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Triarius wrote: | I use PollyScale and Tamiya almost exclusively. Great paints.
Thin PollyScale only with distilled or deionized water. It is not compatible with any alcohol that I have tried (and I've tried all that are readily available, and some that are not.)
Thin Tamiya with 90% or higher isopropyl alcohol for best results. Ditto parenthetical phrase above.
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Tamiya user here as well. I've had excellent results with *Sunnyside brand Denatured Alcohol Solvent. It's available at any hardware store in the paint department, with the paint thinners. (DNA) as I like to call it, seems to atomize Tamiya very well for airbrushing, improves adhesion without using a primer, and also eliminates tip dry (almost) entirely. I stumbled on it's use from, believe it or not, FSM Paul Boyer's old book: Painting and Finishing Scale Models, circa 1991. In one chapter Paul experiments with different acrylics, namely Tamiya. He also experimented with denatured alcohol and reported that results were very good, if I'm not mistaken. I've been using and thinning Tamiya with it for over a year now, and after many successfully painted models, I am sold on the difference from say, rubbing alcohols (isoprophyl). The difference between DNA and ISO I've noticed is that drug store ISO alcohols contain water, hence 70%, 91%, etc. To make up the 100%, for example..in the case of the 70% type, 30% of it is water, and so on. This can cause Tamiya to bead up on the model, or inhibit atomization of the paint. This is due to the water in the alcohol causing surface tention. DNA is also an excellent over-all, non-toxic cleaner. Sure, don't drink the stuff but it beats having to use Laquer thinner by a long shot with Tamiya. Whats more is that DNA is the main ingrediant in Polly S Plastic Prep!- no wonder the stuff works so well to clean styrene plastic, huh!? I use DNA to clean my models before painting, cleaning out the airbrush between colors and for thourough cleaning in place of Laquer thinner when im finished with the airbrush and brush painting. Well, I could go on and on, but you get the drift. It's really made using Tamiya for me a clear contender in leu of enamels and laquers. Not to discredit another modelers' advise, heck, I've had good luck with Isoprophyl alcohol too! Experiment and have fun doing it!
Greg Williams
Owner/ Manager
Modern Hobbies LLC
Indianapolis, IN.
IPMS #44084
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