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Vallejo wash as binder
bairdlander
Joined: May 16, 2007
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Posted: Friday, November 24, 2017 - 05:08 PM UTC
Can Vallejo wash be used as a binder for Vallejo pigments?Really dont feel like driving to hobby shop today.
postbusf
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Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
Joined: November 15, 2007
KitMaker: 158 posts
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Posted: Friday, November 24, 2017 - 06:44 PM UTC
I never tryed that but it works with Tamiya panel liner (brown) with succes.
Beautiful rust effect can be made that way.

I'll guess it can work with washes to.
Try it out on some scrap plastic you got lying around.
kefran
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Quebec, Canada
Joined: January 29, 2003
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Posted: Friday, November 24, 2017 - 07:48 PM UTC
I usually use (for the last 15 years or so) acrylic thinner as a binder for pigments with total success, never had a single problem.

put your pigments in place (work on little areas one by one) dip a paintbrush into thinner, and let the pigments suck the thinner from the brush by capilarity.
d6mst0
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Texas, United States
Joined: August 28, 2016
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Posted: Friday, November 24, 2017 - 08:36 PM UTC
You can also use isopropyl alcohol
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