X-22 Tamiya Clear

[rob1957]

 We have some X-22 Tamiya Clear , 1/3 oz. bottle . Wondering if we'll have to thin this out before we airbrush ?

 Will we see a difference using this as opposed to TS-13 Tamiya Clear aerosol ?

 Thanks.

 Robert.

[Can-Con]

I use it all the time when tinting my windows and almost every car or pickup I've built over the last couple decades has tinted windows.

Yes, you have to thin it for airbrushing as you would any other of their bottle paints. I just use cheap rubbing alcohol for mine but the proper thinner might give even better results. 

[niteowl7710]

Cut it 50/50 with Mr. Leveling Thinner. That goes for all of the X, XF, and LP lines of bottle paints.

 

[Dave G.]

A good thinner also is denatured alcohol, and as mentioned 50/50 or so depending on age. DNA gives a little more wet look finish than IPA. Both level nice if thinned right etc.......

[peteski]

Tamiya paints in little glass jars are kind of an oddity.  While they are low odor, and maybe even thinkable with water, they are alcohol-based.  However because they are alcohol-based not water-based, any thinner used for other hotter paints can also  be used (as shown in the posts above).

T suspect that better results using denatured alcohol are because it is pure alcohol (no water in it), while most Isopropyl Alcohols (IPAs)  modelers use are simple rubbing alcohols are 70% or 91% IPA and rest is water.  I suspect  that if 99% IPA was used, it woudl dry as shiny as when using denatured alcohol.  Also, Tamiya does sell a dedicated thinner for those paints (in a little larger glass jar). That should be the safest thinner for it.

The TS spray can pint is a much hotter lacquer paint which needs to be thinner with either Tamiya's Lacquer Thinner or a generic lacquer thinner.

[rob1957]

Thanks for replies. We have Tamiya thinner, so we'll use that .

 We airbrushed  a few test spoons with our colour , we'll spray them up and see what results we get .

Sunday night and we're getting walloped with a snow storm !!