Well no matter about where I will mix them now because for $8 I went out and bought a set of five mixing jars and 3 eyedropper things earlier.

I just mix straight into the airbrush colour cup. Thinner first, so you don't get neat paint clogging the airbrush, then paint. Give it a test spray first to blow through any thinner, then when the paint comes through you are good to go.

Saves lots of paint as you don't end up wasting it by leaving it behind in another container, especially when only mixing small amounts.

Your method makes perfect sense, but I have a solution to what yoyu're saying with leaving paint in the jar. If I mix only a small amount, the set has three eyedropper things. I can just suck it out with those and squirt it back into the AB.

It's not a good idea to mix paint in the paint cup of the airbrush . Never know if you got it mixed right .

I know when it's mixed right.

It's as easy to tell if it's thinned correctly in the airbrush cup as it is in any other container.

Remember if you use lacquer thinner it will darken the tone.

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Also, invest in a box (it looks like a milk carton) of stainless steel BBs. I put them in my regular jars and airbrush paints. It makes shaking the paint up for use much easier.

One of my personal tricks....

HAppy NewYear all! I like that idea.It makes it into sort of like a spraycan type situation. The only probelm is that you have to make sure you don't pour tbhe bbs into the ab, as that could be bad. I also find it helpful to mix in a separate container. after I let it sit for a about a day, it will separate, and I can see what ratio of paint to thinner it is and adjust it if neccessary.

I used to use: water, water/alcohol, windshield washer (not Windex!), to thin Tamiya paints. Results differed with each thinner and were so-so to crappy, and sometimes not bad. I have started using Tamiya Lacquer Thinner with excellent results. Certainly costs more than plain tapwater, but the results are worth it.