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  • Member since
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  • From: Caput Mundi (Rome,Italy)
Posted by Italian Starfighter on Thursday, August 23, 2012 3:33 PM

I use a mix of  distilled water and future 50%.....go great!!

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  • From: Adelaide, Australia
Posted by zapme on Wednesday, August 22, 2012 4:27 AM

Thanks professordeath and  kirk4010 for the tips. The Lifecoour paints certainly do finish beautifully. I did spray it straight from the bottle and did produce a good finish, but at first it looked like splatter then in settled after a minute or so.

Yes I've already got a bottle of simple green and don't know why I didn't think of that before. I will most certainly also try windex.

In conclusion, I really like the finish of the life color and the color choices are varied.

Thanks for your advice.

Leo

 

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Posted by kirk4010 on Tuesday, August 21, 2012 10:41 PM

I thin Life color slightly with a mix of distilled water and Liquitex flow aid.   A club member told me he shoots it straight, no thinning.    I have not yet tried shooting it straight.

"and lacquer thinner, this just made the paint look like curdled milk"   Yeah, I have heard this from others who tried lacquer thinner.

To clean my air brush I use a mixture of 1/3 distilled water, 1/3 Windex ( I think you call it windowlean?) and 1/3 simple green which is a bio degradable degreaser, I have no idea if you can get it down in your parts.

Like the other poster said, I have found I have to build it up in thin coats.  But once on you can mask over it with no worries.

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  • From: Adelaide, Australia
Help with lifecolour paints
Posted by zapme on Saturday, August 18, 2012 5:23 PM

Before we continue, In Australia we spell the word colour with a "u" :-)

I'm having some problems with the above colour brand

  1. The first time I used them I thinned them like Tamiya acrylics and was to thin, so the next time I used a minimal amount and this seemed to work better. The paint still looks to thick though.
  2. Cleaning out of my Patriot air-gun is proving to be problematic. I've tried water and does'nt clean the gun out sufficiently , Lifecolour thinner(to expensive to use frequently for the amount needed is  and lacquer thinner, this just made the paint look like curdled milk.

Any help on these 2 fronts would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers Leo

 

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On the workbench: 1/72 Airfix De Havilland DH88 Comet , 1/35 Trumpeter M1A1, 1/35 Tamiya Tyrannosaurus Rex, 1/8 (?) vinyl C3PO brand unknown

 

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