Acrylic paint thinning question
Karl Clapp
and boots. What is the best thing to use? I have used water and it
seems to beed up way too much.
Thanks,
Karl
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Inknazi
allow for a greater amount of levelling than water. Also try adding a SMALL
TINY DROP of liquid soap to your paint. The soap will work as a surfactant
and allow your paint to "flow" better.
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Jeff Goff
I use testors brand "ACRYL" acrylic paint with very good results. The drop
of soap does work well, it helps to keep paint from cracking when flexed. I
used to do this when painting on acetate (like animation cells).
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In article <95fbv1$ptn$1...@nnrp1.deja.com>,
iLYa
> allow for a greater amount of levelling than water. Also try adding a SMALL
> TINY DROP of liquid soap to your paint. The soap will work as a surfactant
> and allow your paint to "flow" better.
>
>
> --
> Lloyd
It's alive! Welcome back to the Land of the Sand there Woody!
iLYa
Big Dan B.
karl_d...@keane.com writes:
>I want to thin some acrylic paint to do a "wash" on some ammo pouches
>and boots. What is the best thing to use? I have used water and it
>seems to beed up way too much.
Rubbing alcohol! Ya gets a pint of it for 99 cents and it works great;
or ya pays $7.99 for the manufacturer's thinner, and get thin windshield
washer fluid ;-)
YMMV
dan'l
Allan Goodall
>I want to thin some acrylic paint to do a "wash" on some ammo pouches
>and boots. What is the best thing to use? I have used water and it
>seems to beed up way too much.
I do a lot of painting of lead miniatures using acrylic paints. I usually just
use water (it doesn't bead too much on the primed and/or painted metal) but
I've heard people swear by acrylic floor wax/cleaner. There's a pretty famous
brand name that I'm missing right now. The stuff is essentially a thin liquid
acrylic. The paint mixes very well with it, but because it is more viscous
than water, it tends to pull into the deep areas of the thing you're painting
better than water. I know of a lot of people who love it, and I'm going to
start using it soon on my miniatures.
Allan Goodall a...@sympatico.ca
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J. Steven York
top coat if you want a shiny finish with many kinds of paint, and also
protects decals. I've heard (and you might want to test this out on
something unimportant first) that you can also use it to restore
scratched clear parts. Just dip and let dry.
On Sat, 03 Feb 2001 23:34:58 GMT, Allan Goodall <a...@sympatico.ca>
wrote:
>I do a lot of painting of lead miniatures using acrylic paints. I usually just
>use water (it doesn't bead too much on the primed and/or painted metal) but
>I've heard people swear by acrylic floor wax/cleaner. There's a pretty famous
>brand name that I'm missing right now. The stuff is essentially a thin liquid
>acrylic. The paint mixes very well with it, but because it is more viscous
>than water, it tends to pull into the deep areas of the thing you're painting
>better than water. I know of a lot of people who love it, and I'm going to
>start using it soon on my miniatures.
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