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Thinning Paint
Posted by Rangatron on Sunday, December 27, 2015 7:55 PM

Hi

When thinning paint Tamiya acrylics, should I use Tamiyas lacquer thinner or X20A?

And what should I use to thin enamel paint?

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Posted by BlackSheepTwoOneFour on Monday, December 28, 2015 10:32 PM

For airbrushing I'd use Tamiya's thinner (not the lacquer thinner)

I'm assuming you're talking about Testors enamels, I'd use their airbrushing brand thinner. Or mineral spirits/turpentine.

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Posted by 5-high on Monday, December 28, 2015 10:49 PM

Rangatron. .I use 99%Isopropyl alcohol. To thin tamiya acrylics. .it's cheaper ..I use turpentine for model master enamel paints ..it's also cheaper then there airbrush thinner  (same stuff)..I use lacquer thinners for Mr. Color paints cuss there lacquer basied. 

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Posted by BlackSheepTwoOneFour on Friday, January 1, 2016 6:53 PM

If you ever want to use Vallejo paints when airbrushing, whatever you do,  do not, I repeat, DO NOT use isopropyl alcohol as thinner!!!!

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  • From: Western North Carolina
Posted by Tojo72 on Friday, January 1, 2016 7:38 PM

It sounds wierd,but when thinning Tamiya acrylics,you can use their Lacquer Thinner or their X-20A.They both work well.Some swear by using the Lacquer,I tried it and it works well enough.

For enamels,l like using Testors Universal Thinner #8824

 

 

 

 

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Posted by 5-high on Friday, January 1, 2016 9:40 PM

Blacksheep is right about not to use alcohol to thin vallejo paints ...use there own thinners (or) use there model air paints ..no thining needed . i just like to thin tamiyas paint (acrylics) with alcohol ...peteToast 

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Posted by jelliott523 on Monday, January 4, 2016 9:45 AM

For acrylics, another thinner I have found to work very well is the UMP Thinner, it comes with a mixing chart for various brands of paints. They also have an airbrush cleaner that is blue in color. They both have a strong smell of alcohol, so I'm sure that is the main component, and the cleaner has a few other additives in it, probably similar to Windex. Again, these are ONLY for acrylics (I've personally tried them with AK, Ammo of Mig, Tamiya and MM) due to the smell of alcohol, I would suggest lots of testing with Vallejo before putting it through an airbrush, you dont want to create that snot-like gunk in your airbrush.

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