Vallejo paint

[Jakko]

use lacquer and live a happy life.

Until you need to brush-paint something with the same colour

 

[MJY65]

Until you need to brush-paint something with the same colour

I keep a range of Model Color and Tamiya on hand for small detail work. I can generally mix what I want for a small piece.

 

[Heavy 7]

That's what I've done. I use MRP. It's dry to the touch in minutes and I can mask with low tack in 30 min and Tamiya tape in a couple hours. If a spray booth with outdoor venting is available, use lacquer and live a happy life.

Hello
MRP ..... checked the paint out, many colors. Question: I did not see a thinner. I assume the thinner/ reducer will clean the airbrush?

Thanks for mentioning the paint.

"spray booth with outdoor venting" An air brush & 10 - 20 min painting, in a garage. I don't think it needs all that.

Painting a HotRod truck, yes, a spray booth with outdoor venting is a necessity.

Pep

 

[MJY65]

^^^

MRP is airbrush ready and requires no thinner or reducer. I use basic hardware store lacquer thinner to clean out the airbrush and then follow with a few drops of Mr Color leveling thinner to flush it out and prepare for the next color.

Garage painting will be fine. My spray booth is in the basement, so no overhead doors to vent out.

 

[Jakko]

I did not see a thinner.

I've only used MRP paint twice (the same bottle both times), and it's thin as water straight from the bottle: just pour it into the airbrush and spray. I cleaned it out of my airbrush with hardware store toluene-based paint thinner, which seems to have worked fine. Unlike the Mr. Color lacquer paint I tried, this one sprayed just fine. My main issue with it is the need for strong solvents, which is why I prefer to stick to water- and alcohol-based acrylics instead of lacquer-based ones.

 

[Littlemarten]

My main issue with it is the need for strong solvents, which is why I prefer to stick to water- and alcohol-based acrylics instead of lacquer-based ones.

Ditto. No need to give the liver and other organs more work.

 

[MJY65]

Ditto. No need to give the liver and other organs more work.

I hope you don't take any medications.

 

[Littlemarten]

I hope you don't take any medications.

I have a veritable pharmacopeia. That's why I don't want to make more work for the chemical processors in my body. As my cardiologist says, "Growing old is not for the faint of heart."

 

[Cameron38]

I have a veritable pharmacopeia. That's why I don't want to make more work for the chemical processors in my body. As my cardiologist says, "Growing old is not for the faint of heart."

Yep, and I understand your situation, my heart is fine, my lungs are stuffed, I have COPD. My lung specialist tells me no models, too many toxic fumes, they are killing you. Yeah so be it, at least I'll die happy, doing something I love doing.
Cameron

 

[Littlemarten]

Yep, and I understand your situation, my heart is fine, my lungs are stuffed, I have COPD. My lung specialist tells me no models, too many toxic fumes, they are killing you. Yeah so be it, at least I'll die happy, doing something I love doing.
Cameron

Get a good, outside vented spray booth, and keep building longer.

 

[fantacmet]

I still thin them. I have found that Createx 4011 reducer works better and is lower cost than Vellejo thinner.