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Mr. Metal paint - diluent?
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Posted: Tuesday, May 17, 2011 - 08:46 PM UTC
I noticed that my Mr. Metal Iron paint dried out by half a year and would like to know if it is possible to solve remaining pigment with smth. Acrylic thinner and white spirit are not working.
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Posted: Wednesday, May 18, 2011 - 02:56 PM UTC
If it's dried out, it's unrecoverable.

Mr Metal Color is an acrylic but formulated using Gunze's own "lacquer" thinner (normal acrylic thinner will not work) . In fresh Mr Metal Color paint, I have found that denatured alcohol will also work, but it works most optimally using a lacquer thinner such as Gunze's Mr Color Thinner or Tamiya's lacquer thinner.

It is not compatible with white/mineral spirits at all.
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Posted: Wednesday, May 18, 2011 - 08:07 PM UTC
thanks for reply, now it is clear!
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Posted: Monday, May 30, 2011 - 08:14 PM UTC

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If it's dried out, it's unrecoverable.

Mr Metal Color is an acrylic but formulated using Gunze's own "lacquer" thinner (normal acrylic thinner will not work) .


I managed to recover it with Gunze laquer thinner!
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