Mr Color, is it lacquer??

[Mini Me]

That is correct Bob.
Rick H.

[JR]

Hi, never had problems before but recently had far too many issues. After many blockages and a full swear box i had enough. I know the garage i use is not the best but i keep the paint in the house and always shake the bottle to death. It seems if the paint is going off??

Bob, evening mate .
If you look inside the bottle top you may have loads of crud. Also inside the bottle itself as the paint level drops some of the paint must start to clog up. Of course shaking like we do causes this to mix into the main volume of paint.
Small lumps can pass through the nozzel into the paint cup, the rest you know well.
I now mix my paints in a plastic shot glass, adding both thinners and retarder and stirring well. Model Air does spray better, but still add some thinners .

[BattleshipBob]

Good point John

I also use cheap shot glasses plus a trumpeter stirrer. Will have to look under the cap. Many thanks John

[slupanter]

Tamiya, MRP and Mr Hobby Aqua are the best AB paints about imho

[yak face]

Bob, evening mate .
If you look inside the bottle top you may have loads of crud. Also inside the bottle itself as the paint level drops some of the paint must start to clog up. Of course shaking like we do causes this to mix into the main volume of paint.
Small lumps can pass through the nozzel into the paint cup, the rest you know well.
I now mix my paints in a plastic shot glass, adding both thinners and retarder and stirring well. Model Air does spray better, but still add some thinners .

Too true John , I’ve had problems in the past with Vallejo and now do the same, always mix / decant into a container before putting into the airbrush . Any lumps that might have gone unnoticed if I d have just put it straight into the airbrush can be removed/ stirred in . The very thing that’s useful about the Vallejo range is the thing that causes the problems - the eye dropper bottle top. Paint tends to dry in the nozzle and thicken up and subsequently gets squeezed out with the rest of the paint , and if you’re putting it straight into the airbrush then this is where the problems start. I had no end of lumpy crap in a recent bottle of model air NATO black when I was doing the FIAT cr42 , the eye dropper nozzle was full of thickened paint which was blocking the airbrush nozzle. Like others I find Tamiya paints excellent but the limited colour range plus the difficulty getting them into the airbrush or mixing container meant I switched to Vallejo. I'm thinking about using my Tamiya paints a bit more now though as they always sprayed beautifully.

[Guest]

At first I was making a right old mess pouring the Mr Color out of it's bottle (very similar to Tamiya's) into a mixing vessel then on into my airbrush cup. Then I was watching a video and saw the guy pour his paint down a cocktail stick / stirrer and it changed my life :smiling5: So simple but saves a whole load of drips and dribbles.

[Tim Marlow]

That’s exactly what the glass rod is for in a chemistry set....probably the most useful thing my first Chemistry teacher ever taught me LOL....I've been using it for fifty years.

[Guest]

It had never dawned on me Tim. Another one of those things that probably comes as second nature to those with more experience, but I'm gradually picking up tips like that.

[Tim Marlow]

To be honest, I usually get the same response when someone sees me doing it, even other chemists LOL....
It’s very useful in loads of circumstances when pouring something from a big can to a small one, and can be used two ways....rod in container poured to, or rod in container poured from.....both work.....