Thin coats & slower dry paints?
Other Forums: Action Figure Chatter, Figure Realm Comments and Questions, Identify Help, Off Topic, Trading Post

Thin coats & slower dry paints?

Posted in Custom Workstation

Some paints that have nice color and excellent coverage.

1. But dry too fast.
Like dry to the brush fast. (10 min)

Should I add water to brush..
Or a thinner/retardant to the paint?

2.recommend any paints that apply in thin layers? (Cost effective)

Posted by Spartan-023
on Wednesday, March 15, 2017
User Comments
avatar
Spartan-023 -
Thursday, March 16, 2017
The problem I have with fast drying are the brush marks.

old paints, thinners may be partially evaporated.

Going to damp the brush, and use less paint per "dip".
avatar
Henchmen4Hire -
Wednesday, March 15, 2017
I just keep my brush damp (not wet) when painting with a little medicine cup of water. I paint, and before the paint starts to dry and get grainy I slush it around in the water to get rid of it. Then just dry most of it with a paper towel so it stays damp and keep painting.



If it takes 10 minutes for the paint to dry on the brush, that's amazing, I'd love paint like that so I don't have to wash it so often lol

Most of the problems people have are with their painting technique, not the paint itself. Unfortunately it's hard to explain what to do with words.

Some paints are really thick and need thinning but if you're using the usual hobby paints then there shouldn't be a problem. Also you can try a light spray of primer on the figure so the paint will grip it better and show less brush marks.
Write a new Comment
New Comment...
biggrin  smile  sad  surprised  confused  cool  badgrin  mad  razz  redface  cry  evil  rolleyes  wink  eusa_angel  eusa_boohoo  eusa_clap  eusa_dance  eusa_doh  eusa_drool  eusa_eh  eusa_hand  eusa_liar  eusa_naughty  eusa_pray  eusa_shhh  eusa_shifty  eusa_sick  eusa_silenced  eusa_snooty  eusa_think  eusa_wall  eusa_whistle   Pictures & Links

 
Spider Man on eBay