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08-29-2009, 03:36 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: May 2008 Location: New Zealand
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| Alcohol thinners Hey guys! Used alcohol thinners for the first time today thinning paint - worked bloody well Where can I get more of this stuff? ( got given the little bit I've got left) Also is there a downside to this stuff? sorta wondering why everyone doesn't use it? Comments/opinions welcome Cheers
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08-29-2009, 12:39 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Sertaozinho-SP-Brazil
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 | I always use alcohol in paints, I donīt like the enamel paints because they smell gives me headache. So I like to paint with Tamiya and Gunze paints thinned on alcohol. I use an alcohol that here in Brazil is called Alcool Isopropilico (2-propanol. CAS number 67-63-0), it is an Alcohol with 99% free of water, it is used to clean eletronics devices. On modelling it is so useful to clean the airbrush and to thin paints. Tamiya and Gunze I used 3 parts of alcohol with 1 of paint for general colors, works so fine. With colors like withe and yellow I use 2 parts of alcohol and 1 of paint. Like it a lot  Best regards, Lucas Last edited by Lucke.stz; 08-29-2009 at 12:42 PM. |
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08-29-2009, 02:00 PM
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| Siggy Master   Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Poland
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| In Poland the alcohol is called Spirytus and it is available in all shops that sell alcohol, I mean vodka, vine, beer etc...
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08-29-2009, 06:58 PM
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| thanks for the info guys - gonna have to get some more - works awesome
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08-29-2009, 11:08 PM
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 | Is it a special paint that you use the thinner with or is regular model paint?
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08-30-2009, 07:32 AM
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| I've only used it with tamiya acrylics VB and **** me does it work well Dunno about enamels ,would think proberly not?
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08-30-2009, 11:22 PM
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| Denatured Alcohol is the best. Almost pure. Dries fast though. |
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08-31-2009, 05:01 AM
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| That's true but I don't suggest using this one.Acrylic paints of a few firms don't like the thinner.As a result the paint pigments are destroyed.
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08-31-2009, 08:25 AM
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| What a waste of alcohol  |
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08-31-2009, 08:55 AM
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08-31-2009, 09:38 AM
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| I don't know what but I have already had my seven....
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