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Vallejo Model Color Paint Question

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  • Member since
    November 2005
  • From: St. Louis, Missouri
Vallejo Model Color Paint Question
Posted by stevedb227 on Wednesday, September 19, 2007 10:54 PM

Greetings.

I have only just started using the Model Color acrylics from Vallejo and have one small problem.   On a couple of figures I am painting the colors dried with a slight gloss sheen rather than the flat finish they should be.

My question is whether or not I am shaking/mixing them for a long enough time or am I missing something else.   I have shaken them for about a minute.

I look forward to your help.

Steve 

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  • Member since
    May 2007
Posted by Konig Tiger on Saturday, September 22, 2007 7:26 PM

Hi, as i don't paint with your chosen medium can i ask you if you can stir the contents through the top of your bottle? if so then this may help completely mix the contents of the bottle. It is like leaving a can of flat spray stand for a couple of days and being able to apply a gloss finish as the flattening agent settles to the bottom of the can.

Cheers Jim

  • Member since
    November 2005
  • From: St. Louis, Missouri
Posted by stevedb227 on Sunday, September 23, 2007 11:19 PM

Thanks for the response.   Unlike the usual tins or bottles where you can really stir them up the Vallejo paints come in small plastic bottles with a screw cap and about a 1/8" spout.   The only way to mix them is shake them so I am only guessing that a minute or so is not long enough.   Will try a little longer.   Thank you for your comments though, they are appreciated.

 

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  • Member since
    March 2006
  • From: South Coast, UK
Posted by NikToo on Monday, September 24, 2007 4:33 AM

The VMC paints do have a slight satin sheen on their own, so it's completely normal. To take off the sheen, give them a quick spray of Testor's Dullcote.

A good trick when using them for painting figures is to add a drop of a 1/3 Future to water mix to the paint when thinning it. Gives it a bit more flow.

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