New to Acrylics. Need advice.

ajlafleche wrote:

Completely irrelavent if you're using an airbrush. I seal my figures painted in acrylics with a heavy coat of Testor's Dullcote laquer with no problem and this is a lot "hotter" than enamels. You can brush paint as well as long as you've allowed the first coat to dry thouroughly.

Even with an airbrush, if overpainting one type with another, always allow enough time for the first coat to fully cure before overpainting.

Arcylics is ok over enamels   But enamels is not ok over arcylics.... or have I got that around the wrong way?

Completely irrelavent if you're using an airbrush. I seal my figures painted in acrylics with a heavy coat of Testor's Dullcote laquer with no problem and this is a lot "hotter" than enamels.

You can brush paint as well as long as you've allowed the first coat to dry thouroughly.

A couple words on Tamiya. They are almost impossible to brush paint without arcane and alchemic mixes of just the right amount of their thinner or acrylic retarder and /or water or alcohol. Their colors are also not matched to any color standards as are model master.

Phil_H wrote:

Hi there, Ross (Triarius) pretty much has Tamiya acrylics covered in the following recent threads: Tamiya Acrylics vs. MM Acrylics ??? Tinning Tamiya acrylics! (Should be "Thinning", but the title was taken directly from the thread "as is" ) There are many other threads regarding the use of Tamiya acrylics. One thing which is very important to note: If you have picked up a bottle of Tamiya "Flat Base" (X-21), be aware that this is not a flat coat. It's not actually paint - rather, it's a flattening agent which is intended to be added to a gloss colour to make it "flat". Many people make the mistake of thinking it's a flat coat and simply thin it and spray. This usually results in a model covered in sticky translucent white goo. It can be mixed with Tamiya Clear Gloss (X-20) (or Future) at approximately 4 parts gloss to 1 part flat base to make a clear flat cloat.

Ooops my 'H' key somtimes doesn't work all that well.

 Not wanting to change the subject but what is the basic rule of thumb.

Arcylics is ok over enamels  

But enamels is not ok over arcylics....

or have I got that around the wrong way?

Hi there,

Ross (Triarius) pretty much has Tamiya acrylics covered in the following recent threads:

Tamiya Acrylics vs. MM Acrylics ???

Tinning Tamiya acrylics! (Should be "Thinning", but the title was taken directly from the thread "as is" )

There are many other threads regarding the use of Tamiya acrylics.

One thing which is very important to note: If you have picked up a bottle of Tamiya "Flat Base" (X-21), be aware that this is not a flat coat. It's not actually paint - rather, it's a flattening agent which is intended to be added to a gloss colour to make it "flat". Many people make the mistake of thinking it's a flat coat and simply thin it and spray. This usually results in a model covered in sticky translucent white goo. It can be mixed with Tamiya Clear Gloss (X-20) (or Future) at approximately 4 parts gloss to 1 part flat base to make a clear flat cloat.