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Tamiya Acrylic : Acrylic Thinner

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  • Member since
    February 2006
  • From: Boston
Posted by Wilbur Wright on Thursday, August 10, 2006 2:50 PM
I will thin Tamiya  about 5:1 for airbrushing normal colors. I always add just a couple of drops of thinner to the bottle in order to brush paint. As previosly stated good red sable artist brushes from an art supply store (not the hobby shop) are a must to get the best hand painted results.
  • Member since
    May 2005
  • From: Left forever
Posted by Bgrigg on Thursday, August 10, 2006 12:25 PM
That depends if you are going to airbrush or hand brush. If it's airbrush then go HERE and scroll down to MusicCity's excellent articles on airbrushing.

If it's hand brushing, then I would suggest starting out with NO thinner at all. Be forewarned that hand brushing Tamiya paints is often very frustrating for people. It dries super fast (alcohol based so it evaporates quickly!) so the trick is to use a very good brush (red sable is the best, but not absolutely required, just don't cheap out on brushes!), and to paint small areas. Tamiya self levels nicely so don't "overwork" the area you're painting. If you do experience problems (seemingly dry paint can quickly become reactivated with fresh paint and "roll" up) start adding thinner to the paint. Start with maybe 5 or 10%. Tamiya thinner is basically Isopropyl Alcohol with acrylic retarder to slow down the drying a bit.

The good thing about acrylic paint is if it does goes badly, immerse the piece in Windex (the blue kind with ammonia) and the paint comes right off!

Good luck and let us know how it goes!

Bill

So long folks!

  • Member since
    November 2005
Tamiya Acrylic : Acrylic Thinner
Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, August 10, 2006 7:27 AM
Hello Guys,

As some know I am new to this hobby...
I bought some Tamiya Acrylic paints and a bottle of Tamiya Thinner.
I would like to ask if what is the ratio of paint and thinner to be mix for airbrush painting?

By the way, I'm trying to paint/build a Gundam 1/100 and hopefully this wont be my last model kit Bow [bow]

Thanks in advance for your inputs.

Mitch
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