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Vallejo airbrush thinner 71.161 vs Thinner Diluant 061

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  • From: Indiana, USA
Posted by Greg on Saturday, July 9, 2016 7:11 PM

Haptesthai
How can a paint that is supposed to be used out of the bottle be thinned at a 40Paint-60Thinner ratio?
 

It can't. Smile

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Posted by Haptesthai on Saturday, July 9, 2016 1:52 PM
How can a paint that is supposed to be used out of the bottle be thinned at a 40Paint-60Thinner ratio?
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  • From: Indiana, USA
Posted by Greg on Saturday, July 9, 2016 12:06 PM

Vallejo's 71.061, 71.161 and 71.261 are the same product (Airbrush Thinner), in different bottle/container sizes.

I'm baffled as to what the Thinner diluant 061 to which you refer is, especially since you state it is milky in appearance.

I wonder if you might be referring to Vallejo Thinner Medium, which is something else entirely (basically acrylic resin without colour pigment, as I understand it).

Vallejo product numbering can be baffling, it's no wonder we're all confused. Smile

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Posted by Tojo72 on Saturday, July 9, 2016 7:22 AM

Tojo72

 

 
Stuart06

 

 
Tojo72

It's crazy that we need all these additives,but in shooting Vallejo I also add Airbrush Flow Improver 71.462 it definitly stops tip drying

 

 

 

Are you using the 71.161 product or the 061 product with 71.462

 

 

 

I am away at work till late tonite but I will post an answer when I could

 

I'm sorry I forgot to get back to you but I'm using thinner 71.161 and Flow Improver 71.262 with good results.

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Posted by Tojo72 on Tuesday, June 28, 2016 10:26 AM

Stuart06

 

 
Tojo72

It's crazy that we need all these additives,but in shooting Vallejo I also add Airbrush Flow Improver 71.462 it definitly stops tip drying

 

 

 

Are you using the 71.161 product or the 061 product with 71.462

 

I am away at work till late tonite but I will post an answer when I could

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Posted by Stuart06 on Tuesday, June 28, 2016 9:57 AM

Tojo72

It's crazy that we need all these additives,but in shooting Vallejo I also add Airbrush Flow Improver 71.462 it definitly stops tip drying

 

Are you using the 71.161 product or the 061 product with 71.462

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Posted by Tojo72 on Tuesday, June 28, 2016 9:07 AM

It's crazy that we need all these additives,but in shooting Vallejo I also add Airbrush Flow Improver 71.462 it definitly stops tip drying

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  • From: Toronto, Canada
Posted by Stuart06 on Tuesday, June 28, 2016 7:54 AM

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71.161 is the best for thinner from Vallejo for airbrushing their paints.

 

 

What ratio do you use?

71.161 just doesn't do it.  I have upped the ratio to almost 40% paint 60% thinner and still get tip dry clogging.  I have also upped the air pressure with no success.

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Posted by modelmaker66 on Tuesday, June 28, 2016 1:51 AM

71.161 is the best for thinner from Vallejo for airbrushing their paints.

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Posted by patrick206 on Monday, June 27, 2016 11:14 PM

I'm relatively new to Vallejo, using only the Model Air for airbrushing. But my experience seems to mirror yours, the thinner medium works better, the 161 is just miserable for causing tip dry. I'm also trying different Liquitex products, but still don't have a very reliable paint source using Vallejo. 

Too stubborn to just give up on it, but should have long ago. For those that do have good results with it, I wish I could do the same. 

Patrick

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  • From: Toronto, Canada
Vallejo airbrush thinner 71.161 vs Thinner Diluant 061
Posted by Stuart06 on Monday, June 27, 2016 2:43 PM

I am airbrushing Vallejo paints and at first I was using the Thinner Diluant (061).  This is a milky white substance and when mixed with any of the Vallejo or Panzer Aces paints comes out of my airbrush great.

Seeing a larger bottle of Airbrush thinner (71.161) I start to use this.  This product is a clear liquid and thinner than the 061 product.  At first the paint gummed up the nozzel.  I cleaned it and reloaded the paint with even more thinner.  Worked for a few seconds, then gummed up again.  I add so much thinner (and increased the pressure on the tank) that it came out as liquid watery paint and then gummed up.

I was wondering what the Airbrush thinner (71.161) was for.  After reading a few comments on other areas, someone said that the 71.161 product is the new fromula.  Do any of you guys use this in your airbrush and do you have the same problem

For me, the 061 product is best, but it comes only in 32ml bottle.  I would love to get larger bottles of this stuff if they offer it.  Also, would be very said if they got rid of the 061 product since it works better for me in my airbrush (Iwata HpC).

 

 

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