Spraying PolyScale acrylics

windshield washer fluid works for me. don't worry about the blue, it has no affect.

on 6/1/2009 2:24 PM (ET) David Young wrote the following:

I've used alcohol. The 91% Isopropyl kind bought in a drugstore.

I have the same problem with the stuff drying in my airbrush. Many local guys do use acrylics- they say to thin with washer fluid, always use retarder. I have not tried yet- chicken- I still am sticking with enamel.

Ok, well I'll give both windshield washer fluid and alcohol a try, and will also use a retarder. Spraying enamels is out of the question for me, so PolyScale is my only choice here unless I buy online.

Thanks very much for the help.

-- david

I've used the Testors Acryl thinner with no problems. I always recommend using the brand the paint maker says to use for thinning. It may be expensive but you never use all that much. Clean-up, on the other hand, can be done with any cheap rot gut solvent.

KL

And now, of course, it's all academic. My local source for PolyScale (Hobby Masters) has disappeared, shut down, closed, whatever. Went out there yesterday to restock and... gone. There are now zero (0) hobby shops in my area.

What the bloody hell is wrong with folks these days? Modeling is a wonderful hobby; I loved it as a young boy and I love it now. So very sad...

-- david