Paint Thinner for Enamel Paints

By A Mystery Man Writer

Description

While at this year's National Contest and Convention, Jeff Johnston of MMD-Squadron was kind enough to provide several sample sizes of this new product. As implied in the name, the thinner is designed to work with all brands and types of enamel paints. While my paint collection isn't extensive enough to prove this, I did try the product with several brands of paint (Testor's traditional ¼ oz bottle, their 1 oz Model Master, and an old Humbrol tin). The instructions state to mix a 3 part paint/2 part thinner ratio for gloss colors, and 3/1 for flats. I tried these ratios for airbrushing and found them to work great. I typically use Testor's Lacquer Thinner (black can) for much of my enamel and lacquer spraying. The Squadron product dries a little slower, which may help to level out the paint layers a bit more – or the airbrush gods were smiling on me the day I tried it out. Who can say .

Testors Enamel Paint Open Stock .25oz-thinner

Enamel Thinner - Neo Paints

These thinners are great for thinning enamel paint for use with or without an airbrush. They also make a good brush cleaner. All can be used to thin Testors, Model Master and Floquil enamel paints, however, the Enamel Airbrushing Thinners are specifically formulated to work well with the Model Master line of enamel paints.