Hi I bought some touch up paint and want to thin them down abit, does anyone know what thinners I need for Tahitian candy blue and the metallic silver base paint and clear coat. Thanks
Thinners is generally considered a universal solvent for paints, it's not an exact chemical but a mixture that's designed to work with most quick drying paints. That's DRYING not curing, two part paints like epoxy, urethane or acrylics based stuff is when you really need MEK. But general touch up paint lacquer thinner will work. MEK just works a tad bit better, MEK substitute most likely ethyl acetate just doesn't work right and lacquer thinner most likely will work better.
Most automotive touch up paints are cellulose based paint, it's pretty easy to pick up cellulose thinners they even sell it in halfords. The above mentioned two part or 2k paints cure and harden after certain time due to chemical make up and reaction just like epoxy 2 part glues/fibreglass and such do, that would mean the paint inside your touch up bottle would harden most likely before you had a chance to use it if it contained 2k. Why are you wanting to thin it down anyway? Airbrush??? Candy colours are a pain in the a55 to touch in right even when correct mixes are used due to its transparency in first place and each additional layer add to the final colour. This would most likely mean having to add additional layers of thinned down colour to give desired effect and colour match.
Thank so for the replies, yes I'm thinking of airbrushing it on. I tried touching it up and made it worse couldn't get a constant shade. Thee were only a few marks but now I made it bigger. I will spend some time trying to air brush it on if that doesn't look good enough then will have to get some tail sliders to cover it lol
I recently repaired a scuff on the tail unit using base and clear touch up paint ot a cnady colour though. First thing you need to establish is what colour undercoat has beeen used as this will affect the colour of the finished repair. When you flat back around the damaged area you'll find the undercoat which in general will be white or grey. Once you filled to repair any damage spray the undercoat with an overlap to allow you to blend. Then I diluted the touch up paint with 2k fast thinners, settled on 2 part paint to 1 part thinners which sprayed nicely with an airbrush. Then lightly denibbed and blended repair in to the tail unit with 2K clear coat. Finally blended edges of the clear coat with some cuting compound and ended up with an invisible repair. Best advice is to try this method on an old scrap peice of material, I used an aerosol cap, sounds harder than it is but once you crack the technique the world's your lobster.
Thanks for that info, i will get some scrap from work to practice on once my airbrush comes. Still waiting Lol
