Thinning Citadel paints for Airbrushing

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Thinning Citadel paints for Airbrushing

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I was talking to a few folks over the Wonderfest weekend about using Citadel gaming paints.

My question is what do you thin them with to airbrush them? The guy at the store said to use water but I don't like the sounds of it. I think it would take too long to dry.

Does anyone have any experience with this?
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Alcohol might work but water with a drop of soap will do as well !
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Water does work pretty well and if the mix is thinned OK it doesn't take that long to dry.

That said I tend to use either commercial isopropyl alcohol or Tamiya brand acrylic thinner and fall back on water if I'm out of alcohol.

Not noticed any significant difference in performance.
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Maybe a little more drunk than usual ? :) :)
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I use 90-percent isopropyl with no problems.

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Lt. Z0mBe wrote:I use 90-percent isopropyl with no problems.

Kenny
I use that for Tamiya Acrylics as well so I have a bottle of it here. I'll give it a shot (pun intended). Thanks
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Lt. Z0mBe wrote:I use 90-percent isopropyl with no problems.

Kenny
What ratios do you use? I've already blown 2 pots experimenting.
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