Good MATT Varnish...

[Guest]

Hi,

Just found ISOPROPANOL IPA Isopropyl Alcohol 99.9% Pure (1 Litre) on ebay at £5.30, (Carriage paid) I know lots of folks use this as a thinner and cleaner, so ordered myself a bottle. even meths is £3.75 at Wilks for 500ml. Hopefully this will do both jobs, but never tried it before, may dry very quickly...

Regards

Mel.

[Guest]

I think this is one of the most interesting threads I've seen in a while. I've always had problems getting a really good matt clear finish and there are a couple of good suggestions here to try. Thanks gents.

[AlanG]

So can i just ask a simple basic question? What do you use to clean your airbrush/brush when spraying;

Xtracrylix Matt

Vallejo Matt

Humbrol Mattcote

Tamiya Matt Flat

[Guest]

All acrylics I clean with Medea AB Cleaner first followed by a blow through of thinners, I use Xtracrylix for all my acrylics now. For enamels, I use a bit of Humbrol enamel thinners to do the initial bowl clean and then blow through with Halfords Cellulose thinners. Very rare I use enamels though. For Alclad, it is Cellulose thinners all the way.

If I find the AB is getting a tad messy (OK, I know it shouldn't) I give it a clean out with Cellulose thinners. No matter what, I then do a very small blow through with a drop of the Medea cleaner as it has a bit of a 'soapy' feel to it and I believe it helps protect the seals and nozzle but I have no evidence of this, just my gut feeling.

Also, I use a drop of Iwata Super lube on the needle and trigger after cleaning with cellulose on the basis that it would have stripped away any lubrication

[Guest]

I'm actually a great advocate of using the correct manufacturers thinners for all brush and airbrush cleaning. I know it's more expensive but it was made for the job and generally it does it better than any alternative.

Much as I know it is used by many I never use water for either cleaning or thinning, unless it's water colour of course!

[stona]

Mel,Tamiya thinners is essentially IPA with a retardant added. I know many people use it to thin Tamiya paints. If you have problems with your paint drying too fast acrylic retardants are available from art supply stores. Ray (sprayman) explained how they work in another thread but I can't find it!

Cheers

Steve