I have used exclusively artists acrylics thinned with Windex up to this point. My budget is tight, and with buying tools and kits when I started, I was looking for an inexpensive way to learn how to airbrush. It has worked very well for me, and I have had a lot of fun mixing up colors to try to match the color I had in my mind, and I have been painting that way for the last 1 ½ years since I have come back to the hobby.
There are some colors I really struggle mixing up, some of the desert yellows and tans. Anyway, I picked up some Tamiya Deck Tan acrylic that I have been using for brush painting little stuff. On the bench I have Revell’s ’32 Ford, which calls for a tan interior, so I thought what the heck, why not try this Tamiya I have sitting around, even though it is a little too light. That stuff is nice! I didn’t even thin it, which was a gamble, and it went on beautifully. So maybe it is time for me to start buying a little bit of brand-name paint as I can.
So that brings me finally to a couple of questions. Anyone have any experience thinning the Tamiya acrylics with some house-hold product like the Windex I have been using with the artist paints? Anything other than ordering the Tamiya thinner?
After some of the paint has been used out of the bottle, can I thin it all down in the original bottle, or do you only thin what you need at the time? My experience in storing paint has not been great, it seems to dry out too quickly in the mixing bottles I have bought (I now use old pill bottles, and they work surprisingly well).
Thanks for any suggestions.