tosouthern66 Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 (edited) Guys/Gals Have a question for you all on paint mixing. How do you all measure the differnet colors to come up with the color you need? I am not talking about 50/50, 75/25 and such. I am talikng about 60/35/5 mixture. I can do the other type but this one I am not sure how to measure it out. I know that if you are off on measurement by a hair you miss the color you need. Any help would be appreciated. Also where do you all get your Mr. Color paints? I dont want to have to guess at using another brand of paint. Edited January 14, 2014 by tosouthern66 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Thorsten Wieking Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 Use syringes with printed scale(?)/units on them. Gruß Thorsten Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sluggo2u Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 (edited) I have never mixed colors in that manner but if I was to do so I'd use a graduated dropper or medicine cup. Start with where you want to end up. So if you are mixing 10cc of paint in a 60/35/5 ratio you would use 6cc of color A, 3.5cc of color B and .5cc of color C. Someone else may have developed a better/simpler method. This approach seems logical to me. Edited January 14, 2014 by sluggo2u Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chris L Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 Being as I work in 1/72 I find that counting drops is accurate enough for me . Cheers, Christian Quote Link to post Share on other sites
huntermountain Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 Weighing the paint? But you'd need very accurate scales I guess. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gluefinger Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 Mixing ratios for model paint is meant to be expressed as volume measurement I think. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
zeus60 Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 (edited) I'm lucky in that I have two local stores that carry Mr. Color paint. The best online source in the US is probably Sprue Brothers, although there are probably others. One of my local sources is Robot4less, a gundam model store. There are several Asian sources too. It is also my understanding that GSI (the maker of the Mr. Color line) only imports to the US sporadically, so you may find that the US sources are out of a given color at times. Edited January 15, 2014 by zeus60 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tosouthern66 Posted January 16, 2014 Author Share Posted January 16, 2014 Thanks all for the suggestions. I was kinda hoping someone knew of some kinda measuring cup with the % marks on it. I will have to play with what I got. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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