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    November 2005
Mixing Acrylic
Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, September 11, 2004 6:47 PM
When mixing Tamiya (Acrylic flat paint),is it best to use water or thinner to thin the paint?I've heard you can use both.I would like to use what best.Thanks for any good advice you can give.
T.W.
  • Member since
    March 2003
  • From: Maine,USA
Posted by dubix88 on Saturday, September 11, 2004 8:06 PM
HEY,
Thinner would be best, no matter what type of paint it is. I use denatured alchohol you can find at wal-mart in the paint section, but you can use the tamiya thinner with it. The tamiya stuff may work better with their paint.

Randy
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  • Member since
    July 2003
  • From: Bicester, England
Posted by KJ200 on Sunday, September 12, 2004 3:01 AM
Tom, I use Tamiya acrylic thinner for all my acrylics except Vallejo.

I've found that it works really well with Tamiya (well you'd expect that!), Gunze, Model Master, and Lifecolour.

Karl

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  • Member since
    January 2004
  • From: USA
Posted by MusicCity on Sunday, September 12, 2004 6:27 AM
Alcohol works fine with Tamiya paints as long as you want a flat finish. I have found that alcohol will cause even their gloss paints to dry flat. If you want gloss, use their thinner.
Scott Craig -- Nashville, TN -- My Website -- My Models Page
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