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Airbrushing with Vallejo paints

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  • Member since
    September 2006
  • From: Central Texas
Airbrushing with Vallejo paints
Posted by NucMedTech on Friday, October 19, 2012 9:22 AM

Hi guys,

I'm sure this has been asked before ( I can't seem to find any reference using the search); but, can you get good results buy thinning vallejo's regular paint for airbrush use? If you can what is the reccomended thinner? I know they have their modelair series, just don't want to buy the same paint for different uses. My HobbyLobby seems to be keeping a good selection in stock so I wanted to try some out.

Thanks for any help.

-StephenCowboy

Most barriers to your successes are man made. And most often you are the man who made them. -Frank Tyger

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    March 2005
  • From: near Nashville, TN
Posted by TarnShip on Friday, October 19, 2012 1:22 PM

I use the same thinner for Model Air, and Model Color, Panzer Aces,,,,,,,I also use it in their Game Color paints, but, those are soooo thick that I use a lot more of it when using Tinny Tin, etc,,,,,,,since I use 4 different ranges of Vallejo paint, with the same thinner,,,,,,,,the ratio varies all over the place

they have their own thinner,,,,,,I use that, along with a drop or two of Flow Medium

the bottle number I have is #061, it is 32 Mil (about 1 ounce),,,,,and has additional binders so that the thinned paint won't get diluted, just made thinner,,,,,,,,,,,,it looks like extremely thin white glue when you drop it out of the bottle, don't worry, that is the normal look for this stuff

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  • Member since
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  • From: Central Texas
Posted by NucMedTech on Friday, October 19, 2012 1:27 PM

Appreciate the info, I'll have to look for the thinner.

-Stephen

Most barriers to your successes are man made. And most often you are the man who made them. -Frank Tyger

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  • From: Lund, Sweden
Posted by denstore on Friday, October 19, 2012 3:54 PM

You can thin them with destilled water up to a certain point, but after that you need to extend the binder. My guess is that their own thinner is exactly this. A mix containing water, acrylic binder and a splash of retarder. I make my own cocktail with those ingredients, and it works pretty nice. Destilled water, Liquitex airbrush medium, some flow aid and a splash of retarder.

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