Acrylic Paint Help!

[Knikki]

OK as in another thread I have some old Tamiya Acrylic paints, which I have stirred, shaken etc and when I open the paint pot it all looks fine.

I am trying to paint onto a resin figure whihc has been undercoated with white primer.

Now if I use the paint straight from the pot and apply it to the figure it goes on like have highly diluted it and really does not go on so well, beads up, when I try to add more paint it just wipes off

So whats the trick?

Is it just a case of slowly adding layer after layer to the model or diluting with something that will make it 'stick' more easily to the model.

If so what is the missing liquid?

I used to do this all the time but after 10+ years I forgotten everything

 

[housecarl]

I've never had any success brushing Tamiya Acrylic Nick, I only ever airbrush it.
Doesn't help you in the slightest I know,
Carl.

 

[gordy]

Sounds like it is drying to fast and skinning over. Is it an old pot ? What is the finish of the paint , e.g. matte, semi-gloss ?

 

[skeeterbuck]

Nick, get either Gunze or Tamiya's Synthetic Lacquer and use that to thin the paint. Yea, I know the paint your using is Tamiya acrylic but trust me this will work much better than water or using Tamiya's acrylic thinner. It makes the paint handle more like an enamel paint like Humbrol, but it still harder to get good results in my opinion than using Vallejo or Andrea paints.

Tamiya and Gunzr's acrylic paints are a different formula than paints like Polly S and Vallejo.

Hope this helps and good luck!

Chuck

 

[Ferris]

Nick, I wouldn't use Tamiya paint for brush painting larger areas. For details maybe. They are excellent airbrush paints, but less suitable for the brush. And they smell. I also recommend Andrea, or Vallejo model colour acrylics.

Good luck,

Adrian

 

[Einion]

So whats the trick?

You're not missing anything, it's just that Tamiya acrylics are not intended to be applied by brush. Your primer may also be a touch too slick.

Einion

 

[Knikki]

Thanks for all the replies.

Seems there could be a couple of things I have done 'not right' but I found that adding some Tamiya Thinner did help a lot. Fortunately I am only covering a small area but yes it appears that my faith in Tamiya paints has been rattled.

Still live and learn

 

[captnenglish]

Smple solution to your Tamiya problem, buy Vallejo or Reaper

 

[ChaosCossack]

Smple solution to your Tamiya problem, buy Vallejo or Reaper

+10. I used to use Citadel acrylics but once I tried Vallejo (thanx Greg) I never went back... except for metallics, still use these.

Good Luck

Colin

 

[Hans]

Tamiya (or Gunze) are alcohol soluble acrylics. The stay alcohol soluble forever, even when they are dry for 30 years. This makes them hard to brush paint them as any overpainting will attack the lower coat. Using water for thinning helps but will not cure the problem complete. So, airbrush them or use water based acrylics like Vallejo, Citadel, Revell Aqua etc etc