[WWI] Acrylics in general

[Aidrian Bridgeman-Sutton]

Warren 

A new bottle is better, but as you're probably trying to paint something
just after the hobby shop closed here's something that will work on most
acrylic that haven’t set up completely.

Try a few drops of isopropyl alcohol to thin the paint enough so that you
can stir it. Once you've got it to state where it can be stirred, then add a
little acrylic medium from an arts store and a few drops more isopropyl nand
keep stirring. You’d be surprised at what you can rescue with 91% isopropyl,
but don’t let it get onto a finished model unless you plan on repainting the
whole thing

If you need to use a thinner for airbrushing, then use "Liquitex Airbrush
Medium" to get it to the right consistency, though Future works pretty wel
too. You can buy the medium at any reasonably decent art store. The airbrush
medium is also very usable if you're brush painting, but in this case you
should also consider adding a drop or three of retarder to slow down the
drying

 Aidrian
-----Original Message-----

   I have some Citadel acrylics that have gotten somewhat thick with age,
and do not brush paint as well as they used to.  I would like to airbrush
these paints, but I recall Maj. Balzer having some issues with compatibility
with thinners.  When airbrushing Citadel paints, what do ya'll use th thin
them?  Alcohol? Future/Klear? Windex?
 

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