Mixing acrylic paint......?
08-26-2011, 02:47 PM
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Mixing acrylic paint......?
Will Testors acrylic paint mix with Tamiya acrylic paint without a problem? I'm talking about the flat paint here. I thought I would ask before I screw up a bottle of paint..........or worse yet, a model. In the past, I had a problem mixing different brands of enamel paint for some reason, and I had a bad day.
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08-26-2011, 03:10 PM
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RE: Mixing acrylic paint......?
Rex:
Have ya got a small syringe, and a spare bottle? Barring no syringe, an eyedropper? Well, if so, take the same ~small~ amount from one bottle, put it into youtr 'mix' bottle. Then rinse out the syringe/eyedropper/whatever, and do the same for other bottle. Mix it well, and then try it out on some scrap.
If ya ain't got an eyedropper, most dollar stores and pharmacies have 'em cheap. Well worth the investment. If you're friendly with the pharmacy, they might even GIVE ya a 1ml or 3ml syringe (a vet could also give ya one, they use the ones w/ the curved end for pet-meds)
Just some random ideas, as usual...
WhiteWolf
- just call me... The Randomizer!
Have ya got a small syringe, and a spare bottle? Barring no syringe, an eyedropper? Well, if so, take the same ~small~ amount from one bottle, put it into youtr 'mix' bottle. Then rinse out the syringe/eyedropper/whatever, and do the same for other bottle. Mix it well, and then try it out on some scrap.
If ya ain't got an eyedropper, most dollar stores and pharmacies have 'em cheap. Well worth the investment. If you're friendly with the pharmacy, they might even GIVE ya a 1ml or 3ml syringe (a vet could also give ya one, they use the ones w/ the curved end for pet-meds)
Just some random ideas, as usual...
WhiteWolf
- just call me... The Randomizer!
08-26-2011, 04:47 PM
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RE: Mixing acrylic paint......?
You basically would need to know what each brand uses for thinner. The Tamiya acrylics use a type of alcohol. I do not know what Testers uses. Many acrylics can be thinned with just water, even the Tamiya paints.
08-26-2011, 05:28 PM
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RE: Mixing acrylic paint......?
i usually just take a drop from each one and mix it on a peice of styrene and see what it does see ifthey seperateorends up like a slime ball....yes you have to know what thinner like panther G stated
some people don't realize that there is a difference between acrylic emamel and enamel
some people don't realize that there is a difference between acrylic emamel and enamel
