Paint Settling

[absolutrudy]

I find that when I mix my paint w/ water, flow improver, retarder, etc., that it separates fairly quickly. Is there a way to prevent this besides re-stirring it constantly.? Thanks.

 

[Ritual]

I don\'t have that problem if I stir the paint quite vigourously to begin with. I have noticed that retarder makes the paint separate more easily, but good stirring from the start takes care of that.

 

[Legacy Account]

I don\'t know, all this muck people stick in their nice paints...lol

 

[airhead]

Just out of couriosity, what paints are you using?

And what addmixes?

 

[absolutrudy]

paints

for these figs, I\'m using VGC Dead Flesh, and VMC Black.

I use primarily these two lines all the time.

 

[vincegamer]

Don\'t know, but I have that problem constantly with certain colors.

My solution is to have a stirring brush. I use a plastic brush to swirl around in the paint before drawing it out.

 

[Einion]

This is very likely to always be a problem with certain mixes, here the dead flesh probably contains Titanium White and an earth pigment (iron oxide) and the black might be a carbon black; being very different weights they have a natural tendency to sink or float accordingly. This happens all the time with any mix of dissimilar pigments when watered down a lot.

Some additives do seem to make the problem more pronounced.

Einion