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  • Member since
    July 2005
Thinner
Posted by cawashbu on Sunday, September 25, 2005 8:49 PM
I have been using Testor's Model Masters Enamals with my Aztek. I have been using Testor's airbrush thinner, but it got expensive, so I tried normal paint thinner. Bad mistake Dead [xx(] , my paint job came out splochy and I had to sand it down and start over. So my questioin is, what is the difference between normal paint thinner and "special" airbrush thinner? Is there a way to purify normal thinner, or somthing cheapre then airbrush thinner I can use?
  • Member since
    April 2003
  • From: Hayward, CA
Posted by MikeV on Sunday, September 25, 2005 9:13 PM
Try some high-quality mineral spirits as they work very well and I think that is all the Model Master airbrush thinner is.
I don't like lacquer thinner with enamels as it dries too fast.

Mike

Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom. " Charles Spurgeon
  • Member since
    January 2003
  • From: The Hoosier State
Posted by plasticmod992 on Sunday, September 25, 2005 10:24 PM
When I use enamels, I use a very inexpensive and somewhat new product called T.R.P.S. or (terpentine replacement paint solvent) It is an excellent replacement for MM Airbrush Thinner. It seems to blend the paints' vehicle and solvent far more thouroghly than MM or other regular mineral spirits. Thanks to it's high solvent power and proper evaporation rate, this helps prevent premature drying, and helps provide uniform film thickness and paint adhesion. It acts as if it has a flow agent in it, so as to maximize paint flow through the airbrush. It's available at most home improvement, and Sherman Williams-type stores. It goes for about $3.00 in my area. It is manufactuered by *Sunnyside, packaged in a white, yellow and blue 1 QT. can. T.R.P.S. is also a very good cleaning solvent for your airbrush as well, reducing the use of Laquer thinner in most cases. Give it a try, it's all I use for Model Master enamels.
Greg Williams Owner/ Manager Modern Hobbies LLC Indianapolis, IN. IPMS #44084
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