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Author Topic: Dilution of artist acrylic for washe?  (Read 1148 times)

Offline 6milPhil

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Dilution of artist acrylic for washe?
« on: April 12, 2017, 02:16:57 PM »
Allo All,

I need to do a wash over my boards, and rather than spend an arm and a leg on a gazillion tiny pots of wash like I use on minis, and in 6mil those go a looooooooong way, I've bought some artist acrylic in a tube, Burnt Umber, but not sure about the dilution I should use. Any suggestions?

Cheers in anticipation...


Offline Ahistorian

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Re: Dilution of artist acrylic for washe?
« Reply #1 on: April 12, 2017, 02:22:28 PM »
I think mine is about 1:5 or 1:6, mixed with Klear.

Offline 6milPhil

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Re: Dilution of artist acrylic for washe?
« Reply #2 on: April 12, 2017, 03:05:39 PM »
I assume that's just a few drops of Klear to break the surface tension?

Offline SteveBurt

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Re: Dilution of artist acrylic for washe?
« Reply #3 on: April 12, 2017, 03:48:44 PM »
Or you can use Acrylic Flow Improver, which has much the same effect - reduces surface tension.

Offline 6milPhil

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Re: Dilution of artist acrylic for washe?
« Reply #4 on: April 13, 2017, 09:41:36 AM »
Excellent, thanks.

Offline Ahistorian

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Re: Dilution of artist acrylic for washe?
« Reply #5 on: April 13, 2017, 02:25:45 PM »
I assume that's just a few drops of Klear to break the surface tension?

Actually, I use no water - just magical, magical Klear (you need to get the right sort though). That way it doubles up as half a coat of varnish.

Offline Fitz

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Re: Dilution of artist acrylic for washe?
« Reply #6 on: April 14, 2017, 01:44:49 AM »
This is a bit of a tangent, but only a bit.

I saw a guy on YouTube who made large (huge, really) quantities of wash for use on terrain by using cheap water-based decking stain, diluted with plain water and using a squirt of plain old dishwashing detergent as a flow agent.

He was buying 10 litre buckets of the stain for just a few pounds at a British chain we don't have here in the Antipodes; as he said, one bucket would provide him with more wash than he could foresee using in a lifetime. In the video he was dipping complete GW plastic Gothic ruins into the mix, rather than brushing it on. Like I said, huge quantities.

Offline Predatorpt

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Re: Dilution of artist acrylic for washe?
« Reply #7 on: April 14, 2017, 01:40:01 PM »
This is a bit of a tangent, but only a bit.

I saw a guy on YouTube who made large (huge, really) quantities of wash for use on terrain by using cheap water-based decking stain, diluted with plain water and using a squirt of plain old dishwashing detergent as a flow agent.

He was buying 10 litre buckets of the stain for just a few pounds at a British chain we don't have here in the Antipodes; as he said, one bucket would provide him with more wash than he could foresee using in a lifetime. In the video he was dipping complete GW plastic Gothic ruins into the mix, rather than brushing it on. Like I said, huge quantities.

Was it Luke? 15 liters for £3 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlYWHanxAug

There's also this tutorial, using acrylic paints and diluting it like Ahistorian does: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWtkHijibKU

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Re: Dilution of artist acrylic for washe?
« Reply #8 on: April 15, 2017, 07:03:54 AM »

 

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