I'm looking into purchasing some enamel Humbrol paints. Question is, what do I use to thin them? I use cheap paint thinner for MM enamels. Will this work with the Humbrol paints? I'm on a very tight budget, here. Plastic keeps my wallet empty.

Hi Matt




I know the feeling

As for thinning Humbrol, I have been using Mineral Turpentine for a number of years now with no problems, apart from SWMBO complaining about the smell It works fine for thinning for airbrushing as well.

cheers
David

Hi

White spirit or mineral spirit will work fine as does any generic enamel thinners, I got some hammerite thinners from Halfords in a clear out sale and that also worked well.

Paul

Ola Matt

In case the led Light posted by BingBingBing5 does not do much in thinning your paints you can always use bog standard Turpentine from the DIY store. I have used nothing else for thinning humbrols as long as I make models. Works like a charm allthough make sure you work on an acrylic basecoat. It is cheap and comes in Jerrycans. Enough for a very long time.

Take a look here

http://www.little-cars.co.uk/workbench49.pdf

I've always used its own thinner. It works best in my opinion

cheers

As fascinating as I find LED lights Thanks for all the replies. I have some mineral spirits I bought to use with oils. Think I will try this route, first.

I tried using one of these to thin some red paint and all that happened was the LED Light turned red, how odd.

Hi matt, good luck with the humbrol enamels, KEEP THE WINDOW OPEN!