Thinning floquil paints

[stevef45]

I have 3 jars of primer and 3 jars of bnsf yellow that are still good. I have a project that i am going to be painting soon. I want to mix up 2 jars of each into a larger jar. How much thinner should I use for 2 jars of floquil paints?

[csx3305]

If it was made within a couple years of the 2013 shutdown, I wouldn’t use any thinner. Most of what I bought from that era is already watery thin. Should be able to tell by the label. If it has multiple languages in fine print, that’s the most recent stuff. And a flammable warning with a “stir well” notation. You will also note that no mention of adding thinner is made on the label of that era.

[edwardsutorik]

For air brushing, I think you can add as much as you want. When I was using it for just a thin color coat for weathering purposes, I added LOTS of thinner. And it worked fine.

For brush painting, I'd recommend trying whatever mix you choose on a sample piece, before applying it to the real stuff.



Ed

[12bridge]

The last few times I used Floquil I used Testors enamel thinner, which you can still get (Model Master).

[stevef45]

Im painting 6 models yellow and the bottles are not thinner then they were when new. They definitely need to be thinned out with thinner. If I am combining 2 full bottles of yellow, how much thinner should I add? I am using model master/testors thinner.

[theengineshed]

There might not be a precise answer, depends how thick the paint is, how you are going to apply it, etc.

You might want to add 10% thinner, then give it a good shake. Assuming you are using an airbrush, shoot some. If you think it is still too thick, repeat the process.

[edwardsutorik]

If you are planning on painting SIX models yellow, you REALLY would be wise to do some practice pieces, first. Especially because you are a beginner.

OR:

Do ya feel lucky?


On a slightly different note, it's been stated many times that, when you are spraying yellow, you should spray white first. Yellows tend not to cover well; white does it better. I would suppose that if the item you're spraying is already white, that you could skip the white undercoat. And. Grey primer isn't white. It's grey. Should you be tempted with that route.


Ed

[csx3305]

Floquil yellows thinly applied over gray is the fastest route to chartreuse. White undercoat is good advice.

[Mark R.]

Yes, definitely use a white undercoat with Floquil yellow. If you use gray, seems no matter how many coats you apply, it just doesn't have the brilliance you are expecting.

Mark.

[paulcoats]

Use ordinary Lacquer thinner. Thinning depends on how long the paint has been sitting around. Sorry, can't give you a definite answer. And yes, white first, then yellow.

[mlwlover]

definately laquer thinner! i also use it with polly-scale. only about 10% paint though or it will turn to a gel. i have used laquer thinner with just about every paint and it works very well.