volzj Posted November 17, 2006 Share Posted November 17, 2006 I use Polly Scale for about 80% of my work, with the balance being Gunze and the infrequent Tamiya. I've always thinned Poly Scale with a home mix of distilled water alcohol and a little Liquitex flow aid and been generally pleased with the results. For the other two I've always used Tamiya thinner. Well today I tried the Tamiya thinner with the Polly Scale and what a massive improvement. It lays much smoother, almost to a semi-gloss look. There was also zero tip clogging, which has always been a Polly Scale issue in my experience. Tamiya thinner all the way now on all of my acrylics, it's worth every penny. Just thought I'd pass this along. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Yellowbelly Posted November 17, 2006 Share Posted November 17, 2006 Joe, Interesting observation. My experience with Pollyscale acrylics ( Gloss and Matt clear coats/Reefer White) & Tamiya (Smoke and Clear Blue) is relatively new but I was impressed with both Pollyscale and Tamiya airbrush thinners. So I now have a choice - anyone know what's in these 2 thinners? YB Quote Link to post Share on other sites
smithery Posted November 17, 2006 Share Posted November 17, 2006 (edited) Thanks for the tip Joe. How much thinner do you typically add? I have a project coming up that will be PollyScale NMF. :) Edited November 17, 2006 by smithery Quote Link to post Share on other sites
volzj Posted November 17, 2006 Author Share Posted November 17, 2006 Thanks for the tip Joe. How much thinner do you typically add? I have a project coming up that will be PollyScale NMF.:) Kevin, It was about 60 % paint, 40 % thinner, sprayed at about 18 psi. Yellowbelly: The Tamiya thnner definitely has a large amount of alcohol, but I'm convinced it also has some ingredients to retard drying a bit and to inhance flow. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Old Blind Dog Posted November 18, 2006 Share Posted November 18, 2006 I may just have to try that, Joe! I've been very pleased with the results I've been getting latedly (thinning the PS with distilled water and a little Liquitex Flow Aid); but will definitely try an experiment with some Tamiya thinner and see how it goes! Cheers Old Blind Dog Quote Link to post Share on other sites
madmike Posted November 19, 2006 Share Posted November 19, 2006 JOe I used to use Tamiya thinner with Aeromaster Warbird acrylics which were made by Pollyscale. Thanks for the info. I will go back to using the thinner again on the PS acrylics MikeJ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Old Blind Dog Posted November 22, 2006 Share Posted November 22, 2006 I use Polly Scale for about 80% of my work, with the balance being Gunze and the infrequent Tamiya. I've always thinned Poly Scale with a home mix of distilled water alcohol and a little Liquitex flow aid and been generally pleased with the results. For the other two I've always used Tamiya thinner. Well today I tried the Tamiya thinner with the Polly Scale and what a massive improvement. It lays much smoother, almost to a semi-gloss look. There was also zero tip clogging, which has always been a Polly Scale issue in my experience. Tamiya thinner all the way now on all of my acrylics, it's worth every penny.Just thought I'd pass this along. I tried this last night. . .thinned a couple brand new bottles of PS with only Tamiya X20 A Thinner. . .and WOW!!!!! It's just beautiful. . .smooth as a baby's behind with no "dripping" or puddling. . .it also hand-brushes even better than before (and seems to cover better too. . .I was using some very light gray and yellow as well as white for my test bottles) I am happy as a puppy with two p****s! Thanks, Joe, for this great advice! :blink: Old Blind Dog Quote Link to post Share on other sites
volzj Posted November 23, 2006 Author Share Posted November 23, 2006 Glad that worked out well for you OBD. ;) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
H3nav Posted November 23, 2006 Share Posted November 23, 2006 Yes, Tamiya thinner does include a retarder in it. It is considered by many to be the thinner of choice in acrylics. E Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JimC Posted November 24, 2006 Share Posted November 24, 2006 I've personally read/heard that Gunze-Sangyo thinner used with Tamiya acrylics produces beauteous results as well. Something about how well the G-S thinner reacts with the Tamiya acrylics to help them level out very nicely. I haven't tried this yet, but will give it a shot with my Hasegawa 1/48 F-16CJ Block 52 that's my current project. Have to get some laquer thinner to do anything, so I'll pick some up tomorrow, Nov. 24, and try to get some painting done while I have the time. Have a Happy Thanksgiving (US folks). Jim Quote Link to post Share on other sites
J.C. Bahr Posted November 24, 2006 Share Posted November 24, 2006 So, has anyone tried to figure out what exactly is in these "thinners?"... ... as I'm willing to bet that there's one heck of a markup on them when they're probably normal household stuff we already have or can get! On the Tamiya, I'm taking a guess here... but the odor reminds me of a combination of alcohol and Windex. Anybody tried to dissect this stuff in their chemistry class? :D Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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