Model Forum / General / Railroads / February 2006

Sure,  can do it on the group, too.  I am confused (but it doesn't take
much) by the Liquitex dilution proportions you postred to me about two weeks
ago.

I picked up (bought) the Liquitex airbrush medium at a Michaels' store last
weekend.  I had a 50% off coupon from my local newspaper, which helped a
lot.   Michaels wanted $ 10.49 for a six ounce botte.   With the coupon I
got it for $ 5.25, which was a  lot more reasonable.

Anyway, in you initial message you wrote:

       "Get a two-ounce bottle with a tight-fitting lid (like the ones
Paasche make) and pour
the paint from one bottle into it after having thoroughly mixed it in its
original
container. Then pour the empty paint bottle about 1/2 - 3/4 full of the
airbrush
medium. Shake it vigorously until the rest of the paint is mixed and add
that to the
new bottle of paint.  Mix well and load the paint-cup of your airbrush with
the "new"
paint. once you have adjusted the nozzle and air pressure to give the
desired paint
discharge configuration you are ready to paint the models."

  My Badger bottles are 2 oz.  The scalecoat bottes of Polly Scale Tuscan I
have are one oz.

 I am reading your instructions as:

  1.  Pour contents of well shaken and mixed one oz. Polyscale paint jar
into empty two oz. aibrush jar.

  2.   Add 1/2 to 3/4 ounce Liquitex into newly emptied Polyscale jar and
again mix vigourously with paint scraps in Polyscale jar.

  3.  Pour Liquitex/ paint scraps mix from Polyscale jar into airbrush jar.

  4.  Mix again, vigorously.

  5.  Use paint / Liquitex mixture from 2 oz. airbrush jatr in paint cup or
whatever of airbrush.

   Am I reading your instructions correctly?

  TIA.