I've been working on Dragon's Nahsorn lately and have sprayed it with Tamiya's German Yellow. I really like this color.

Now I did leave out the gun itself out till after the main body is all painted so I could get a better paint job down inside the fighting compartment, but still there are sections, esp. in the corners, that aren't quite covered totally.

So I picked up a jar of Tamiya paint to do some little touch ups in there. Now I've never used their paint like this before and I was wondering if Tamiya paints from their jars are to be used this way.

Also I see that the paint in the jar has that same real nasty smell to it that the spray can has, and even thorugh I use a mask and paint in an open garage when I use any spray paint, is is safe to do touch up work with Tamiya paints this close up without some kind of mask? Or should it be done at all?

Thanks and take care, sgirty

You should be OK using the jar as a touch up, it's what that paint is designed for. HOWEVER, it may be slightly different finish/texture/color than what came out of the can. The Tamiya spray I have used seemed to be sorta glossy (I only used it once for that reason).
As far as health concrns,I use that stuff all the time without a mask, but in a fairly open area. Do what you feel comfortable with, but I have never heard anyone say paint out of a jar (not in spray or airbrush form) is harmful. But it's your health, so be careful.

For the most part thats all I use is Tamiya and MM Testors Acrylic paints, and just thin them down with your favorite acrylic thinning agent (except for the MM stuff...that needs no thinning).

I have never found that the Tamiya jar paints had a bad smell, as long as you booth has an exhaust fan, and/or you paint in an open area....you should be fine. I have never used the Tamiya spray cans...as they aren't available here....or at least my local hobby shop doesn't bring them in.

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Re paint safety. The amount of nasties you are liable to inhale while painting a model are minimal compared with the stuff you breath in every time you walk outside in a major city!

If you are spraying you have the risk of inhaling droplets as well as volatiles. If you are brushing then you only sniff the volatiles. You can gain full protection from both using a disposable mask providing-
1 You do not have a beard.
2 You use a carbon filter type mask such as a Moldex 2800. These are more expensive than the cheap dust masks that you find in hardware stores, but then the cheap dust masks dont offer any protection whatsoever to vapours, which is where the danger is with paint.

Personally I find a good enamel helps me through the day!

Regards Dave

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