Delstar DTR 602 Acrylic Enamel Reducer

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oldermodelguy

I think you will find it not to work so hot, being a medium dry solven based acrylic enamel reducer. MM is a synthetic enamel, much more like, in fact probably is alkyd resin enamel. These used the equivelent of Dupont 3812 reducer but both hardware store lacquer thinner and mineral spirits thins MM enamels fine (great flow out with the LT). Conduct a test but I don't recall from my 1/1 days acrylic enamel reducer working properly in synthetic enamels. Just my take.

 

Many thanks, kinda what I suspected.  How do you think it might perform with Testors lacquer dull and gloss coats?

 

It's funny how you can cut about anything with lacquer thinner but it doesn't go the other way around. You can't cut lacquers with much of anything but lacquer thinner. I mean regular old solvent based lacquers.

There is an exception with some of the new lacquers coming out for hobby use but even those don't like enamel reducers. Odd, water works, LT, alcohol, X-22, even Vallejo thinner but not enamel reducer. Still, you might want to test a little for yourself, it's been quite a whie since shooting solvent based acrylic enamels with medium dry solvents made for them like your Delstar.

[quote user="oldermodelguy"]

I think you will find it not to work so hot, being a medium dry solven based acrylic enamel reducer. MM is a synthetic enamel, much more like, in fact probably is alkyd resin enamel. These used the equivelent of Dupont 3812 reducer but both hardware store lacquer thinner and mineral spirits thins MM enamels fine (great flow out with the LT). Conduct a test but I don't recall from my 1/1 days acrylic enamel reducer working properly in synthetic enamels. Just my take.

Many thanks, kinda what I suspected.  How do you think it might perform with Testors lacquer dull and gloss coats?

I think you will find it not to work so hot, being a medium dry solven based acrylic enamel reducer. MM is a synthetic enamel, much more like, in fact probably is alkyd resin enamel. These used the equivelent of Dupont 3812 reducer but both hardware store lacquer thinner and mineral spirits thins MM enamels fine (great flow out with the LT). Conduct a test but I don't recall from my 1/1 days acrylic enamel reducer working properly in synthetic enamels. Just my take.