shortliner Posted November 1, 2015 Share Posted November 1, 2015 Found this DIY mix elsewhere https://youtu.be/XnAfM1zdNuY, apparently works well with Vallejo for figures Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raised On Steam Posted November 1, 2015 Share Posted November 1, 2015 This is something I'm very interested in. Branded acrylic thinners works out none too cheap (given that it's mainly water!) overall. It'd be great to read some up to date formulae for thinners and AB cleaner as all the ones I've found online are years old and feature substances that don't have the same ingredients anymore. Windolene for example. Pounds saved on these things can be spent elsewhere on other railway bits ha ha. If anyone can point out a good supply of isopropyl alcohol I'd be very grateful. Chemists don't stock rubbing alcohol (none of the many I've been in do anyway). The only shops I've managed to find it in are Maplins and electronics shops but it works out blummin expensive if you were going to use a lot of it. It seems the internet is again the only solution but given that paint has to be courier'd now how do they send it? I've seen some cheap posting rates which can't surely be couriers can they? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Metr0Land Posted November 1, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 1, 2015 I've used lincs biofuels in the past but can't seem to find them on ebay at the mo'. There are plenty of suppliers on there offerring free postage and varying sizes of IPA and rubbing alcohol eg lucemill (not used them so not a recommendation). They can send it in any van courier service. I'm guessing RM won't take it. The problem with Royal Mail is that some domestic mail goes by air but when you send a parcel they've no real way of knowing at the office you send it from whether it'll go by air or not, so basically anything that's banned by air is banned by RM. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Metr0Land Posted November 1, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 1, 2015 Just found them on ebay, though it looks like others may be cheaperhttp://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/m.html?_odkw=&_ssn=lincs-products&_armrs=1&_osacat=0&_from=R40&_trksid=p2046732.m570.l1313.TR7.TRC2.A0.H0.Xrubbing+alcohol.TRS0&_nkw=rubbing+alcohol&_sacat=0http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/m.html?_odkw=&_ssn=lincs-products&_armrs=1&_osacat=0&_from=R40&_trksid=p2046732.m570.l1311.R1.TR12.TRC2.A0.H0.Xiso.TRS0&_nkw=isopropyl+alcohol&_sacat=0 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
44690 Posted November 2, 2015 Share Posted November 2, 2015 I have just purchased 1 litre of IPA from Lucemill. I paid £7.99 post free. It arrived 2 days later (by Royal Mail). There were cheaper suppliers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raised On Steam Posted November 2, 2015 Share Posted November 2, 2015 Good to know! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiggoforgold Posted November 2, 2015 Share Posted November 2, 2015 Halfords car window washer fluid works for Tamiya. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sb67 Posted November 2, 2015 Share Posted November 2, 2015 Very interested in this, does anyone know what the flow release and retarder are? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raised On Steam Posted November 2, 2015 Share Posted November 2, 2015 Flow enhancer 'smooths' acrylics so they flow out like enamels, and retarder lengthens drying time for the same purpose. Most art supply places carry bottles of both. I bought some Winsor and Newton enhancer last week from The Range. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeTrice Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 A word of caution. Yes different materials will act as thinners for airbrushing, however they can have an adverse effect on the strength of the finished coat. For various experiments in this area see http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/96995-vallejo-acrylic-paints/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gene Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 I just buy and use a large bottle of Windex...Windolene in the UK....for thinning,preventing tip-dry and cleaning when airbrushing acrylics. I use Vallejo acrylics almost exclusivly for airbrushing....the odd time I use Humbrol or Model Master enamels I use regular turpentine or Testors airbrush thinner. A large bottle of Windex/Windolene lasts months for me...so pretty cheap. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alfsboy Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 I got my big bottle of IPA from ebay .If not ,Tamiya big bottles are not too bad .I also use Liquitex airbrush medium to mix acrylics other than Tamiya .Tamiya is a resin based acrylic and different to all the others . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raised On Steam Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 Can anyone tell me, has Windolene the same ingredients it used to? I read that they'd changed it. Also Mr Muscle glass cleaner apparently used to be used as cleaner, same question for that too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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