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Hello,

I am new to model painting and I could not find any other forum but this one for model painting so I hope I am in the right place for help. I see this site is all Warhammer but I'm sure some one can help me with this. I am going to build and paint my first PVC Model Kit. I have some "Testors Enamel" model paint and I tested it and found it to be extremely smelly. Is their such thing as no smell model paint? I'm guessing most wear masks and use a room dedicated to painting because of the smell? Also it seems to be very permanent and hard to wash off. What is the best way to take care of brushes after using the model paint?

Thank you.

Most model painters are moving away from Enamels and into Acrylics, the smell being one of many reasons.

That being said, to clean your brushes after using an Enamel based paint requires a proper cleaning agent such as turpentine.

You might want to look into using Acrylic paints instead. There are a number of companies pushing them these days and they are, generally, far superior in color range and ease of use than enamels, while losing on the durability of enamel (which is easily fixed by using a clear coat on top of your finished work).

Rorschach9 wrote:
Most model painters are moving away from Enamels and into Acrylics, the smell being one of many reasons.

That being said, to clean your brushes after using an Enamel based paint requires a proper cleaning agent such as turpentine.

You might want to look into using Acrylic paints instead. There are a number of companies pushing them these days and they are, generally, far superior in color range and ease of use than enamels, while losing on the durability of enamel (which is easily fixed by using a clear coat on top of your finished work).

Awesome thank you, I will ask my hobby store for Acrylic Model paint. So would Acrylic model paint be in a similar way as to bottle size and good for PVC Model Kits? Also would they come in glazed and matt so of how they dry? I will google more about this. Thank you greatly for your time and help.


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Also, can you mix Acrylic model pant?

Absolutely you can mix acrylics to your hearts content. Personally I tend to use even the cheap bottles of acrylic "craft" paints from craft stores like Micheals for most of my model painting.

Most acrylics come in plastic bottles rather than the glass jars that enamel model paints are in.

They are perfectly fine for PVC models. Just make sure you WASH your plastics to remove any grease or mold release on them and then PRIME your model before painting.

Acrylics are mostly matte. Some are glossy. It depends on brand and what you're specifically looking for. But, if you need glossy, you can always get a brush on gloss acrylic varnish for those areas and a brush on matte varnish for matte areas.

Rorschach9 wrote:
Absolutely you can mix acrylics to your hearts content. Personally I tend to use even the cheap bottles of acrylic "craft" paints from craft stores like Micheals for most of my model painting.

Most acrylics come in plastic bottles rather than the glass jars that enamel model paints are in.

They are perfectly fine for PVC models. Just make sure you WASH your plastics to remove any grease or mold release on them and then PRIME your model before painting.

Acrylics are mostly matte. Some are glossy. It depends on brand and what you're specifically looking for. But, if you need glossy, you can always get a brush on gloss acrylic varnish for those areas and a brush on matte varnish for matte areas.

I have these craft acrylic paints , will these work? Also the primer, any brand names I should be looking for? I can't seem to search more about these on Google. I'm wondering if I could find the primer at a hardware store?

Thank you.