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It is a carmine red. You can optically see that the pigments (red) are been separated from the dissolver (i dont know if this is the correct word but I mean this transparent-white dissolver that every plastic color has). The main issue is that when I try to basecoat with this, while being thick it corresponds as wash. It stands in the deep spots, while it is really difficult to stay in the edges. Even if I hit it hard with a metal ball inside of it, this can't be fixed.

Any other way that I can make it again?

Stir the paint with a toothpick or the end of a brush.

 Ashenwyte wrote:
Stir the paint with a toothpick or the end of a brush.

Yes I forgot to mention, That was the first way I tried to solve this, it didn't get better at all.

That seems extreme.

unless the medium inside was completely removed it shouldnt have that much issue.

why not strap it to jig saw or sawzaw and have a go with it for like an hour

(it may pop so be careful and do it outside. )

 Desubot wrote:
That seems extreme.



why not strap it to jig saw or sawzaw and have a go with it for like an hour

hahahhahha, let's not destroy more things for that filthy red

I heard from one more guy that paints for many years now that this specific paint is doing this often and it is a really bad choice to buy..

So , I will throw it to the bin from my desk hitting a 3 point shot like Stephen Curry!

Some of Vallejo's paints do separate so bad that they're unusable after a fairly short time. Many of my VGC paints are over five years old and are as good now as the day that they were made. I do, however, use a power shaker to thoroughly mix them up twice a year.

On the other end of the spectrum are colors like VMA 066 Gold that, while a wonderful color, dries out into a useless clump after just a few months on the shelf. Once the binders in the paint have cured, no amount of shaking will fix the mess. After buying the last bottle, I experimented by adding some water/flo aid mix and some Vallejo airbrush thinner directly to the bottle. I just shook the bottle and the contents are still liquid, but I haven't actually painted with it to see if it's any good.

The best solution is to know what colors don't store well and then choose alternatives. If that's not an option, plan on using those colors on batches of models all at once so that you get the most possible use out of a bottle before it goes bad.

 Nodri wrote:
Some of Vallejo's paints do separate so bad that they're unusable after a fairly short time. Many of my VGC paints are over five years old and are as good now as the day that they were made. I do, however, use a power shaker to thoroughly mix them up twice a year.

On the other end of the spectrum are colors like VMA 066 Gold that, while a wonderful color, dries out into a useless clump after just a few months on the shelf. Once the binders in the paint have cured, no amount of shaking will fix the mess. After buying the last bottle, I experimented by adding some water/flo aid mix and some Vallejo airbrush thinner directly to the bottle. I just shook the bottle and the contents are still liquid, but I haven't actually painted with it to see if it's any good.

The best solution is to know what colors don't store well and then choose alternatives. If that's not an option, plan on using those colors on batches of models all at once so that you get the most possible use out of a bottle before it goes bad.

Indeed, especially metallic colors and reds have this problem. Most of Vallejo colors is of superior quality, so I use some citadel (can't find any p3 or reaper around here..)

Previous posters are completely correct in stating that some colors just... well, they suck at staying in suspension. If you have the means, replacing the bottle is the easiest option, by far.

For others, having some sort of fast-spinning power tool can be a godsend. Electric paint-shakers are cool, but very specialized. An electric drill or rotary tool is much more useful, generally, and therefore more likely for someone to own. A cheap bit of wire (electric fence/bailing wire, stuff clipped from a metal coat hanger... even a re-purposed paperclip) with a slight arc to it, chucked up in a drill, will mix paint as thoroughly as anything, short of an industrial/scientific sonicator and vortex agitator.

Personally, I'd beat the ever-living out of the contents before I tossed it, but my time is worth less than my money.

I tossed my bottle of carmine red. It was too much of a pain to continuously get into usable state, didn't like the shade much either. I found VGC Bloody Red similarly hard work.

Some paints just suck. Not really had problems with the rets of my vallejo.

 Ashenwyte wrote:
Stir the paint with a toothpick or the end of a brush.

This, due note, that you need to shake the ever loving Gak outta their paint before using it.

 sockwithaticket wrote:
I found VGC Bloody Red similarly hard work.

Amen, brother. of a paint to work with.