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2013/01/27 07:01:41
Subject: Testing "les's air brush thinner recipe"
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Been Around the Block
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I have always appreciated les from awesome paint jobs tip. I mixed up some of the scratch airbrush thinner made of water, matte medium and flow aid. When gave it a go. It worked great at first then my needle started sticking, the paint started to dry at the tip I added more water didn't really help so I mixed with windex it was just a mess. If any one tried this or know what went wrong I would like some help here.
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2013/01/27 09:51:55
Subject: Testing "les's air brush thinner recipe"
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Regular Dakkanaut
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I don't like to use plain Windex as it contains ammonia, which eats the chrome of your Airbrush.
Best bet is to go for the ammonia free stuff.
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2013/01/27 11:24:07
Subject: Testing "les's air brush thinner recipe"
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Oberstleutnant
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Have you tried liquitex (or other) slow dry? I found it helps a lot when airbrushing.
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2013/01/27 14:17:34
Subject: Testing "les's air brush thinner recipe"
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Blood Angel Neophyte Undergoing Surgeries
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the thing with slow dry is that for it to work at best through an airbrush it has to be very thin...
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2013/01/28 03:11:28
Subject: Testing "les's air brush thinner recipe"
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Gargantuan Gargant
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Even thinned, a drying retarder helps. I've noticed a significant decrease in tip-dry after starting to add a few drops of Liquitex Slow-Dri to my mixes, which I diluted with plain old water. While the Slow-Dri is thicker than water, it is thinner than most paints, out of the bottle, which means you're adding proportionally less water (thereby diluting the medium less) to get a mix of similar consistency at an equal volume.
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2013/01/28 03:59:30
Subject: Testing "les's air brush thinner recipe"
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Been Around the Block
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Well I'm going to pick up some slow dry and a new nozzle bit, I dropped mine and can't seem to find it. Fml with all the time fiddling with my airbrush I could have painted what I need by hand.
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2013/01/28 04:33:33
Subject: Testing "les's air brush thinner recipe"
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Why mess around with "thinner mixes" when the one from liquitex + water to your liking works so good?
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2013/01/28 13:37:13
Subject: Testing "les's air brush thinner recipe"
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Rotting Sorcerer of Nurgle
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