cheap acrylic thinner

[rsstoned]

hi all ive seen this question asked a millon times on other forums but not really about craft paints.. im playing about with anitas cheap craft paints at the moment as i just cant justify using anything expensive at the time being duely because im shit at painting drawing and art in general lol.. at least i can mess up as much paper and paint as i like and bin it after lol..when i improve i will undoubtibly use higher quaility paints but for now this should suffice.. what i want to know is whats a good thinner..ive seen windex an future mentioned but as im in uk this means nothing also ive heard of denatured achole aint got a clue did a search and came up with metholated sprite. what is a good cheap thinner that i can use and get in the uk..cheers for any help..

[Clinton]

You should really learn to spray with good paint IMO, it will not clog your brush and tip dry nearly as bad as the craft paint. You will use so little either way I don't see how your going to worry about the $$. If you want to use the cheap stuff you can thin it distilled water, just remember it wont stick to much besides paper though. If you want something that will be great to spray right out of the bottle and wont give you near the problems of the cheap stuff buy a bottle of Golden air brush paint or FW acrylic ink or the Magic Color Acrylic. You can get any of it here I belive. http://www.artifolk.co.uk/catalog/products/airbrush_accessories/magicolor_liquid_acrylic_ink_28ml_bottles.htm

If you want some help on you side of the pond you could contact Aerart, he's on the forum just do a search.

[Whit]

just a tad of "Vinegar" in that water will act
as a retarder for your acrylics to avoid a
little of the tipdry situation they have !!!

[Clinton]

So will a bit of White Rum, but it's not just the tip dry. It's the fact that craft paints are not manufactured the same way as the good or "real" air brushing acrylics. They are not ground near as fine so they clog the brush spit and dry in the tip, trust me it's well worth the time and extra litle bit of $$ to get some good paint to learn with. If your just starting the last thing you need to throw into the equation is how to properly thin your paint and how to fight tip dry, focus on the control of the brush and spray some real paint.

[rsstoned]

uuuuuuum thanks for the advice..clinton an whit ... im only using plain old paper at the moment and belive me when i say i make a mess lol.. think i will take advice where paint is concered..is that any piticular vingner white brown and what ratio please whitt..figure i might as well finish the craft paints off as i have them besides will be goodpractice for how to deal with tip dry ect lol..thanks guys

[Frog]

Vinegar !!!!!! realy. Gonna try that toniight the heat and dry air here drives me mad, my paint behaves diferently day to day.