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Airbrush and Gunpla! 7 years, 2 months ago I recently started painting using an airbrush and I noticed that when I would paint, all that would come out would be clear liquid which I would assume is thinner, and not the actual color to be painted. I figured that I put too much thinner into the mix. What ratio of paint to thinner should I use?
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depends on the paint. you kind of have to play around with it to get a ratio you like. for instance tamiya paint, some say a 1:1 ratio, i find that for 20 drops (pipette) of thinner i use 16-17 drops of paint. BUT i have been watching “Andy’s Hobby Headquarters” on youtube and he takes a fresh bottle of tamiya paint, opens it up and fills it the rest of the way up, leaving about 1/8th of an inch from the top of the jar, with thinner. i tried it and it works perfect.
vallejo model air is supposed to be airbrush ready
either way the “general rule” is if after you mix your paint and thinner pull a little up the side of your paint cup, and if it runs like milk you have it thinned correctly.
oh also, if you are going to mix your paint and thinner in the paint cup of the air brush, i find turning the cup to the side and putting the thinner in first, trying to not let it get down where the needle is until i have mixed it with the paint helps to insure that i have all the thinner and paint mixed together
This helped, thank you!!