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I use this product when it gets hot out and your paint dry's before it gets on to your miniature .

Well......


Other than being a pretty useless post, i agree. Not sure if you intended to say more or not......

I use it as well. mix it 10:1 Distilled water : Slo-dri and mix in with my paints. makes a really smooth, consistant paint that stays wet for quite a while. i paint in my basement, where the temperature is really cool, but i use a lamp to provide direct light, and it makes alot of heat, so the slo-dri helps. you can get a bottle that size for like 6 bucks and it will last an eternity.

Not quite sure how it's a useless post. Not everyone on this forum knows what Slo-Dri is or what it's for.

Glad I could help Lormax .

Liquitex do some great mediums and additives for your paints.

Matte medium - Boosts paint transparency - good for making washes

gloss medium - like matt medium but glossy finish

Glazing medium - Boosts transparency much more than the above two, has ultra glossy finish.

Airbrush medium - reduces viscosity of paints, like water but is made of acrylic binder so will not cause the pigments to seperate like water does at extreme dilutions. Great for airbrushing with.

Slow dry - slows drying good for hot climbates or wet blending.

Flow aid - reduces surface tension in water for increased thinning effects (it makes your water even thinner than water)

Gesso - Acrylic Primer, artist quality. enough said.

Irridescant medium - adds a light interference effect; where it can appear metallic/pearly from one angle and solid colour from another.

Varnishes - protective coats...gloss matte and satin .. seems self explanatory. (not the same as gloss and matte mediums)

Texture mediums - adds 3dimensional texture to paints, can be used alone and then painted over or mixed with colour... black lava beads looks cool might be good for basing now I think about it.

Off the top of my head that covers all (or most) of the mediums available from most decent artist paint companies

 AlfonsoTheTraitor wrote:
I use this product when it gets hot out and your paint dry's before it gets on to your miniature .

Question: I went to Hobby Lobby today looking for a product similar to this. I didn't buy it because it said it was glossy on the back. Is that particular bottle glossy and if so, does it matter when mixing a thinning solution?

Thanks!

Golden and Testors also make products for acrylic and enamel paints. Golden is found at most artist supply stores while Testors is usually found in hobby shops.

Just so you know, acrylic thinners are designed to basically turn your acrylics into watercolor paints so be very careful on how much you mix in or your Marines will be wearing tie-died armor.