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Polly Scale paint thinner?

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  • Member since
    November 2005
Polly Scale paint thinner?
Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, December 17, 2005 2:26 PM
Just picked up my first bottle of Polly Scale acrylic paint and I need to know what I should thin it with for airbrushing. I usually use Tamiya thinner or filtered water, but just wanted to make sure I don't mess up my airbrushing jobSmile [:)].
  • Member since
    October 2004
  • From: Nelson, BC, Canada
Posted by paul_toz on Saturday, December 17, 2005 3:00 PM
Hi,
the best thing I have found is Tamiya Acrylic Thinner (X-20A). Water will do at a push, but I have read on here that the Tamiya thinner has retarder in it so there is less chance of it clogging up your airbrush. I've had no problems with clogging since I started using it, whereas I did when I was experimenting with water as a thinner. I always put a bit of thinner through at the end of each colour as well, just to clean the airbrush out. 
 
Paul
  • Member since
    August 2005
  • From: Greencastle, IN
Posted by eizzle on Saturday, December 17, 2005 3:50 PM
I haven't used that type of paint before, but I found that alcohol works better than water for thinning. I have also heard that windex works pretty good to, but I haven't tried that one yet. Good luck.

Colin

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  • Member since
    January 2004
  • From: USA
Posted by MusicCity on Saturday, December 17, 2005 5:45 PM
PollyScale is so thin there is usually no reason to thin it at all.  On the rare occasion that I do thin it I just do what it says on the bottle and use water.
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