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Hi everyone!

I've got two questions. First, I have gotten my hands on a couple used citadel paints. As it happens, some lids were better closed than others, so some of them are in a rather nasty goo-ish state right now. What do you suggest can be added to this to make the paints acceptably liquid again?

Second:
I tried one of those "how to make your own wash"-tutorials. Got myself some pigment paste, white spirit and started to mix. Well, the white spirit didn't dissolve/suspend the pigments properly. A revell paint thinner for enamel colors did the job, but it also melts any pre-existing paintjob, so it's rather bad as a wash for anything but the first raw shading of the base. So, where am I going wrong here? What should I use instead? Any tried and true recipes? I have still like 95% of that umbra pigment lying around.

Lahmian Medium, vodka or airbrush thinner will thin them down.
Avoid water, it can curdle the paint into blobs.

 Buttery Commissar wrote:
Lahmian Medium, vodka or airbrush thinner will thin them down.
Avoid water, it can curdle the paint into blobs.

Vodka... seriously? Brilliant idea, I daresay. I'll try that just for the lulz. But should actually work. Water with high ethanol ratio... sounds reasonable.