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  • From: Twin Cities of Minnesota
Posted by Don Stauffer on Saturday, March 19, 2011 9:38 AM

Just as an aside, I find Dullcoat in bottles getting increasingly hard to find.  As a substitute in a pinch, I use flat polyurethane varnish thinned 1:1.

Don Stauffer in Minnesota

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Posted by rjkplasticmod on Saturday, March 19, 2011 9:01 AM

Dullcote is a lacquer, so any hardware lacquer thinner works best.

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Posted by AlterEcho on Saturday, March 19, 2011 8:18 AM

On my '109 I used Dullcote straight out of the bottle with a .3 mm tip. Did not observe any issues...

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Posted by dmk on Wednesday, March 16, 2011 12:30 PM

ajlafleche

I've been thinning Testor's Dullcoat with generic "Paint Thinner" from Ace Hardware for decades. It works fine.

That's interesting. That stuff is mineral spirits I believe. Normally that's used as an enamel thinner.

 

 

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Posted by bhamoggy on Tuesday, March 15, 2011 6:35 AM

cheers for that.

what ratio are you using?

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Posted by ajlafleche on Sunday, March 13, 2011 3:13 PM

I've been thinning Testor's Dullcoat with generic "Paint Thinner" from Ace Hardware for decades. It works fine.

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Posted by Don Stauffer on Wednesday, March 9, 2011 9:36 AM

Isn't Tamiya lacquer actually acrylic lacquer?  There is a problem today with the way paints are labeled.  This is true not just in hobby paints.  Even at auto parts stores now, cans labeled enamel or lacquer may be acrylic enamel or lacquer, not the old fashioned stuff.

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testors dullcote
Posted by bhamoggy on Wednesday, March 9, 2011 9:26 AM

what to thin it with?

can i use tamiya lacquer thinner?

can i use off the shelf lacquer thinners?

thanks

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