Mr. Color Question

GundamFan1138

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Jan 8, 2003, 3:46:16 PM1/8/03

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Hey guys,

Stupid thread/question of the year most likely, but it's only stupid if I
don't ask it.

Can one mix Mr. Color with another type of paint, ie. Tamiya? Or is that a
major no-no?

Given that Tamiya is an acrylic, and Mr. Color is a laquer, I don't know
what the result would be. Would it work or not?

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Giuliano Moschini

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Jan 8, 2003, 4:12:10 PM1/8/03

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I'm 90% sure that it wouldn't work, since Mr. Color is a solvent-based lacquer, and Tamiya is a water-based acrylic.

However, I believe that the Tamiya spray cans are lacquer based, so you *might* have some luck there.

-Giuliano

Hiroaki Fukuda

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Jan 8, 2003, 5:21:50 PM1/8/03

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[Lacquer Based Acrylic]
Tamiya TS sprays
Gunze Mr. Color
Gunze Mr. Color Spray
Gunze Color Set (Gundam Colors, Eva Colors, Aura Battler Colors, etc)

[Water Based Acrylic]
Tamiya Color
Gunze Aqueous Hobby Color

Simply, the same kind can be mixed, but different ones don't.

Hiro

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GundamFan1138

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Jan 8, 2003, 8:45:16 PM1/8/03

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Thanks.

Looks like Giuliano gets more of my money ;)

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Mark Wilson

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Jan 9, 2003, 12:02:18 AM1/9/03

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You can mix some automotive lacquers with Mr Color, but the selection
of automotive lacquers that makes sense for mech modeling is pretty
limited.

On Thu, 09 Jan 2003 07:21:50 +0900, Hiroaki Fukuda <hir...@din.or.jp>
wrote:

>[Lacquer Based Acrylic]
>Tamiya TS sprays
>Gunze Mr. Color
>Gunze Mr. Color Spray
>Gunze Color Set (Gundam Colors, Eva Colors, Aura Battler Colors, etc)
>
>
>[Water Based Acrylic]
>Tamiya Color
>Gunze Aqueous Hobby Color
>
>Simply, the same kind can be mixed, but different ones don't.
>
>Hiro
>
>
>Giuliano Moschini wrote:
>>
>> I'm 90% sure that it wouldn't work, since Mr. Color is a solvent-based lacquer, and Tamiya is a water-based acrylic.
>>
>> However, I believe that the Tamiya spray cans are lacquer based, so you *might* have some luck there.
>>
>> -Giuliano
>>
>> GundamFan1138 <gundam...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> > Hey guys,
>> >
>> > Stupid thread/question of the year most likely, but it's only stupid if I
>> > don't ask it.
>> >
>> > Can one mix Mr. Color with another type of paint, ie. Tamiya? Or is that a
>> > major no-no?
>> >
>> > Given that Tamiya is an acrylic, and Mr. Color is a laquer, I don't know
>> > what the result would be. Would it work or not?

Mark Wilson

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George Caswell

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Jan 9, 2003, 1:02:31 AM1/9/03

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On Thu, 9 Jan 2003, Mark Wilson wrote:

> You can mix some automotive lacquers with Mr Color, but the selection
> of automotive lacquers that makes sense for mech modeling is pretty
> limited.
>

Couldn't you get yellow and black and mix them to get olive green...?

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Jan 9, 2003, 1:14:52 AM1/9/03

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Hiroaki Fukuda <hir...@din.or.jp> wrote in

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> [Water Based Acrylic]
> Tamiya Color
> Gunze Aqueous Hobby Color

I thought they were alcohol-based (only water *soluable*.)

- WK