Dry brushing tamiya paint problem

Tamiya paint alone dries too fast to be off any use for dry brushing. Try using artist's tube oil paints instead. Or if you really are set on drybrushing with Tamiya acrylics, add a little Grumbacher Acrylic Retarder (available at art supply stores) to your dry brushing mix. That will slow the drying time down enough to allow for dry brushing.

Lee

I agree with Lee regarding Tamiya not being suitable for acrylic dry brushing. I use PollyScale acrylic or the old Aeromaster acrylics.

Art

Thanks a lot for your help guys!

Patrick

Patrick:

I have a suggestion that you might want to look into if you are using a lot of acrylic paints. "Liquitex Low Viscosity Acrylic Airbrushing medium". While used mainly for thinning for airbrushing, it acts like a retarder and flow enhancer and might be useful for slowing drying when you want to dry brush. I got it at a Michael s Art & Crafts place. Works great for me when I wanted to do some airbrushing with some old Poly-S paints, which were formulated for hand brushing instead of airbrushing.

Bill Shuey

Thanks a lot for the tip.I have a Michael's right across the street at work, it will be easy to grab it.

Best regards

Patrick