny story.

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                        Kugai
                        • Member since
                          July 2003
                        • From: Huntington, WV
                        Posted by Kugai on Tuesday, October 27, 2009 10:59 PM

                        Yeah, I had the same thing happen in the bottle, not an airbrush.  I figured the ( alcohol-based ) Tamiya thinner I had would work just fine for my Model Master acrylic.  The result was a coagulated lump of Insignia Yellow gel separated from the thinner.

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                        MikeV
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                          April 2003
                        • From: Hayward, CA
                        Posted by MikeV on Monday, October 26, 2009 2:34 PM
                        Very true. Big Smile [:D]

                        “Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom. " Charles Spurgeon
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                        satch_ip
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                          September 2009
                        • From: Spring Branch, TX
                        Acrylics, alcohol, and a funny story.
                        Posted by satch_ip on Monday, October 26, 2009 2:22 PM

                        I bought my son an airbrsh at the Austin Armor show.  The Badger 200 came with a set of Badger acrylic paints.  We took it home and fired it up to show him how to operate and clean.  It shot alcohol just fine.  I put in some of the Badger paint thinned it with a little alcohol like I usually do and it sprayed for a while then just stopped.  Tried more thinner and nothing.  Took it apart and the paint had reacted with the thinner gumming it up. 

                        Lesson learned.  Some acrylics don't work with alcohol.  Looked like a goof ball to my boy!  Guess i need to research what paints go with what thinner.

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