ep125 - modelmaking fundamentals: what thinner should i use?

what a great watch will

I never had luck thinning MM Enamels with Mineral Spirits, the paint tended to become grainy. I always used their brand thinner and never had issues with it.

Very useful and very interesting, thanks for the video

THANK YOU for sorting out the mess of international thinner nomenclature

Apple Barrel is another that can be thinned with water. As far as that goes, is Apple Barrel paint able to be used in an airbrush?

1/2 way thru I slammed the subscribe and hit the Bell... Thanks for all your hard work bringing this content to modelers...

Thank you great teacher and speaker

Tamiya lacquer will strip Tamiya sprat without destroying plastic. Hard ware lacquer thinner melts the plastic . Mr leveler is great sa is the Tamiya for lacquer thinner.

I know this video is now several years old, but is there a chance that you still have the URL of that site with the various lacquer thinner recipes? (Great summary of thinners BTW)

I did not know, that body-shop guys, hanging out together, was a thing. :)

Ur good. But u need to get to the point, most ppl will drop u after a min of chatter

The Kleen Strip green odorless in that solid white plastic bottle is good for brush cleaning after painting with enamel. That's all.

:) thx.

Thanks. This is helpful. Regarding cleaning my airbrush, I have some Tamiya LP paints to try. Can I use cheap hardware store to clean my airbrush? I've only airbrushed acrylics so far.

"Look. Water is solvent if you're a sugar cube"
i dont know why, but this had me cracking up X'D

Sounds like slang for someone's whose "soft" :P

This is one of the most useful and relevant videos I have ever seen related to model making.
Every hobby shop should be broadcasting this.

Very informative as usuall, love your style of presenting

question can i use enamel thinner from hardware store.(actone/toluene/organics)

So if I understand well, I'd better use Tamiya lacquer thinner or mineral spirit, when I'm cleaning recess or panel lines painted with Testors enamel paint.

Lacquer thinners in enamels and acrylics?! Very informative video! Thank you.

A great presentation…thanks

Hi will, thank you for the amazing post. I am a big fan of your channel. I have a couple of questions for you if you would be so kind to share your wisdom.

I am using mr. Paint for spraying and find them great(I know you use them too). I find that I use quite a bit of paint when spraying compared to Tamiya paints on a model. Do you experience the same thing?

Can I thin mrp paint? What could I use? What do you you use, if you do?

Is there a cheap thinner I can use to do this?

Respectfully.
Dave.

On hardware store lacquer thinner - is it likely the acetone content of those that cause the problem with styrene?

Thanks for posting, good information, helped to answer many questions concerning thinning hobby paints.

Hi Will, 
Heard you on Plastic Posse Podcast #20 recently. Regarding your Patreon page. I would like to join. Especially for the Fusion 360 Saturday live training. However I do not see a join link on your Patreon page and it does not appear to be active. Is there a link you can direct me to?

While I appreciate the detailed info...all I wanted to know was what kind of thinner do I use for an acrylic and which to use for an enamel....

Great video very informative as always 👏🏻 👍 👌 😀

Another fab video. Can't go wrong with this chap's videos in my opinion. Excellent unbiased stuff. subscribe if you haven't already and look up his other stuff, really interesting. Cheers dude

Excuse me for being late to the party. "You cant seem to find a good reason to use distilled water". I think I have the answer.
When I lived in Norfolk (UK) the water was so hard that I wouldn't use tap water for ANYTHING. Wouldnt even drink it without filtering it."
I now live in Scotland and the water quality is so wonderful that It's practically the same as distilled water.
By the way, in case I haven't mentioned it before, love your videos

I liked this, very informative. But got confused about the Mr Hobby paint characteristics-do the lacquer type work with lacquer thinners and water? Better to go with 400? Good video-subscribed now.

I FUCKING LOVE THIS VIDEO

What would suggest to create a durable hard steadfast paint on a frosted glass surface. This gas’s has been acid washed. I need to change the color of something I’m working on.

Extremely useful. Thank you

Thank you, was helpful

I'm tired of expensive,faulty spray cans. It's time to try air brush. Thanks for your knowledge. I learned a lot.

"Water is a solvent, if you're a sugar cube." Gotta love Will's videos!

Checking here in Thailand there's a number of mr hobby, 102,204 @ 108 thinner what's the difference please for labor and enamel
Thanks Dennis

Just came across ya channel great simple explanation on Thinners what who why and when. Keep at it now. ;0)

Excellent Video - Very knowledgeable - your reference to Distillates as very correct given my background. It would be interesting to know what combination of paints and thinners can lead to problems like enamels and acrylics.

Exactly what I was looking for. Thanks!

This video is so awesome. When you start using different kind of paints (in my case, I use vallejo colors but I started to use mr finishing surfacer as primer) a good understanding of the thinners (and the paints) is required. So your three videos (this one, the one about the paints and the cleaning of the airbrush) are my references. I can't thank you enough 😊

Question. For IPA, the concentration varies (70%, 90%, etc). How much does the concentration matter?

Ha! . . when I was a kid I'd use a cup of gasoline.

I once bought a bottle of the "safer paint thinner.' I have no idea what it thins because it doesn't work with the enamels paints I've tried it with. It's also milky-white colored so I imagine it would change the color of the paint.

HONESTLY, you're getting a little too talky and nerdy in this vid----no offense. In this age of information overload what we DON'T need is unnecessary details; just the PRACTICAL points are wanted. So pleas cut the verbosity and don't try to be Albert Einstein. SIMPLICITY is the keynote in this era of mass confusion. So just try to DISTILL everything down to child-like simplicity, you know like those "See Spot Run" books you read as a kid.

it probably would have been an good point to add the acetone to the discussion, acetone is essentially the main component of plastic cement, that's likely why "hotter" lacquer thinners tend to damage plastic, they probably contain more acetone