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Originally Posted by speener
i found someone who said thin with 91 % isopropyl alcohol. 3:1 Paint/ thinner. Or for thin lines use 1:1. This sounds reasonable i guess there is no magic number here. Thanks for the replies and sorry for not using the search i was anxious to my first post i guess
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Staight 91% will probably give you some trouble. It will definately spray, but the alcohol will evaporate out of the spray stream too rapidly, paritally drying thepiant before it hits the surface. This leads to a bumpy, textured surface. It's better to thin with a mix of water and isopropyl, maybe 50/50 to control the speed the thinner evaporates. You wan it
wet, but not
too wet. It takes experimenting. But Tamiya acrylic thinner is definately worth finding and using. You certainly don't have to use it to clean up (window cleaner is perfect for cleaning Tamiya acrylics!), but the paint will behave better when thinned with the propriatary thinner.