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  • Peej
    SMF Supporters
    • Aug 2014
    • 919
    #1

    Thinning acrylic paints

    I brush paint with acrylics. I have recently started using revell paints. These can be a bit on the thick side so I have been thinning them with tap water. Is this ok or am I just diluting the paint? Should I be using a thinner of some description?
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    • PaulTRose
      SMF Supporters
      • Jun 2013
      • 6454
      • Paul
      • Tattooine
      #2
      revell aquas?

      i find if you top up the pot with water the ratio is about right
      Per Ardua

      We'll ride the spiral to the end and may just go where no ones been

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        • dave
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          • Nov 2012
          • 1828
          • Brussels
          #3
          Tap water is fine, I keep a bottle of water on the side with a little flow enhancer added for this purpose, but that’s not strictly necessary.

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            • stillp
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              • Nov 2016
              • 8087
              • Pete
              • Rugby
              #4
              Our tap water is quite hard, so I pinched some of the de-ionised water that my Domestic Manager (aka SWMBO) uses for her steam iron. I don't know if it makes any difference, but can't hurt to have less impurities.

              Pete

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