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joe b
Joined: 31 Jan 2018 Posts: 209 Location: New Jersey
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Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2018 8:38 am Post subject: tamiya thinner yellow cap |
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not sure if this is the right spot for this but since it pertains to paints i would use to paint stock cars, maybe.-i have a bottle of tamiya lacquer thinner with the yellow cap i picked up from a LHS that was closing for cheap. what can i use it for? can i use it to thin their acrylics or thin down testors enamels or even pre mixed for airbrush paints like
model car world lacq?
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john843
Joined: 28 Jan 2018 Posts: 607 Location: S.C. Lowcountry
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Posted: Sun Feb 25, 2018 12:38 am Post subject: |
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joe, I'm not a Tamiya expert by any means but I think you're safe to do anything with the yellow top thinner that you would with any generic can of lacquer thinner. I think the Tamiya is a little diluted to make it plastic-bottle safe but I've used it to thin the Tamiya putty, clean brushes, and thin some lacquer decanted from a spray can that I got at Advance Auto.
Slightly weaker regular lacquer thinner, but no special brew.
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peglegderek
Joined: 26 Feb 2018 Posts: 6
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Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2018 10:27 am Post subject: |
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Great brush cleaner. Also use it sparingly to clean up bad paint jobs. But beware it will remove chrome. |
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joe b
Joined: 31 Jan 2018 Posts: 209 Location: New Jersey
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Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2018 9:07 am Post subject: |
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thanks guys. haye you ever tried to thin acrylic paints with it?
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Firefly
Joined: 28 Jan 2018 Posts: 813 Location: New Jersey
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Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2018 9:52 am Post subject: |
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joe b wrote: | thanks guys. haye you ever tried to thin acrylic paints with it?
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I wouldn't. You can experiment but do not think it would work as water and solvent based paints are apples and oranges. I use it just for lacquers and it works for enamels. I use Tamiya acrylic thinner for the acrylics. |
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