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White/Silver Acrylic paints very thin/watery

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    June 2013
White/Silver Acrylic paints very thin/watery
Posted by firemedic10 on Tuesday, June 11, 2013 11:08 AM

Hello all, another new guy getting back into modeling after 15 years away from it (as a kid). I have only done one model since I started again, a Revell F-18, some of which required white paint. I bought/use Testors Model Master acrylics, mostly because that's the majority of the paint sold in my local hobby store, so even when I was modeling as a kid, that's just what I always bought.  Thing is about that white or silver colors, they seem to be very thin and watery, requiring multiple coats to actually build up the color, and this is brushing them on, no airbrush. Is this what happens with white or silver colors? Am I doing something wrong? Recommend a different paint or technique.  Thanks for helping out.

  • Member since
    August 2012
Posted by AndrewW on Tuesday, June 11, 2013 6:28 PM

Assuming you've thoroughly stirred them when you opened the jar, firemedic, you may just be finding that the lighter colors have less pigment to them than darker colors, therefore they look thinner.  I've found this with several different brands of pale colors.  I'm not sure if enamels behave differently, I don't really use them.  Typically, it's just several layers to build up to that white or silver color.  One solution is a rattle can (spray can) of white or pale primer, as you are not air brushing.  Personally, with an airbrush, I make a few passes with my pale colors.  I don't know how well that would work with a paint brush, but priming with a pale color may help.  

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  • From: Twin Cities of Minnesota
Posted by Don Stauffer on Wednesday, June 12, 2013 9:22 AM

Any light color acrylic takes several coats.  Even airbrushing, light colors of any type of paint usually requires more than one coat.

Don Stauffer in Minnesota

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