WAD3 Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 I see from time to time people talking about adding dish soap to paint and once adding it to pastel and water for weathering. My question 1 Why? 2 how much? 3 to water and paint mix or thinner and paint mix. Also willing to watch or read any videos or articles to get these answers. Thanks Andrew Quote Link to post Share on other sites
habu2 Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 Adding soap to water based paint reduces surface tension but it may not be the best solution. Read this link: http://forum.reapermini.com/index.php?/topic/44164-dish-soap-to-reduce-surface-tension/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Thorsten Wieking Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 While I would never add something to a new and/or still usable bottle of paint, I occasionally add a touch (not even a drop) of dish washer to water with which I thin paint before brush painting. The idea is to lower the surface tension of the water, nothing more. While the link posted above is interesting, I would like to add that even though my future (bottle bought in 2004) yellow in the bottle, there are no detrimal effect on the kits I use and used it on. Cheers Thorsten Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WAD3 Posted February 9, 2019 Author Share Posted February 9, 2019 I gave it a try after reading the thread and it pretty much tells what not to do. No idea if it helped but what I was trying to do worked. Happy about that just not sure if it would help or not on something larger. Thanks for you replys Andrew Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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