by Zaggy » Mon Feb 03, 2014 12:23 am
I used to thin in the Jar too, but I have found that in the case of LifeColor (Because getting Gunze is almost impossible) this does weird things to the paint - ie, the first shot will be fine, but come back and use that same colour a week or three later (despite all the shaking and mixing you can do) it wont shoot near as clean (spits and spatter).
As for moving paint and thinners around, the great eBay gods provided me with something like 200 7ml plastic Pipettes for about $5 - them chinese; they cant make an accurate model kit, but they can sure knock stuff out cheap! Depending on how you treat them and clean them (and if you're shooting Acrylic or Lacquer, then cleaning with Acetone), they may last a half dozen uses (Alclad and Alclad Airbrusg Cleaner or Acetone) or they may just keep on going (LifeColor, Tamiya, Gunze, if you clean with a little thinner or metho, then flush with water)...
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