Both of those are alcohol-based paints, though. You can thin them with water, both for washing out your brushes and spraying them, but using alcohol will work better.
I am thinking of using aqueous paint to learn airbrush painting.
Tim made the best comment ever about trying Airbrushing out. Change one thing at a time and only one thing. You will soon see the relationships between the air pressure, the thickness of the paint, even different types of paint and size of nozzle. Occasionally even the same brand of paint can throw a curve ball and you will be better prepared as to how to get it right again.only alter one thing at a time
~If I have choosen aquaeous paint for my learning phase it's mainly for safety reasons~
If you are concerned about the odour as it seems, then I'd definitely choose a different combination. Whilst those two are capable of giving fantastic results, the lacquer thinner and alcohol based paint will soon stink out the room with no ventilation / extraction.~ but living in a flat (with balcony) I have no specific ventilation ~
Taking into account your recommendations, I am going to order a Mr Color Aquaeous bottle and Leveling Thinner
A chemistry background (even one as limited as mine) can be handy in a discussion like this, yes — but you know what I meantJakko mate, the only way you could avoid all solvents would be by working with coloured chalks
It sprays very well, in my experience, and is a lot cheaper than buying a manufacturer’s solvent which is mostly isopropanol anyway.The suggestion relating to the mixing Mr Hobby Aquaeous paint+Isopropyl alcohol suits me perfectly. It seems to be a good compromise.
I don’t find it harder than other paints And because alcohol-based acrylic paints also dissolve in water, you can also spray through or wash out the airbrush with that.A last question : cleaning the airbrush, used with that paint, with Isopropyl alcohol is it easy ?
Probably more like 2:1 paint:alcohol, I think. But I don’t measure it out — I just put paint into the airbrush, mix in some alcohol (or water, for water-based paints) and stir. If I think it looks too thick I’ll try spraying a bit, and if it does feel thick, I add some more alcohol (or water). But of course, I have been doing this with Tamiya paint for about 35 years, so I have the experience to look at the paint as I stir it and make a good guess at if it’s thin enough yet, or not.The ratio thinner/paint is it also 0,5/0,5 with the mixing Mr Hobby Aquaeous paint and Isopropyl alcohol ?
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