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Thank you for the info! Now that I have found a good local source for both Tamiya and Vallejo Acrylics I will be switching. Especially thank you for the info on Lifecolor, I have been unable to find a good rust color anywhere and a project I am currently working on requires it! Very timely!I am a big fan of acrylic paints and I use Tamiya about 80% of the time. I use their (Tamiya) thinner to thin for airbrushing. Isopropyl alcohol is an excellent airbrush cleaner and cheap. I use a large cardboard box as a spray booth to confine almost all the overspray. I have several enamels but only use them with a brush and they, of course, require a mineral thinner. For specialty colors like rust, fuel, rubber, ect. I highly recommend the brand of acrylics called LIFECOLOR. They come is several sets and are available from several online sources including Ebay. My nearest Hobby-type store is a three hour drive so I obtain just about everything online and mostly from Ebay.
Nice! Makes sense, see if I can find some locally! Thank you!
One of the things I liked about enamels was how well they leveled. I will give the Gunze thinner a try! Thanks for the info!I mostly have been swapping my collection over to Tamiya acrylics because I find they spray better, dry faster and are tougher than Vallejo's offerings.
Tamiya and Vallejo acrylics are actually quite different animals. Tamiya is alcohol based and thins well with either alcohol or lacquer based thinners. Vallejo uses some other mix and some of their paints turn to gel if you try and mix them with alcohol, Vallejo paints thin best with their own "Vallejo Airbrush Thinner".
I thin my Tamiya acrylics with Gunze self levelling lacquer thinner. The lacquer thinner does have harsh fumes but I find them short lived, so it works well for me.
I'd try a few products and see which one your wife hates the least. Different people have different sensitivities. Working in a composites workshop for a few years it was interesting to see which chemicals set different people off. I know one guy at the local hobby shop says he can't use Vallejo acrylic thinner and cleaner because he can't stand the smell where as it doesn't bother me at all. Enamels on the other hand he loves and has used since he was a kid, where as enamels are my most hated fumes.