Dumb Question for the Day - Tamiya Clear White?

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Dumb Question for the Day - Tamiya Clear White?

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Here's a dumb question for today:

Does Tamiya make a clear/transparent white acrylic paint?

I have clear red, clear blue, and clear green, but I'd like to lighten the colors a bit.

Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance,

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What do you mean by "lighten"? If you just want less color then I would add some plain clear or thin it for a lighter coat.

It seems like a white would make it milky... :-k

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Yeah, adding white - clear or otherwise - would make it translucent as well as lighten the color - instead of red, green or blue you'd have pink, light green or light blue.

Mix in some clear coat. That will thin it without changing the clarity.
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Ah the elusive transparent white. No, they don't make one. Nor does anybody else I know of.

But it's easy to make, 1/3 ounce Future, 2 drops Comart white. Shake well and spray as needed.
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Comart white???
Normal?? What is normal??
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Comart.

The reason why I prefer it is their grind on the white pigment is extremely fine and when you're diluting a paint this far the finer the pigment the better. Nobody I have found has as fine of a pigment size on their white as Comart.
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