It seems like that'd be an issue adding it to paint. Why pay more if you can have the same result with windex? I've blown Rustolleum Painters Touch (water based) through my airbrush after thinning with Windex. Using Createx, Smith Wildlife, Polytranspar, and Van Dykes acrylics, I haven't felt the need. It gets much worse when you move to making your own stains or "Pollyscale" equivalent paint by ultra-thinning craft paints. He recommends an interesting mixture that merited a test. Dieser Pinnwand folgen 333 Nutzer auf Pinterest. Some important tips to remember on how to thin acrylic paint for airbrush Windex, have been discussed below. If you use esoteric airbrush paint with special formulation, something more may be needed or helpful. If it's too thick the air brush will let you know. I've had really great results using alcohol as an acrylic thinner for paints from Tamiya, Gunze Sangyo (Aqueous/Mr.Hobby), Vallejo, Italeri, and Akan (don't try this with Testors Acryl, it took some time to clean the resulting goo from my airbrush). Acrylic medium minimizes the need for the addition of water and allows the paint to sit on top of the surface, maintaining a rich, glossy appearance. Metallic Acrylic Paint You can airbrush with metallic acrylic paints, as long as you use one of the above methods to thin out the paint. The big problem with house paint is that the color bits (very simple description) are much bigger than what we're used to in hobby paints. You’ll know the exact steps you need to follow to get it done right – and know a couple of things to look out for and avoid along the way. Is there clear windex out there and that's what I should try, or does the blue tint simply not matter? Exterior house paint is really pretty thick. I tried to find the Acrylic Flow Improver and Fluid Retarder at the local art supply stores but I wound up ordering them from Amazon. A gallon of distilled water will run you around $1 USD at the supermarket. Flow improver keeps paint from drying up and collecting inside your airbrush as you're spraying, especially during longer airbrush sessions. Copyright © 2021 TacAir Publications, LLC. ScYcS. Paints will supposedly dry slower using the airbrush mediums compared with alcohol. Windex or windshield wiper fluid, either one will work well. Evening I have been trying to spray for the first time AK paints, on this time the rust paint for tracks and have had major problems . Subject: Thinning airbrush paint. 99.9% Isopropyl Alchohol can be found for around $3 USD/pint (473 ml). Air and water propel the paint. Airbrush acrylic paint is the most commonly used medium preferred by artists. There was indeed a difference! And as you can see from these illustrations, just thinning an opaque paint will not completely overcome the negative flow characteristics of a larger particle size. Try Liquitx airbrush medium for thinning the paint. IMO. The pigment particles in acrylic craft paints aren't as fine as those in acrylic airbrush paint and have the potential to clog an airbrush. View Profile View Forum Posts View Gallery View Favorites Private Message View Blog Entries View Articles Brushlicker Join Date Mar 2003 Location Ottawa, ON, Canada Posts 1,400 Rep Power 19. When a couple of drops slowly drip off the brush it's at the right consistency - approximately like skim milk. The Flow Improver cost about $12 USD for 250 ml and the Fluid Retarder about $10 USD for 118 ml. Alcohol makes the paint dry much faster and stick better to the foam (doesn't tear as much as alcohol). If you thinned out yellow paint with blue Windex, would it still be yellow? Lift the brush out of the paint. It is an acrylic coating that dries hard and has the nice feature that it can be re-desolved by a solution of ammonia. If you thinned out yellow paint with blue Windex, would it still be yellow? I've seen a couple things online that say use windex as it's really cheap and thins it well. For thinning acrylic craft paint for airbrushing, you can use rubbing alcohol or try some Windex. It worked well also but the ease of just putting a couple of squirts of window cleaner in is very appealing. to remove ads between posts. Acrylic paints dry quickly, are easy to clean and have no odors. Anyway, the OP isn't crazy. The following errors occurred with your submission. Just a quick question: When thinning acrylic craft store type paints with Windex or windshield washer fluid, does the blue color effect the final color of the thinned out paint? There I was one sleepless night cruising through YouTube videos and I happened across a subject that caught my eye - making your own acrylic thinner. Apr 09, 2004, 12:59 PM #2; ScYcS. There was indeed a difference! Having the right frequency of color is very critical for them to nebulize efficiently, which is the principle on which an airbrush works. Windex contains alcohol though. This method of thinning acrylic craft paint for airbrushing is very effective and affordable, as it only costs about 77 cents a bottle. For years I used Isopropyl Alcohol (99%) that you can find inexpensively in drug stores, but this required serious ventilation as the alcohol vapor can get absorbed quickly into your bloodstream as you breath it (not good). Thinning Acrylic Paint with Windex? Is this a 'My Big Fat Greek Wedding' kind of thing? Without thinning, clogging occurs. Let’s get into the guide! MitchellTyner. I did try a few shots of acrylics straight out of their bottles to see the difference in performance. Sep 3, 2012 - This video shows my method for thinning Vallejo acrylic paint with Windex for use in an Airbrush. It is an acrylic fluid that dries glossy and pretty hard. With a recent test build, I used Tamiya, Italeri (Vallejo), Gunze Sangyo Aqueous (Mr.Hobby) and Akan acrylics, all thinned with this mixture. Army Doc, the mix you posted contains stuff that is already in most airbrush paints as flow enhancer and surfactant. I hope that the video's may have shed a little light on some of the ways to use them are. You can airbrush it fairly well, but it requires either Windex or an ammonia-based windshield-washer fluid to thin it. The Windex doesn't thin the acrylics, it dissolves them and running Windex through the airbrush doesn't leave any foul smells (but if your spouse does ask about the smell, tell her you're cleaning your room). The third ingredient is a few drops of Acrylic Flow Improver to remove surface tension of the fluid (you might have heard of folks using a drop of dish soap for the same purpose). I just tried windex or something like it for the first time and it worked well. Some swear by it and others prefer alcohol. Jimsky Sign up now. 109. When thinning your acrylic paint, use a 50:50 mixture of Windex or rubbing alcohol to acrylic paint, and then spray it through the airbrush. QuietiManes. Water breaks down the binder in acrylic, thinning the paint so that it looks like watercolor and allows it to sink into the surface, resulting in a matte finish. The binder is the actual film forming component of paint. Copyright © document.write(new Date().getFullYear()) Website Acquisitions Inc. All rights reserved. Celebrating 21 years of hobby news and reviews. In the past I've used water with isopropol alchohol to thin acrylics. Consistancy of slightly thick milk. Thanks. Paint or heavily thinned Gunze. Use a 1:1 ratio and mix your rubbing alcohol and paint, then spray with the airbrush. A quick mid-use cleaning method I make use of. It has no color and the bottle was under $2 at Wallyworld. I use 99.9% Isopropyl Alcohol as the lesser strength alcohols are not as effective (according to the folks that taught me the alcohol approach years ago) and is likewise recommended in the video. Mixing the right consistency is vital for the airbrush and paint to work together. I usually dump paint from the stock bottle to a smaller paint bottle that matches the air brush, no more than 1/2 to 3/4 full. The paint on display here isn’t even paint – it’s Mr. Finishing Surfacer 1500. Using alcohol was okay when I was single, but using alcohol today will get some less-than-polite feedback from my wife. Contrast this with a 250 ml bottle of Tamiya X20A thinner for almost $9.00 USD. Thinning acrylic paint for airbrushing is essential, but you should understand that the results might not be quite as nice as the results achieved with special acrylic airbrush paints. Just a quick question: When thinning acrylic craft store type paints with Windex or windshield washer fluid, does the blue color effect the final color of the thinned out paint? The resulting thinner mixture smells about the same as Tamiya's thinner and while you'll still want to use some ventilation, this thinner is far more family friendly than pure alcohol and more effective (for me at least) than pure water. Ulises Victoria. 17.07.2020 - Entdecke die Pinnwand „Airbrush video“ von Ailenrok.