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My badab black wash smells like a marathon runners trainer. Although its the only one that i've noticed has a real bad, stong smell.
On the talk of getting high, i had some squadron white stuff in a tube, it was leathal. One wiff of that and you were bang straight in the middle of next week or flying on the moon.
I gave it away as i couldn't use it it was too strong a smell, my friend said it was the tulelene (or something like that) that is in it, now that is bad for your health!!!

Velze wrote:Actually friends, I work in a paint store so I can tell you exactly why this happens.
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Thanks for explanation Velze! I work in a sign shop and can verify this. There is a distinct right and wrong smell for paints.

After working with oil based paints for so long, I've come to like the smell. I cant explain it, but I do.

I dry brushed some tau a while back a light tan color, it was a P3 color which escapes my memory. It smelled like beer, every model I drybrushed smelled like stale beer for days. My brush still smells a little like it and it was months ago.

hmm, nothing like the smell of stale beer in the morning while painting minis lol

They Smell Good, And they taste good.
But if i had to give a most likely wrong guess. Light. They are transperant, Giving Bacteria a chance to breed unlike other paints.

Magpie wrote:I've never noticed a smell, Tamyia paints however .....

Aye, Ive noticed that aswell, one of my black Tamiya washes smells a little foul.

I dont see what this whole bacteria hysteria is comming from,
yes there maby small ammounts of bacteria in the paints and washes, but im pretty sure even GW has more sense than to kill off all its customers by introducing H5N1 into its paint supply.

crazyrossboy wrote:I dont see what this whole bacteria hysteria is comming from,
yes there maby small ammounts of bacteria in the paints and washes, but im pretty sure even GW has more sense than to kill off all its customers by introducing H5N1 into its paint supply.

Its hardly hysteria man, just discussing it really.

yeah,,,
but hysteria rhymes