Measuring your Paint and thinner This is the question for you guys?
What do you use to measure your Paint and thinner e.t.c.
and also were do you purchase said objects?

redleg

Mark 1, Calibrated Eyeball. I don't measure anything. I just eyeball it and thin it to about the consistency of whole milk. Works every time.

Same here, I found that different types and colors will require more thinning than others.

Measure using syringes i bought from a bloke of Ebay.

But with practice you can do it by eye as per the above - syringes are no used as a good way of transferring paint/thinners to cup.

Andy

I'll go with what Gino said. Different paints have different thinning ratio's and I've even found that sometimes the same brands have some differences in consistancy depending on how old it is and how much has been used..

You can get eye droppers to transfer thinner to the color cup at any drug store, chemists, you call them.

After posting a similar thread a few months ago, im glad to report in with some great results.

For figure painting, i mainly use Vallejo, so i scrounged up an empty bottle and use it for demineralised water. I also have a similar Vallejo-esque style bottle, but it has a smaller dripper, just in case i need to cut the consistency of the paint to a smaller amount.

I managed to pick up two medicine droppers from my local chemist; one for acrylics, other for enamels and oils. Bacause it has a ruberised teat on the end, the shelf life of the enamels/oils dropper wont be long.

Also, I managed to pick up some 30ml plastic measuring cups (with measurements on the side!) from my LHS, purposely build for modellers. They come in a pack of about 40, and are disposable.

Has all of this helped my technique? Yes - definitely. Are my models looking any good? Im sad to say, no. I still suck... :-)

Cheers,

Aaron.

I usually eye it until the mixture is like that of milk. However, many times I use an old dropper from an old pH balance kit for my fish tank.
I have in the past used a drinking straw like a dropper (it was an emergency situation!)
You can also use a dropper from an old depleted bottle of ear, eye, or cough medicine...

I dont measure i just go by eye until the mixture seems about right for the use i need it for

I use the plastic syringe/measuring device that comes with
some infants prescription medicine bottle.
Graduated to 0.5ml and non-perishable parts, good for mixing colours to repeat a particular shade and will not rot when used for thinners. Murfv

Here's one, what ratio of paint to thinner do you use? Myself, I usually use 50-50, but I sometimes use 3:2 paint to thinner.

Usually 40% paint to 60% thinner for airbrushing works well for me