Testors Universal Acrylic Thinner

[Swanningabout]

Does anybody know what is in this? Someone on the net said it's just distilled water. The bottle I have does not list any ingredients. Also, I've been using it to thin my Tamiya acrylics, but would isopropyl alcohol work better?

 

[Grendels]

I don't know if I would use it on Tamiya. Those paints are something different and not quite a true acrylic. I bet alcohol would work better. I don't know for sure, I usually just use the Tamiya thinner.

 

[RocketSilo]

it's far from distilled water , it has a soapyness to it and the bottle says it contains glycerine, it smells a bit of ammonia to me. not sure what it is, but it works well with the MM acryls
Tamiya is a different type of acrylic alltogether

 

[Swanningabout]

THanks for the responses. Someone referred me to a cool site that suggested one thin Tamiya acrylics with isopropyl alcohol (which apparently comes in 70% and 91% bottles -- 91% being best, apparently). I haven't tried this yet, but I think I will.

http://zerobxu.wordpress.com/2008/03/10/hand-painting-with-tamiya-acrylics/

 

[spud]

buy some Tamiya X-20A Thinner its cheap and lasts a long time its also great for fixing pigments

 

[Carsenault]

By "Universal" they mean it can be used accross all the Testors brand acrylics. Tamiya's own thinner is the best for thier paints. For a good (cheap) alternative, I use the stronger rubbing alcohol (95% ethanol) and a drop or 2 of liquitex flow aid.