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vallejo sation varnish
royalM
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Vestfold, Norway
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Posted: Wednesday, March 21, 2012 - 12:55 AM UTC
hello all!

I have noe finnished the basecolor and all that stuff. And its time for satin varnish on my T-72. But how do i aply it ??? brush or airbrush it ??? Do I need to thin it ore someting ?? I have vallejo acrylic satin varnish.


link:http://www.bnamodelworld.com/tools-paints/paints-accessories/primers-surfacers/model-color-liquid-acrylic-varnish-satin-55ml
Tojo72
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Posted: Wednesday, March 21, 2012 - 01:12 AM UTC
Airbrush it thinned with distilled water,it's good stuff,has always worked well me.I have hand brushed it on to small areas also.
royalM
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Posted: Wednesday, March 21, 2012 - 01:15 AM UTC
nice! how much water ??
Tojo72
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Posted: Wednesday, March 21, 2012 - 01:54 AM UTC
I just eyeball it,I use a plastic syringe and add just enough so that it looks right.
viper29_ca
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New Brunswick, Canada
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Posted: Wednesday, March 21, 2012 - 03:41 AM UTC
Don't need to thin it, it will airbrush right out of the bottle
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Posted: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 - 09:16 PM UTC
All the Vallejo Air acrylic colours I've had could always use some thinning due to having a bit thick consistency. Either with their own thinner, distilled water, hommeade "gunk" or such.

Im more of a spray thin twice instead of once and thick type of airbrush user though.

Gloss/semi-gloss varnish usually always goes on best & smoothest with an airbrush.

YMMV ofc. Try out some thinning ratios on a spare piece of plasticard or other non absorbent substrate and see what your airbrush and you like the best.
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