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Preventing Paint Spills?
Posted by David from PA on Sunday, November 18, 2018 8:19 AM

Anyone have a good technique or tool they use to pour paint from a bottle into an airbrush paint bottle or cup? I have never mastered this problem and I'm really getting tired of losing paint on the newspaper I use to paint parts on. Thanks, in advance.

David From PA

 

 

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  • From: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
Posted by Bish on Sunday, November 18, 2018 8:28 AM

For enamel paint from tins and Tamiya acrylics i transfer it useing an old paint brush.

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    May 2018
  • From: Louisville KY
Posted by DMX512 on Sunday, November 18, 2018 8:29 AM

My local hobby shop always has a box of these. 

https://www.amazon.com/Transfer-Pipettes/b?ie=UTF8&node=318125011

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  • From: Western North Carolina
Posted by Tojo72 on Sunday, November 18, 2018 8:31 AM

You can use pipettes,eye droppers,or plastic hypodermics to transfer the paint.

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  • From: Parker City, IN.
Posted by Rambo on Sunday, November 18, 2018 8:50 AM
I use pipettes to transfer into large tattoo ink caps to mix then dump then straight into my airbrush.

Clint

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    May 2013
  • From: Indiana, USA
Posted by Greg on Sunday, November 18, 2018 10:55 AM

Hi DavidfromPA,

We were just discussing this recently in the thread below:

http://cs.finescale.com/fsm/tools_techniques_and_reference_materials/f/18/t/180483.aspx

You might check it out in case something is missed here.

BTW, I go the pipette route

Sorry, the hotlink tool isn't working again. And I've been having such good luck with it....I must have done something differently.

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  • From: Sonora Desert
Posted by stikpusher on Sunday, November 18, 2018 10:55 AM

I use the little spoon end of Tamiya stir sticks. One drop at a time.

 

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Posted by BlackSheepTwoOneFour on Sunday, November 18, 2018 10:56 AM

Pipette is the way to go. Stock up on a bunch. You never have enough on hand.

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  • From: Indiana, USA
Posted by Greg on Sunday, November 18, 2018 10:58 AM

stikpusher

I use the little spoon end of Tamiya stir sticks. One drop at a time.

 

There's one I never considered. Clever, Stik.

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  • From: Franklin Wi
Posted by Bakster on Sunday, November 18, 2018 11:46 AM

I pour the paint down along a hobby stick, angling the stick to where you want the paint to go. Works for me, without the expense of pipettes. 

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