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Tamiya liquid primer
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Posted: Sunday, November 26, 2006 - 05:14 AM UTC
I got a bottle of this stuff to use with my airbrush, but it's too thick to spray straight. What do you thin it with? It's definitely not acrylic, since Tamiya thinner produces a mess. I tried thinning with my testors airbrush thinner, with mediocre results.

My next thought was lacquer thinner, but I'm gun shy about messing up my plastic.

Thanks!
Grumpyoldman
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Posted: Sunday, November 26, 2006 - 05:50 AM UTC
I just picked up a bottle a few weeks ago, to try it. I've used it twice, both times using old fashion lacquer thinner with no problems. The idea is to spray it on lightly, not saturated wet coats.
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Posted: Sunday, November 26, 2006 - 05:15 PM UTC

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I just picked up a bottle a few weeks ago, to try it. I've used it twice, both times using old fashion lacquer thinner with no problems. The idea is to spray it on lightly, not saturated wet coats.



What paint/thinner ratio worked well for you?

Thanks!
Grumpyoldman
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Posted: Sunday, November 26, 2006 - 05:30 PM UTC
It seems to thin pretty easy and fast. so far I've tried a 50-50 and and 70 thinner-30 primer(just estimates, as I simply do it by eye, and eye droppers in the color cup). Both sprayed OK, the thinner with less pressure. I used my Badger 100G with a fine head as I just needed a small amount. Don't know how it sprays with other airbrushes as I haven't tried it in any others yet. But it did spray a nice fine primer coat, and appears to be a very fine grained primer.
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