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So I just got my airbrush working although I can't seem how to thin paint for it. Like literally I can't figure it out. The ration I found was 3 parts paint: 1 water. 3:1. I just cant figure out how to precisely figure that out. I tired it with a straw and that didn't end too well. What I'm trying to do is thin Ice blue by GW for NFW. How do you airbrushes do it. Any tips?

A 1:1 mix of windex to GW paint almost always works. You may have to play with it for others but windex is probably the best thing you can thin your paints with there is.

I just use some distilled water with a few drops of flow aid in it.

AS for diluting your paint, usually I end up useing more water then paint, your looking for something around the consistancy of whole milk.

Windex is better than water/flow aid. Every time I've used a flow aid mix I get dry tip like crazy. Windex is the way to go, or you can use an airbrush medium such as the one made by liquitex.

Rubbing alcohol evaporates faster than water and therefore dries faster.

I get syringes from my local chemist (for free!) which are ideal for transferring paint.
Just ask and sometimes you get!
OR:
I've just popped 'syringes' into ebay (uk) and got 1800 hits.

There Google is your friend. Look for Homemade reducer and get the link from Jason Jones. The recipe is great. The thoughest thing to get is the denaturated alcool. Because not everybody knows what it is. I use alcohol for alcohol stoves. Works great and is really cheap.

The mix is usually 1:1 but you may want to tweak it for some types of paint. Also make sure you have the right needle size. If it's too small, you may never get the paint thin enough to cover and to flow.