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Howto thin gunze sangyo paint?

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  • Member since
    November 2005
Howto thin gunze sangyo paint?
Posted by Anonymous on Monday, December 27, 2004 6:14 AM
Dear friends,

I just a bought a bottle of Guanze Sanyo number 203 Florecent Orange Paint. The problem is I dont really know how to thin it. Normally I use tamiya but just wanted to give it a try on Guanze Sangyo. Furthermore the labeling is in either Chinese or Japanese which I have no idea. Hope you people can help me!

Thanks
RE9ZA
  • Member since
    February 2003
  • From: Tochigi, Japan
Posted by J-Hulk on Monday, December 27, 2004 9:46 AM
Hello!
It's Japanese, not Chinese.
Use Gunze Sangyo thinner. Is it aqeous or lacquer? I don't know which type "number 203" is.
~Brian
  • Member since
    November 2005
Posted by Anonymous on Monday, December 27, 2004 7:54 PM
Thanks, I've check on the internet and its lacquer. No wonder it smells funny..
J-Hulk thanks again!

Re9za
  • Member since
    November 2005
Posted by Anonymous on Monday, December 27, 2004 8:06 PM
If it is the acrylic colour I recommend their "leveling thinner" as it has an extender/retarder added to it. For their enamel use their standard thinner.

Also not sure as to which is is 203, if it is preceded by a H it is the acrylic one. Also the bottle top differs, acrylic has a flat cap similar to the Tamiya paints.
  • Member since
    November 2005
Posted by Anonymous on Monday, December 27, 2004 9:07 PM
As far as I know, Gunze Sangyo makes two types of paints: lacquer (actually acrylic lacquer) which is in the "Mr. Color" range, and aqueous or water-based acrylic, dubbed the "Hobby Color" range. If it smells really funny and you get that uppity kind of feeling Smile [:)], plus no "H" prefixing the paint number, it's probably lacquer. I'd get the Mr. Color thinner (either plain or the leveling kind) for that. Personally I just use ordinary household lacquer thinner and it works just as well.

If it's aqueous, you can use Hobby Color thinner, Tamiya Acrylic thinner, or just plain water and/or rubbing alcohol.

Cheers,
onyan
  • Member since
    November 2005
Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, December 29, 2004 12:11 AM
Thanks guy! And its lacquer. Bought the Guanze Thinner yesterday. But while airbrushing it seems that the paint dried to fast on the nozzle? I tried to lower my psi to 10 and its still the same. Its quite troublesome using Guanze lacquer compared to Tamiya arcylics.

re9za
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