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Proper thinning of Acrylic paint

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Proper thinning of Acrylic paint
Posted by Brownie on Saturday, August 19, 2006 5:20 PM
Have never used Acrylic paint before, but want to give it a try and need all the info I can get on proper thinning (ratio, what to use, etc), dryin time, cleaning of airbrush (I have the Aztec 470) or any other tid-bits anyone would care to share.  Thank you
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    May 2005
  • From: Left forever
Posted by Bgrigg on Saturday, August 19, 2006 7:09 PM
First, Sign - Welcome [#welcome] to the forums! Pull up a keyboard and stay a while.

Here's a link to MusicCity's website. Scroll down to the bottom of the page for all sorts of infor pertaining to acrylic paints. I use acrylics exclusively (Tamiya) and found his site to be a great help.

http://www.craigcentral.com/models/

Cheers,

Bill


So long folks!

  • Member since
    October 2005
  • From: Maryland
Posted by usmc1371 on Sunday, August 20, 2006 7:31 AM

I've found that when spraying acrylics with the A470, it's best to use the acrylic tips (black and white).  If you're using Model Master Acryl paints, they generally don't need to be thinned (unless you're doing fine line work).

Jesse

  • Member since
    February 2005
Posted by Brownie on Sunday, August 20, 2006 6:32 PM

Bill, thank you for the link to the website.  I checked it out and found the answers to all my questions.

Regards

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    May 2005
  • From: Left forever
Posted by Bgrigg on Sunday, August 20, 2006 7:10 PM
No worries, that website has saved me lots of trouble over the past year! Smile [:)]

So long folks!

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