Best paint

[Russ1074]

Hi all.

I’m Russ, new member, fairly new modeller, I’m currently using Tamiya paints, but find them grainy, and suggestions of something better ?

Cheers in advance

[BarryW]

Welcome to the forum.
Do you use an airbrush? If so then there is a different answer to a brush.
Also, if you do airbrush, do you have an extracting air spray booth? Again that might be important.

[Ian M]

Welcome to the forum Russ.
I suggest that you have a look in the forum section "the paint booth" there are a couple of dozen posts in there singing the praises of just about all the paints you can find.

Asking what is the best is very much 'how long is a length od string'.

[Jim R]

Welcome Russ to a great forum.
To help with your query, as Barry posted, we need to know how you're painting.

[JR]

Welcome Russ.

[stillp]

Welcome Russ. Tamiya pints, at least those I've used, have their (minor) faults but I've not seen them described as grainy before.
Pete

[Del640]

Welcome!
Del.

[Guest]

Tamiya pints, at least those I've used, have their (minor) faults but I've not seen them described as grainy before.

My experience is that if a bottle of Tamiya paint gets old (as in several years), it sometimes gets grainy, and if so, brush-painting with it gets very difficult because your brush will keep lifting up semi-dried paint you just put down.

However, it needs to have sat in a bottle that has been opened before for quite some time for this to happen. I’ve certainly never seen it with a newly opened one.

[Flip]

Russ,
Acrylic or lacquer?
I have just migrated over to their lacquer paints. They are brilliant. Then again, I airbrush.

Kind regards,
John

[Bri62]

Welcome m8 enjoy your stay
Brian

[Mickc1440]

Welcome to the forum neighbour :smiling: