Acrylic Thinners

[Captain Cuttle]

Got some Docrafts acrylic matt varnish, what is the best thinners for this to use through an airbrush?

[Mick Bonwick]

These are artists' acrylic products, so I'd suggest water.

[Captain Cuttle]

Thanks Mick, so is the Revell Aqua colour range different to these then as I thought acrylic paint was all the same?

Regards

Alan

[Mick Bonwick]

I'm not a chemist, Alan, so I can't give you all the technical details. Acrylic paints for modellers have a different composition to those for artists and those for car manufacturers, and so on. I think that it is the carrier that is different, but it might be the pigment as well.

 

If you thin Revell Aqua (and others) with plain water you are heading for a mess in your airbrush. For that you either need Revell's own acrylic thinners or Ultimate acrylic thinners. The latter will work with all the acrylics that railway (and other) modellers use, even Tamiya who use a different carrier to other manufacturers. Complicated, isn't it?

 

You haven't said what it is that you wish to use your Docrafts acrylic paint on. Is it scenery or a model, painting or just weathering?

 

Edited to add:

These comments apply equally to varnish as to paint. Should have made that clear to begin with.

Edited October 2, 2020 by Mick Bonwick
Addition

[ikcdab]

I use a 30/70 IPA/water mix with great success.