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Morning dakka and dakkaettes, I picked up a pot of tamiya light blue last week from a shop that has now shut down. The paint is extremely waterey, do any of you know anyway I can thicken it? I know its the opposite of what we are always told but I'd rather save it then waste it.

Cheers all.

Acrylic medium. It's a neutral i.e. non coloured paint base which you can combine with pigment to achieve various effects from thinning to thickening and texturing, depending on the type you use.

Before that, though, try just giving the Tamiya pot a jolly good stir to distribute all the pigment.

^^ yep exactly this. If it's been on the shelf for a long time chances are it's settled.

1. Stir the paint. Shaking isn't always enough. A matchstick, other end of a brush, whatever can be used.
2. If that doesn't work, acrylic medium (matt medium) is your best bet. It will thicken up the paint, but it will also alter it's properties - it will become more transparent when you do this.
3. Could leave the bottle/pot open to let it dry out but that's a last resort. Haven't done it, don't know if it would work (logically it should though), so can't recommend it.