Tamiya acrylic thinner mixed with GSI?

LuiS_42 · Post by **LuiS_42** » Wed Nov 09, 2005 5:27 am

i know it's a stupid question but has anyone had success using Tamiya acrylic thinner together with Gunze-Sangyo Acrylic paints? the reason i ask this is when i bought some GSI paints the store owner told me to use "just water" to thin the GSI paint..

Kylwell · Post by **Kylwell** » Wed Nov 09, 2005 10:21 am

Yes and it worked fine.

There's a long standing rumor that Tamiya & Gunze paints are the same, or at least manufactured by the same company.

I've tried using "just water" to thin acylic paints and ended up with a curdled mess. Works fine with acrylic craft paints, not so well with acrylic model paints.

LuiS_42 · Post by **LuiS_42** » Thu Nov 10, 2005 8:24 am

Thanks for the info Kylwell

but i asked the same question in another forum and ,wel one guy said it doesn't work(he said the paint comes on too thick..) have you done this technique for a long time? i mean you can mix tamiya acrylics with GSI acrylics to get a custom color right? Then i guess thinning it with tamiya thinner "should" work..

Kylwell · Post by **Kylwell** » Thu Nov 10, 2005 9:48 am

Haven't mixed he two paints (yet) but I thin all my Gunze with Tamiya thinner. Gunze tends to be a wee bit thicker than Tamiya out of the bottle so it simply gets more thinner.

Make sense?

Jonas Calhoun · Post by **Jonas Calhoun** » Fri Nov 11, 2005 3:34 pm

And I do just the opposite...thin Tamiya paint with GSI thinner.

As far as I can tell, there isn't much difference. The GSI was just cheaper at the time.

Dan