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EDIT: I sent badger an e-mail. They responded almost instantly and are going to send me a new bottle no questions asked. Very happy with the customer service that I received.

I have a bottle of Minitaire Warning Yellow. I absolutely love the color, however it is too thin. It is thinner than any of the other minitaire/model air colors that I have used.

When I try to brush it on it pools away from the edges and is the consistency of water. It flows off of the brush VERY quickly and if i'm not very careful it will run down into the crevices of the model and disperse.

I have some matte medium, but I am afraid that cutting it with that will have a negative impact on the pigment density. What do you guys think? Is that my best shot or do you know of any other tips or tricks?

I put some on the wet palette last night hoping that it will thicken up a little by tonight.

What may help but probably will not improve opacity:

Gel mediums:
http://www.liquitex.com/GelMediums/

Liquitex invented acrylic paints so they know their stuff (I use their paints and they are awesome).
I would suggest adding very small amounts of the gel until it flows how you like.

I understand your pain, I got a little crazy with flow-aid and it wicked into cracks like crazy (then figured out how to make my own wash/shade so it worked out).

Good luck!

I think lifecolor has a thickener for acrylic. But it be will hard to find because thin paint is so much more popular than thick paint in the miniature community.

I'll have to try that Gel Medium. I know I sound daft asking about thickening paint, but this is more the consistency of a wash than a paint. I wouldn't mind except that it pools in the middle of flat spots so much, that it is very hard to get even coverage close to the edges.

 Talizvar wrote:


Liquitex invented acrylic paints

I thought acrylic paint was invented in 1934 by BASF [but it was probably alcohol based]

 sing your life wrote:

 Talizvar wrote:
Liquitex invented acrylic paints

I thought acrylic paint was invented in 1934 by BASF [but it was probably alcohol based]

Ah!
You are right that the very first type of Acrylic was invented by BASF.
They just made a formulation to be commercially available artist paints.

Wiki quote:
"In 1953, the year that Rohm and Haas developed the first acrylic emulsions, Jose L. Gutierrez produced Politec Acrylic Artists' Colors in Mexico, and Permanent Pigments Co. of Cincinnati, Ohio, produced Liquitex colors. These two product lines were the very first acrylic emulsion artists' paints."
"Water-soluble artists' acrylic paints became commercially available in the 1950s, offered by Liquitex, with high-viscosity paints similar to those made today becoming available in the early 1960s."

This is what Liquitex claims: http://www.liquitex.com/AboutUs/
"Liquitex was the first water-based acrylic paint created in 1955 and since then we have partnered with artists to ensure that we continually evolve and innovate"
"1956 -The first commercially available water-based fluid acrylic colors are developed, called Soft Body."

Anyway, they have been around a bit and have all kinds of product that are helpful.