How To Mix Tamiya Acrylic Paint For Airbrushing

How I Mix Tamiya Acrylic Paint For Airbrushing
2 parts paint to 1 part thinner mix well and your ready to airbrush
Its just that easy

[chuchuchip]

They're called pipettes, found on Amazon & Ebay in bulk. I like glass eye droppers. I've used them for decades. The paint doesn't stick well to glass, making them easy to clean & helps when cleaning your airbrush. You can use a "Q-Tip" to clean the eye dropper itself. Last time I bought a batch of these was over 20 years ago & have only broken one!

[lionheart-xtxm]

Wasnt it sypposed to be the other way round, 3 drops of paint and 6 drops of thinner? Only every other video shows the opossite to this one. When i applied my paint it didn't go on as well as i hoped so i researched more and thats when i found out its the opposite, 1 paint and 2 thinner.

[RomiesCustoms]

Thanks for sharing, I stumbled upon the mixing when I accidentally mixed my Tamiya with automotive thinner, worked fine so been using it that way ever since..take it easy!

[TruxCustomz]

Very helpful information for us newbies to airbrushing.  Thanks for sharing.

[Tommytoff]

Thanks for sharing your tips on how to mix, I've taken up Airbrushing my models this year and have just started to get the hang of it and have worked out it is the mixing that is important to get a good spray. Just tried your method and its nice

[GRUxGUNZ]

That thing you got with the airbrush is called a Pipette. You can buy them in bulk online. They're mostly used for chemistry labs but are definitely great for airbrushing

[LongLe-lnfp]

It's useful for newbie like me... Thanks for video

[daveygoravey]

thanks mate only new to airbrushing :)

[nfamoustruth]

get rid of that x-20a. get Mr. Hobby levelling thinner. you will never go back.

[WigWagWorkshop]

I 100% agree, use the Tamiya Thinner with the Tamiya Paint - Although, I just saw a video yesterday, that stated you can make your own - for a 60ml mix - 2 parts water to 1 part 99.9%IPA - to that add (From Craft Store) 1ml each of Winsor&Newton Flow improver and 1ml of Winsor&Newton fluid retarder

[sivolt]

you can get those on amazon droppers, turkey baster, pipette, whateva the got them all

[redshirtmodels]

If your still looking: the "turkey baster" is called a pipette. You can get then on ebay for super cheap; they are used in labritory, medical research, and medical servies. Actuality you have probably seen it a million times on tv and never noticed. On CSI type shows they use an multichannel autoclavable pipette to "show" dna sequencing.

[RobMcCauslandArt]

You can usually get a big bag of 100 of the longer pipette(way more control than small ones) for around $5 on e-bay. Just search for "100 eye dropper 3ML pipette" or some combination and you will find all you will ever need!

[wakemanedwards]

Those little "squeeze Droppers" are available cheap at Amazon.com and they should be available at hobby shops as well. But I have seen them at Amazon.com for sure.

[jonnymimn]

The paint dropper you use are distributed in the UK by Humbrol - I do not know about the rest of the world though!
I'm another syringe user here, 5 ml syringes or the 2.5 ml syringes which come with some kids liquid medicines here in Europe.

[MichaelBrown-gnhk]

do you think that the tamiya basic air brush kit has a regulator? would it be good enough for camo?

[tonyelberg]

Thanks brother, I love the count, haven't heard him since sesame Street 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[raytheron]

I have been using IP Alcohol and it works perfectly. No issues at all!

[VilhjalmrVilhjalmrsson]

You can get the pippettes at places like Michael's (I just picked up a couple of packs today), A.C. Moore, etc.

[DasNewman]

lol, I like the reference to "The Count".