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Airbrush paint question
Posted by Medic on Thursday, March 18, 2010 4:02 PM

What brand of paint do most of you use and whats your mix of paint to water (in drops lets say)? I have some creatix paints (acrylic) and wanted to know a good mix for this brand if anyone uses it. Are their any paints out there you can put straight in the airbrush (after color mix) that spray well without water?

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Posted by Milairjunkie on Thursday, March 18, 2010 4:28 PM

Createx give no ratios, but you should looking at getting the consistency of milk. I would try 50/50 and adjust from there. 

http://www.createxcolors.com/product/acryliccolors/AcrylicColors.pdf

Most people around here use model specific paint ranges, as the coulours are matched to many of the subjects in hand. I use Tamiya Acrylics, as many other here do, but there are several other well recognised & thought of brands.

Some manufacturers do produce ready thinned airbrush paint for modelling, like Vallejo. The coulour range available in some of these ranges is however somewhat limited.

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Posted by ACESES5 on Friday, March 19, 2010 8:01 PM

I USE MODEL MASTER AND FLOQUIL COLORS ,FLOQUIL COLORS ARE ACRYLICS I THIN THESE WITH DENATURED ALCOHOL ALSO CALLED RUBBING ALCOHOL. MODEL MASTER COLORS I USE MINERAL SPIRIITS. YOU DON'T NEED TO BUY TESTORS EXPENCIVE THINNER. HOPES THISHELPS THE REST OF YOU MODELERS.                                            FROM WIYLIECOYOTE08@HOTMAIL.COM     Big Smile                                          

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Posted by Killjoy on Friday, March 19, 2010 10:56 PM

YES, WE HEAR YOU!!!!

Hehe...caps lock dude!  First, no Floquil is an enamel paint.  Model Masters make an acrylic line (which thin well with alcohol, or even distilled water), and an enamel line as well.  Mineral spirits are wat you need to thin enamels, and you will need lacquer thinner for cleanup. 

No, you don't NEED Testors thinner, although I do like their acrylic thinner.  I use hardware mineral spirits on the rare occasions when I still spray enamel.

Chris

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Posted by ACESES5 on Saturday, March 20, 2010 6:06 PM

TO KILROY I LIKE BIG LETTERS GETS MY POINT ACROSS FIRST OFF I DID NOT SAY FLOQUIL COLORS WERE ENAMELS THEY ARE ACRYLICS!!!!!!!!!!! THIN WITH ALCOHOL OR DISSTALED WATER. MODEL MASTER COLORS I USE ARE ENAMELS THIN WITH MINERAL SPIRITS. YOU DONT NEED LACQUER THINNER TO CLEAN UP I HAVE BEEN DOING IT THIS WAY FOR 40 YEARS ,WORKS FOR                 ME                                                  Big SmileWHYLIECOYOTE08@HOTMAIL.COM                                                                                                                              

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Posted by Don Wheeler on Saturday, March 20, 2010 6:32 PM

ACESES5

TO KILROY I LIKE BIG LETTERS GETS MY POINT ACROSS FIRST OFF I DID NOT SAY FLOQUIL COLORS WERE ENAMELS THEY ARE ACRYLICS!!!!!!!!!!! THIN WITH ALCOHOL OR DISSTALED WATER. MODEL MASTER COLORS I USE ARE ENAMELS THIN WITH MINERAL SPIRITS. YOU DONT NEED LACQUER THINNER TO CLEAN UP I HAVE BEEN DOING IT THIS WAY FOR 40 YEARS ,WORKS FOR                 ME                                                  Big SmileWHYLIECOYOTE08@HOTMAIL.COM                                                                                                                              

FLOQUIL comes in both water based acrylic and solvent based enamel.  So does MODELMASTER.

Why do you need all caps to get your point across?  It does make it harder to read.

Don

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Posted by Cobra 427 on Monday, March 22, 2010 8:31 PM

ACESES5

I USE MODEL MASTER AND FLOQUIL COLORS ,FLOQUIL COLORS ARE ACRYLICS I THIN THESE WITH DENATURED ALCOHOL ALSO CALLED RUBBING ALCOHOL. MODEL MASTER COLORS I USE MINERAL SPIRIITS. YOU DON'T NEED TO BUY TESTORS EXPENCIVE THINNER. HOPES THISHELPS THE REST OF YOU MODELERS.                                              Big Smile                                          

                                                                               

Uh,.....I know that I don't have a hat to throw into the ring here,but I'll  just quote you for the record so that you can re-read your comment.  I'm not here to start anything,but just a reminder to all here on this forum to be civil, and be brotherly to each other as we're all here for the same reasons - to further our creativity, and not to have pissing matches with each other. 

 

By the way, yes Floquil makes both enamel, and acrylic based paints. I haven't used floquil in so long that I don't know if they've changed their formulation, but acrylic, and enamel are both soft paints, and they are compatible with each other, so there's no worry about ruining your model if you want to use one, or the other.

Maybe a picture of a squirrel playing a harmonica will make you feel better?

 

 

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