What is the easiest and most efficient mode of transferring paint from the paint bottle to the airbrush bottle. I have used plastic pippettes but the paint sticks to the side and makes a mess and you can't see how much paint you have.

I use the old fashioned pour-it-straight-out-of-the-bottle method I find this method works easier with different brands' bottles. Model Master seem to be the best. Thinner is more difficult, because it likes to run down the side. What I do with thinner is keep it in one of those Lemon Juice containers that has the pour spout similar to that on a shampoo bottle. I can get the thinner to come out drop by drop using this, and I don't lose any thinner, either.

Nic

I am not sure who, but someone on this site recommended using like a 1/3 of a drinking straw (luckily I have like 400 left from a school project from which I ganked from McDonalds_, but yeah, but a straw into thirds and use the old put your finger at the end while it is in the bottle (I am pretty sure we have all experimented with this a children at a restaraute or other eating establishment) and then just transfer from bottle to botttle. The straws can only hold so much, so it takes some time and getting used to, but rarly spills if you a re extra careful

I use plastic pipettes myself. I have a seperate glass of thinner for cleanig the pipettes because it get dirty quickly. As for pooring you can hold a toothpick against the bottom rim of the paint or thinner and have the end of the toothpick in whatever your pooring it into. Instead of flowing down the can, it flows down the toothpick, ain't gravity great. I got that one out of an old issue of FSM. It is easier to understand with a picture but I am sure you can figure out how it works. Just practice with watter until it makes sense.

That's a good tip with the toothpick there, Andrew. I'll have to give that one a try when I'm pouring something tough. Usually, though, it's pretty easy to pour if you hold the paint bottle at the right angle. Like I said before, I think Model Master are the easiest. I had a devil of a time with the one and only Humbrol paint can I got........

Nic

I use plastic disposable dental syringes but only the syringe not the needle, then throw it away. For the thinner I use a non disposable glass syringe. Thinners harm the plastic ones.But it's hard to found one because they've been used many years ago before the disposable ones invented! I've plenty of them because my father was a dentist (like me) and had an incredible stock! After using the disposable ones (only the ones which are not used in surgery ) I clean them up, destroy the needle part cause it's not healthy anymore and bring them home to transfer paints. Also you can control the quantity while using these. When I need to use a small quantity of paint I prefer the toothpicks.