I recently used this paint and I liked it although I was not able to spray it directly from the bottle as advertised. I used their brand of thinner to thin with and did not have an issue. When I tried to clean the airbrush and paint brushes with regular testors thinner, it wanted to clump up and not clean well. I used their thinner and everything seemed to be o.k. I know that their thinner has acetone in it. Is anyone else using this and what are you thinning and cleaning with?
You can clean with 90% iso alchohol or Simple Green (bio degradable and non toxic).
But be sure to rinse with distilled water when done! I never had any problems. But I did leave a model to rinse in a pan of Simple Green and it eventually "ate" the Styrene.
Don - Specializing in layout DC->DCC conversions
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What psi are you spaying at when you spray out of the bottle?
anthony61 What psi are you spaying at when you spray out of the bottle?
Testors thinner is for enamel paints and, as you discovered, is not compatible with TruColor paints. I use regular acetone for thinning - never been able to shoot it straight from the bottle and get a glass smooth finish - always needs thinning. For clean-up, I use the cheap hardware store brand laquer thinners. As for damaging the o-ring seals - I haven't changed mine in over twenty years ! I do a LOT of airbrushing and have always used either acetone or laquer based finishes.
Mark.
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As I understand it, Tru-Color paint is similar to the old SMP Accupaint, one of the nicest paints for airbrushing. I always used lacquer thinner with it for airbrushing, and about 25psi for my Paasche VL.
Wayne
Anthony61,
If the Tru-color paint ingredients contain isopropanol + glycol ethers...use denatured alcohol as a thinner. Tru-color is one paint I have not used, mainly because I don't purchase any paint that is air-brush ready...waste of money, In my opinion and I do a lot of air-brush work, not only Train model related.
I keep a 1 oz bottle filled with all purpose/temp lacquer thinner that I use to spray out of My Paasche H/VL when I'm done spraying a color and leave it connected until I'm ready to paint again, usually every couple of days and never had to replace the o-ring, since I had the units and they are 25+ yrs. old. I invested in quite a few caps and nozzle's 60 degree and 45 degree.....the H/VL are at different angles. I also spray a lot of metallic's, so You have to make sure You keep the brush clean, unless You want bits of metallic in Your flat paint.... and lacquer thinner has been doing a great job for Me.
Take Care!
Frank
zstripe Anthony61, If the Tru-color paint ingredients contain isopropanol + glycol ethers...use denatured alcohol as a thinner. ,,,, Frank
If the Tru-color paint ingredients contain isopropanol + glycol ethers...use denatured alcohol as a thinner. ,,,,
Alcohol will not work with TruColor paint. Sure you aren't thinking about True Line paint ? TruColor is acetone based (says so right on the label) and acetone doesn't interchange much with anything else, unlike other solvent based paints.
As for TruColor being air-brush ready, I have not found that myself. I usually thin it will acetone in a ratio of about 50:50 in order to lay down a smooth wet finish. The acetone flashes really quick (faster than laquer) and needs to be thinned more than normal for the overlapping passes to meld together.
Mark,
Yeah....I've never used it...so I didn't know what it contained, but if it contains acetone, lacquer thinner can be used...it also contains acetone, but not enough to quicken the drying time like using all acetone will. WOW! especially on metallic's.
I tried laquer thinners myself and it gummed up the paint. Others have claimed to have used laquer thinners with TruColor, but I didn't have any success with it. There are a lot of different laquer thinners out there, some may work, others not. With acetone costing no more than laquer thinners, I'm not taking any more chances.
Thr Tru-Color paint web site has a very thorough FAQ section that covers all of these issues, including info on the type of paint (acrylic solvent based), recommended clean up (acetone), recommended pressure (28-35 PSI) and compatibilty with other brands of paint (it's not).
http://trucolorpaint.com/about-us/faq/
If it were me, I would rely on the web site info for accurate advice.
Rich
Alton Junction
I have only used floquil for air brushing. How does it compare?
Jim
Soo Line fan Mark, I have only used floquil for air brushing. How does it compare?
Kinda like comparing finger paint to artist oils !
Can you tell I really like TruColor paint ?
Mark R. As for TruColor being air-brush ready, I have not found that myself. I usually thin it will acetone in a ratio of about 50:50 in order to lay down a smooth wet finish. The acetone flashes really quick (faster than laquer) and needs to be thinned more than normal for the overlapping passes to meld together. Mark.