Recommendation for acryllic thinners? Asked by Ben Vartok, 10 August 2022

Painting Question.

Can anyone recommend a locally available acrylic thinners product?

And briefly why/how better than dipping the brush into the water jar and mixing with the paint?

Cheers,

Ben 

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  • James Trotman

    You can get acrylic medium from Warehouse Stationery. I just use a couple of drops of that. I find if I use water my paints tend to separate and I find it a lot easier to achieve the "two thin coats" using the medium.

    

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    • Ben Vartok

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      James Trotman Thanks James. Will check it out and try. I use Reaper Paints and don't have any issues with separation, at least I think I don't, what is paint separation and what does it look like? Reaper have quite high pigment according to their marketing team anyway. That said a number of painters have recommended thinners so thought I would see if it helped at all.

      

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      • James Trotman

        Ben Vartok my paint is a mixture of older Citadel stuff, Tamiya acrylics and Army Painter. I just found over the years that when I used water to thin my paints it didn't work for me. A friend of mine put me onto acrylic medium and I really like it. I use dripper bottles for the paint and a wet pallette and just add a drop or two to thin it down. Works well for glazing techniques too.

        

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  • Philip Gates

    Like James I use acrylic medium primarily with Vallejo. Works well.

    

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  • Michael Stonyer

    I use Vallejo Thinner Medium 70.524, Acrylic Resin. It's much better than water as it is much easier to control. a single drop or two thins the paint but doesn't risk leaving it runny. Because it's a resin the Vallejo still allows you to control the… 

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      Vincent Cholewa

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      Thank you all, I shall try using acrylic medium