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I saw a movie clip on The painting corps and the dude that did a nice wet blending with acrylic paints added something he called "slow dry", to get some extra time blending the paints on the model before it become dry.
He shows it 3:50 in the movie and it "looks" homemade. He adds it in 5:25.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__U0wNcEwHU&feature=player_embedded

Anyone knows what it is? Can it be made at home, or is it something you have to buy?

Painters have been using "paint retardant "

I use it and I like it.

It's exactly what it sounds like- it keeps acrylic from drying rapidly. This allows you to do more blending and mixing.

The down side is two fold.

1. It takes longer to dry. This should be a "duh" but I've seen many people try to work an area they thought was dry, only to start scraping up semi dry paint. Either use a heater to really dry the area, or be patient.

2. The more extra gadgets you add into your paint makes everything less opaque. You'll find your paint is thinner than you're used to. I don't know if the product has binder in there with it, but that's also something to think about- more liquid/less binder = paint comes off easier. Don't drastically so, but something to think about.

It basically slows the drying of the paint, so that you have more time to use it. I think generally people use it a lot when they want to do wet blending on the model. Im not sure you can make it yourself, I havent ever used it but I think people have mentioned Valejo having one.

Moopy wrote:I use it and I like it.

It's exactly what it sounds like- it keeps acrylic from drying rapidly. This allows you to do more blending and mixing.

The down side is two fold.

1. It takes longer to dry. This should be a "duh" but I've seen many people try to work an area they thought was dry, only to start scraping up semi dry paint. Either use a heater to really dry the area, or be patient.

2. The more extra gadgets you add into your paint makes everything less opaque. You'll find your paint is thinner than you're used to. I don't know if the product has binder in there with it, but that's also something to think about- more liquid/less binder = paint comes off easier. Don't drastically so, but something to think about.

Not so true. I use Liquitex Flow aid and The slow dry. Both are made as to not effect the richness of the color. As for the slow dry is has almost the same consistency of a good well mixed paint pot so thinning isnt really an issue.

I use the exact same products. It's there, but like I said, not drastic. You just have to be careful of how much you put in.

Moopy wrote:I use the exact same products. It's there, but like I said, not drastic. You just have to be careful of how much you put in.

QFT. There are mixing ratios on the bottle to help you out.

These kind of acrylic media are really meant for use with the heavy body paint which comes in tubes.

In fact heavy body paint is practically impossible to use for models without mixing it with media.

You have to take care when diluting GW and modelling paints because basically they are ready mixed.

I use the Vallejo "Slow Dry", and have mixed it with Vallejo paints without any trouble.
I usually go with it when I need to do fiddly text bits. Slow dry+paint+thinner, to make sure I can get the right flow and won´t have paint stuck on my brush when I´m done.

It does dilute the paint a little, but it works great.