Tru-Color paint question

[Chris333]

I have airbrushed Dullcote straight from the bottle, no thinner. It is a lot flatter than their spray can. I used it on the rock work for my small HOn30 layout. No matter what I did the rocks were shiny, the glass bottle Dullcote sprayed on worked better than anything I've ever used.

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[robert3985]

...That paint (Tru-Color Paint) is a type of a lacquer and uses organic (smelly) type of solvent.  it will handle pretty much anything over it.

To be more specific than Peter's description of Tru-Color Paint's solvent as "...organic (smelly)..." here is the formulation:

40% M.E.K.
35% Acetone
12% 1-Propanol
13% Diacetone Alcohol

Tru-Color Paint's official description of their paint is that it's a "solvent based acrylic" and does not "cure", but dries.

Those who may be interested in mixing up their own Tru-Color Paint thinner can use this formulation:

45% M.E.K.
40% Acetone
15% Isopropanol (91% or 99% Methyl Alcohol)

Both 1-Propanol and Diacetone Alcohol are not easy for non-industrial-small-quantity users to get and 91%/99% Isopropanol seems to work just fine as a substitute for these ingredients.

Use at your own risk, but my experience is that it works very well for both plastic and metal surfaces.

For cleanup I use straight Acetone, which works great for this purpose.

Cheerio!
Bob Gilmore