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06-11-2004, 09:12 PM | #1 | |
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Anybody here use Tamiya acrylics?
I picked up a bottle of Tamiya acrylic paint (gloss). I have never airbrushed Tamiya paints before, what works as a good thinner and what sort of ratio should I start out with?? Anything else I need to know? Thanks
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Re: Anybody here use Tamiya acrylics?
Tamiya acrylic thinner works as a good thinner.
The thinning ratio is dependant on the paint consistency of the paint in the jar, add thinner gradually until the paint is about the consistency of milk and it should airbrush fine.
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Re: Anybody here use Tamiya acrylics?
Well Tamiya acrylic are near the consistency of milk, don't need much thinning
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Re: Re: Anybody here use Tamiya acrylics?
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Re: Anybody here use Tamiya acrylics?
I would use rubbing alcohol. It's cheap, dries fast, and works really nice.
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Re: Anybody here use Tamiya acrylics?
Problem with rubbing alcohol is it can dry too fast and you don't get a good finish.
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Re: Re: Anybody here use Tamiya acrylics?
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Cleaning the airbrush is another story. Use Windex or cheap cleanup lacquer thinner. But Tamiya thinner is by far the best choice to thin their paints, especially their gloss paints.
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06-12-2004, 04:44 AM | #8 | |
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Re: Anybody here use Tamiya acrylics?
I use Tamiya acrylic thinner for thinning Tamiya paints. They are better than ordinary isopropyl alcohol. To save cost, I only use isopropyl alcohol for general washing off Tamiya acrylics after airbrushing or brush painting.
However, I am gradually switching to Gunze Mr Color(synthetic lacquer based acrylics) paints for airbrushing and Gunze Aqueous Hobby Color(water soluble acrylics) paints for brush painting. Unfortunately, I have amassed a lot of Tamiya acrylics before my switch to Gunze. Gunze paints have far finer paint pigments than Tamiya thus will dry to a thinner and smoother finish compared to Tamiya. The only other brand which I seldom used, but tested and founded to be as equally superb as Gunze paints, are Vallejo acrylics. It is not so popular in my country for 3 reasons: 1) All their bottle caps are of same standard colour (not color coded!) - white cap for normal acrylics, and black cap for factory pre-thinned airbrush ready acrylics. Even though the bottles are made of translucent PE, it is still difficult to search for colours, except to read the labels. 2) Their colour names seemed more suited/catered towards figurine paintings. So don't expect to find something like NATO Green or Italian Red etc. 3) Lack of widespread distribution. I heard about good compliments to Pollyscale paints. But it is quite rare in my own country, and I heard it is expensive too. So Gunze acrylics is my favourite. I am so satisfied with Gunze paints that it is exciting to watch the paint dry. Last edited by shieldwulf; 06-12-2004 at 02:55 PM. |
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This is my usual disertation on using Tamiya acrylics:
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06-12-2004, 08:31 AM | #10 | |
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Re: Anybody here use Tamiya acrylics?
I don't use Tamiya acrylics much, but one complaint I've heard about them is they take forever to harden enough to be polished (including MPWR above). Dunno myself but might be something you'll want to be cautious of. Me. I use lacquers - dry almost instantly and polishable shortly after. Potentially bad health effects though, if you don't protect yourself.
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06-12-2004, 09:36 AM | #11 | |
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Re: Anybody here use Tamiya acrylics?
I've polished the Tamiya Acrylics with about a week cure time.
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Re: Anybody here use Tamiya acrylics?
It's important to use the right polish as some of the automotive polishes can dissolve the paint a little, making it soft again. I have a truck painted with Tamiya acrylics that's been laying about for almost a year and when I tried to polish it with LMG's stuff it turned weird on me. I've tried Tamiya's own rubbing compound and there's been no problems with strange reactions with that one.
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ive only used tamiya thinnner with tamiya paints and it works well to me but 95% of the time I use enamel paints which i prefer due experience, better finishes i get and the cheap prices plus its easier to clean, i use revell enamels and revell thinner and get fantastic results but im trying to use other paints so that I can broaden my skills and usability of paints in general. Ive heard great thinks from users of laquers, can any of u guys tell me which companies sell laquer paints (1s that are sold in the uk would be nice) and whats best to thin those?
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Re: Anybody here use Tamiya acrylics?
Tamiya acrylic or enamel especially for airbrushing? anyone found one to be better than the other?
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Re: Anybody here use Tamiya acrylics?
I've never gotten good results with the Tamiya acrylics for cars...they look great for military and aircraft, but I would stick with enamels for cars.
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