How to Make Your Own Air brush Acrylic Paint Thinner | Cosplay Apprentice
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- Опубликовано: 18 фев 2020
- In this video I'll show you an awesome recipe I found for making your own Airbrush Paint Thinner so that you can save some money and easily thin down acrylic paints to use in your airbrush.
Here is the recipe:
175 ML Distilled Water
75 ML 91% Isopropyl Alcohol
15 drops of Glycerine
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If you don't have glycerin, you can use liquid dish washing detergent. Just a couple of drop to break the surface tension and allow the alcohol/water to mix.
you're a saviour bro
How much dish soap to how much water?
I'm pretty sure acrylic flow aid works too.
Do you know what kind liquid dish washing detergent I should use
Dawn
Thanks for the short and simple video just the answers I need
Great, straight to the point! Thanks gonna try it.
Thanks dude, i'll definitely try it.
Thank you, you saved me money for more paint!👍
Yes yes very useful great idea ❤
Aah, can't wait to try this out! Thank you!
Yay!! Happy to help!! :)
Hey thanks for sharing this. I have been learning from these videos so thank you for taking the time to make them!!!
Thanks for letting me know they are helpful!! I really appreciate it! :) I'll keep making them if you keep watching them and share them with people that they can help! :)
Súper clear and uncomplicated, you have a new subscriber, and thanks for sharing!
Yay!! Thank you so much! Welcome to the Apprenti-squad! :)
you're the first person to do a DIY acrylic paint thinner with no flow improver/medium as part of the recipe
isnt glycerin a flow improver though?
@@zbow1974 more retarder than improver...
Exactly
I'm a model railroader and have several colors of Vallejo water based weathering paint. Too thick from the bottle for my airbrush at low pressure. Your recipe is the bomb. Thanks very much.
You keep coming up with a solution for my every cosplay need! Thanks again for your efforts on our behalf!
Yay!!! I'm so glad!!! :)
Cant I use tap water?
@@DiakuKoi of course you can. Do it and never look back and you’ll never have any problems because of it.
Thin. Thanks for your help!
you are a legend thanks!
Thx …you helped all my air brush troubles.. I was missing water and dish soap in the mix …instead of thinner I used windex.
Thank you, I'm going to try this tonight... I'm in Madeira island, so options are very limited here (no airbrush inks and a long wait to get online deliveries) X
Thank you! Danke! Grazie! Köszönöm! This was one of the best tutorials in this subject. I made it without a problem at the first try. I didn't even have to Goldie Lock it! Here is the ratio I came up with.
Let's say we use kitchen measuring spoons.
1 spoonful of acrylic paint, 2 spoonful of thinner.
I was never able to airbrush this much without clogging and spitting.
Also, another youtuber suggested that first put a little water into the reservoir and spray it out, so you start with an already wet nozzle.
Perfect!!!!!!!! Yay!! So glad it worked so well! Good tip on the wet nozzle too!!
then the airbrush painting went fine? not too watery?
Thanks for the thinning tip. I just finished using it to thin some heavy body black colored acrylic artist paint so that I could mix it with some already thinned latex paint (which had a high acrylic content) of a light green color. It worked like a charm in giving me the slightly darker green I needed for the picture frame I had made.
So cool. Plus, it’s stuff I already have the stuff at home.
Yay! That makes it even easier to put together! :)
merci pour les video sa vas super bien THANKS YOU
De rien! :)
Thin...great video
Thanks!
Thin. Thanks from an airbrush newbie. Been trying other solutions for acrylics. Will mix some of this today.
Yay! Let me know how it goes. Mix it to the paint is the consistency of milk :)
Been using Mop n Glo floor cleaner. It also has glycol, alcohol and water in the list. Have the help of a champion taxidermist. His fish brought trophies all through N. America. So my learning curve has been shortened. Thanks again.
@@tbsomerville5798 Nice! That is awesome! It's great to have a guide to help decrease the learning curve! :)
I'm beyond stoked Dude! I'm tired of thinner for oil based enamels " not" working!
alcohol cleaning spirits like turps and iso etc. work for enamel
THIN, I've had an airbrush for a while but I am so scared to ruin it with acrylic paint since that's all I have so thank you for making this video, I cant wait to see the other upcoming airbrush videos
Yay! So glad it was helpful!! :)
Can I use acrylic gloss finish or should it be matte or satin finish? Im going to use it on a tumbler that I sand and prime really well and then finish with 2 part epoxy! Thanks again!!!!
WOW just had someone ask me to use my Air brush . I said no because I didn''t want it to ruin my only airbrush..... Thanks for the tip!
Yay! Glad it was helpful! :)
Thanks for the video, I liked it very much! I just ordered some liquid acrylics, two different brands that I know I will have to thin down to spray for the airbrush. I plan to airbrush t-shirts, hats, jean jackets, leather jackets, Etc. What I want to know is, how to make them very permanent, I don't want to risk selling someone any artwork that is going to wash out, please advise if you can, hopefully you will already have a video about this that I haven't found
Yay! I'm glad you liked the video! :). Unfortunately I haven't done much with painting clothing so I don't have a good answer for you on that. If you do find a solution please chat it here so we can help others that may have the same question. :)
chamkuli...you did it.. fantastic..
Yay!!! Thanks!!
Thin. Thanks!
have ou tried doing this for refillable spray cans (im thinking of the YouCan) you reckon it could work?
and also does it have to be distilled water can it be tap water?
I love the idea of using the YouCan thing! I need to try that out that would be amazing! :)
And this can work on tshirts without any blotting or soaking through ?
Thanks, it works for 3d printed models! This one saved me a lot of time, money and trouble :)
Just bought a starter airbrush set. I was trying to use directly %99 alcohol as a thinner as the guy who sold me the airbrush said, failed hard :)
Yay! So glad it was helpful!!!! :)
does straight rubbing alcohol not work??
Is there a video were you are using the mix so we can tell the difference of using this extender you discuss?
THIN because I have been itching to try airbrush
Yay! I'll try and make some more vids on airbrush stuff in the future! :)
This is brilliant! What ratio of home made thinner should I use for thinning acrylic paint?
Thin it a little at a time till the paint becomes a milk consistency.
@@CosplayApprentice Thanks for the info :)
Will it work with vallejo model color?
Can u use vegetable glycerin
Does this work for the water based paint ?! and what is the best color material for that ?!
Hi really good tips can you tell me are you using vegetable glycerin thanks chazz
Yes I believe most glycerins available on the market are vegetable based glycerins :)
I cannot find 91% isopropyl alcohol anywhere online in my country. would it be allright to use 99.9%? and if it's not, any tips on what I should thin it with?
You can buy the cheaper grade rubbing alcohol and use slightly less distilled water when diluting
Thank you for this tip!
All the other videos I watch use some toxic stuff to thin paint.
This is something I don't need a respirator to work with.
I need that airbrush cleaning video. Every time I get an airbrush I take it apart to clean it and can't put it back together. So I end up buying a new one...
I'm so glad it was helpful!! :). Yeah, the cleaner mixture video will be out tomorrow! :)
Thin 👌🏾💪🏾
Hello, thanks for this video.
Can I use Demineralized water instead of Distilled water ? Thanks
It's the same.
so much info online in forums and reddit basically stating: "no!!!! you cant us IPA to thin acrylic paint. It makes it gummy yada yada yada" then i see this wtf?! thank you for this video! :)
Will this work for Tamia model paints? I’m using it on model planes tanks boats etc. your input would be appreciated thank you
From what I've seen it should work just fine with Tamiya acrylic paints. I've even seen people thin Tamiya paints with just water so I would imagine this concoction would work well. :)
can this be used for as a substitute for hobby grade thinners and paints?
I am not sure, I haven't used hobby grade ones to compare
Thanks for the video, I'll have to try this! But when you say Distilled Water is 3 parts vs 1 part Isopropyl Alcohol, that puts it closer to 75% water vs the measured 70% water (175/250 mL).. so it's more precisely a 7/3 mix with approximately 0.75 mL or 15 drops Glycerin. Best!
Hahaha :) Thanks! Go with the actual mL measurments not my attempt at parts. I didn't do that well in chemistry class ;)
@@CosplayApprentice Lol, thanks. I just figured it might be useful if someone was to use a different container or whatnot. I just bought some "Createx" high performance stuff that gets a decent review, I'm going to compare the two. If this works well, I'm a fan of saving some money. Thanks again!
Try this thinner............ ruclips.net/video/e30WyB8KsB0/видео.html
Lol I thought I was tripping when I was calculating the math
@@michealkinney6205 what's the verdict?😉
hi, what is your firm airbrush gun? thank
I've been wondering if this is possible for quite a while, and afraid to "just experiment" for fear of ruining my airbrush.
Here's my question: I have a partial bottle of an "Anticeptic Hand Rub" and wonder if it would work? It's 80% alcohol, and has glycerin and water in it. (Plus hydrogen peroxide.) How much of those last three, it doesn't say however.
Is that a yes vegetable glycerin thanks chazz
thank you very much
why we use Glycerin?
can I use my regular spirit alcohol ? is it the same?
The glycerin helps break the surface tension to allow the water and alcohol to mix. I am not sure if any alcohol can be used or not. :)
Spirit alcohol (for stoves and stuff) has some additives that may have adverse effects. Stick with 99,9 isopropanol, that's the best.
Glycerin slows down drying time.
Did you use industrial glycerin in this video?
Ok, another question. With COVID I have only been able to find 70% iso, what ratio would I use for that?
I use 70 percent with this recipe. Don't need to change the ratios. Less alcohol makes drying time just a tad slower which I like.
Will vegetable glycerin work, do you know?
Cool stuff, quick Q: Will it work with 99% Isopropyl Alcohol?
thank you so much! would this work with 70% IPA?
It should work maybe just use a little less distilled water so that it is not as diluted.
Just change the proportions; 150ml distilled water to 100ml 70% Isopropyl Alcohol
Could I use this with water brushes?
May I ask the importance of the distilled water? I'd love to know!
Using distilled water instead of regular water helps prevent hard water or other water residues and potential sediments from damaging the air brush. :)
@@CosplayApprentice thanks so much! This is going to be my first time making air brush paint and using one. So I need the best information. Do you have any Playlists that has tips and tricks for using an airbrush?
Still *thin* after all these years 😁 I made a spreadsheet to calculate the proportions for different IPA concentrations; 150ml distilled water to 100ml of 70% isopropyl alcohol, or 181ml distilled water to 69ml (nice) for 99% isopropyl alcohol. Cheers for sharing this info, so useful
is it still use glycerin? and if it use, how about the proportion? is it still the same 15 drops?
Hey, one question...have you tried Arteza acrylic paint by any chance? and your comment if possible.
I haven't used Arteza acrylic paint before. I've heard of the brand before though.
So I just bought an airbrush this week as well as a bottle of Createx airbrush medium (going down the rabbit hole of youtube I saw something about it). Would I use the medium too, or is this basically replacing the use of it?
Great question, I think the Createx mediums can have multiple uses, they have ones that help make the airbrush paint more translucent, or have to have a certain finish, or things like that. They do have a thinner as well but I am not sure. This formula is specifically for thinning regular acrylic paints to be able to use them in your airbrush. :)
Nix
Watch out for that white because it will dry on the tip and spider your art.
Ok..i got this from the web
..use the createx reducer they sell at Hobby Lobby. Water works but I was getting tip dry really quick. So I made a change and YOU DON'T NEED MUCH..
DON'T USE "FANTASTIC BRAND" OR ONE THAT HAS AMMONIA. Ammonia is considered bad on the Chrome of air brushes, so most advise to NOT use any ammonia window cleaner. The rest of the "NON-ammonia window cleaners" are just ALCOHOL & water.
Nix, also get some plastic shot cups and mix the Createx and thinner,(to see what ratio YOU prefer. )(people who spray model cars with tamiya prefer 50/50 mix)
On t-shirts I have shot craft paint mixed with water BUT you got to strain the mixture or it WILL clump up on you.(had to spray a turquoise 54 chevy on a sweat shirt once.)
Not sure on the glycerin. I think it puts a shelf life of 2 or 3 days. Best thing I found for thinner is regular windex. The ammonia is really the key. And no shelf life on it. Im running createx and aqua flow. I mostly paint t-shirts. I have been thinning with it for many years now. Airbrush of choice is the iwata hbpcs. And the Vega 2000. Hope this helps.
Many airbrushes have brass components that are not okay with repeated contact with ammonia. Diluted ammonia-free windex is good for cleaning your airbrush though.
Furthermore you seriously don't want to spray ammonia around your room via an airbrush and breath it in! Vallejo uses Glycerin, so I guess you should be good to use it. Shelf life of a few drops of Gycerin mixed with pure alcohol and absolutely pure water? Come on.... You can't be serious.
@@jelly8594 been using Windex as a thinner for 15 plus years. No problems yet. Also use a sonicator with a Windex solution. No problems yet. Been airbrushing in public for almost 25 years. Only replaced 2 airbrush's in that time. Bout 15 of them went through a shop fire ... And are still going.
@@Dtag1971 I was not talking about your airbrush, but your health. When ammonia enters the body as a result of breathing, swallowing or skin contact, it reacts with water to produce ammonium hydroxide. This chemical is very corrosive and damages cells in the body on contact. Even the ammonia concentration is low in the window cleaner, doing it for decades can't be good. Period.
@@jelly8594 at the very small levels I'm using it. I don't believe it's a risk at all.
is alcol iso 99% also ok for this purpose? Thanks a lot.
Yes it should be fine, you may just need to use a little bit more distilled water thank I did in your mixture. :)
I saw a video of a guy mixing windshield wiper fluid on his acrylic paints instead of water. I am going to try your mix and the windshield wiper fluid and see which one is better.
Awesome!!! Let me know what you find out, I'm curious to hear the results :)
I use the wiper fluid as a cleaner, i read an article about how its basically the same thing as commerical airbrush cleaners (water methanol and detergents) no idea if it would work as a thinner though
@@Natejoel334 i use windshield washer for thining craft acylics and windex for cleaning but remember after flushing to spray air out to remove all of the windex i should try this mix some time
Looked for the video on thinning acrylic paint for use with an airbrush, but you haven't made it yet. I do have a question about DecoArts Metallic paint. If thinned to the correct consistency will this be okay to use in an airbrush? I don't know if it has metallic flecks in it, which I would think would be a problem for an airbrush.
ruclips.net/video/dDYweAJfuRQ/видео.html
@@CosplayApprentice At 3:04 you say, "to thin down your acrylic paint we'll do a more detailed video on that" in this video. Any info on using DecoArts Metallic Paint?
Oh gotcha, thanks for the reminder :) I forgot that we were going to do a video on that, I'll get that filmed :) You should be able to use metallic acrylic just fine. Just thin it till it is a milk-like consistency. :)
@@CosplayApprentice Thanks!
Is it ok to use surfactant instead of glycerin?
I add vegeatable glycerin ?
can i use with angelus color
I'm not familiar with that brand.
will 100% IPA work ? . cant seem to find any near where i am.
I think that might work, maybe just use a little bit less in the ratio to dilute it slightly.
Can I use the apple barrel with the airbrush?
THIN
Apple Barrel is the brand name right. I believe it is just acrylic paint right? If so you should be fine to thin it with this solution and work great in the airbrush :)
Perfect, just started paint brushing and working on figures. Your videos helped alot 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼
could i use retarder and flow improver as well? i was told by a friend but he has not been painting very long.
Do you happen to have ratios if i am using 99% IPA?
Thx for your sharing. Do you think your own made thinner also work with Vallejo acrylic paint? I read some articles and comments. They say that not to use alcohol to thin Vallejo paint. What companies of acrylic paints are you using?
I don't know enough about Vallejo paints to say. I've primarily used it with Liquitex, Plaid, and other generic craft acrylics.
Vallejo sells an airbrush thinner for their paints. It's a similar formula to the one in this video (20% alcohol, 79% water, 1% flow improver) so you will be fine.
I use windex to thin vallejo paint. 50% distilled water - 50% windex, then a few drops of glycerine. Works great, and way cheasper
@@Serpsor the 1% flow improver should be only Gycerin, yes?
@@jelly8594 probably, yeah. Not sure it's worth sourcing separately when you can buy 200mL bottles of it from Vallejo though
What is isopropyl alcohol used for? it is necessary?
It is necessary, it helps the paint dry quickly but also plays a major role in thinning.
Does the alcohol need to be 91 percent
Your other video brought me here to this one
and then what is the acrylic paint - thinning solution mixture ratio to put in the airbrush please?
Here is the video on how to get the right mixture :) ruclips.net/video/oDLMZYSv4Q4/видео.html
@@CosplayApprentice that helped thanks
Yay!! Perfect! :)
can you use anything else than glycerine like is there anything similar ?
You could try and look up other hygroscopic substances that are miscible in water and alcohol and that might work. The glycerin mostly help prevent the tip on your airbrush from drying out.
Some use oil ! Add egg yolks to make a mayonnaise.
What is the reason for glycerin? I've used about this ratio for thinning paints myself.without the glycerin.
From what I understand it helps the alcohol and water mix better without separating. And helps keep your airbrush tip from drying out :)
Thanks.
Happy to help! Thank you for watching!! :)
Slows down drying time
How many ml alcohol ? Please and thanks 😇
What is with the gear on your right hand? What is it for?
The thing on my hand has an LED light on the tip of my pointer finger and thumb, so that if I am working on something (painting etc..) what I am working on can be illuminated even if it is in shadow :)
I can’t seem to find 91% isopropyl alcohol here in Australia and Amazon and eBay want $260+ just for postage, would a higher or lower proof alcohol still work?
Just change the proportions; 150ml distilled water to 100ml 70% Isopropyl Alcohol
So..., with the current pandemic it seems to be impossible to find isopropyl alcohol. What can be used in its place?
Great question, I will try and look into that
I'm trying regeant alcohol
Let me know how it goes. :)
Just use 25% Fantastic cleaner and 75% water. This thins, cleans, acts like a flow improver, and helps prevent dry tip. ruclips.net/video/e30WyB8KsB0/видео.html
thank you so much! but you didn't mention how much ml alcohol you used sir..
Can someone link to the video about actually thinning acrylic?
how much VG for a 400ml bottle? 25 drops or so?
Hello, what kind of paints would you recommend for the textile? Could I just thinner for basic acrylic paints (water based) and use it without spending a lot of money?
Created has a textile bonding agent that is highly recommend and golden medium, just add it to the paint you have and follow the instructions
Three years later, still THIN!
Would like to know approximately how much thinner to paint. One DIY video says half and half....does that sound about right?
I'd say it ended up probably closer to 1/3 paint 2/3 thinner but mine was pretty thick to start so I would think 50-50 would be a pretty good place to start. :)
I have it all except for glycerin, you think it will still work?
I haven't tried it without. I think it helps break the surface tension and allows the alcohol and water to mix better and not separate as well has help prevent the airbrush tip from drying out. :)
@@CosplayApprentice so bad idea? I'm really just in the mood to paint so I'm willing to experiment.
Many people have asked me if they need the glycerin so if you are willing to experiment let me know how it goes, it would be good to know. :).
hello can't i used this for my fishing lure salt water
I am not sure, I don't know much about lures.
If you’re clear coating it after, it should be fine as the paints won’t be exposed to the water.
Due to this COVID mess I can’t find any 91% would another % work?
Totally get it. I am pretty sure you can use different percentages, just adjust the ratio of distilled water based on what you get. Example if you get higher % add more distilled water to dilute it down more. If lower % add less distilled water etc. Hope that helps, also in the comments here someone else mentioned that there is another type of product you can use, I can't remember the name of it but that might be an option as well :)
Thin. Would it be a different ratio with 99% IPA?
It is ok to 70 percent alcohol?
can we use boiled water instead of distilled water
No
Can I use olive oil instead of glycerin? I’ve already tried it, of course, and it seems to work. Any contraindications you can think of? Tia
Can this be used for brush painting?
I use it all the time to thin down acrylic paint just for brushing on with a paint brush and for doing an aging wash coat as well :)
Cosplay Apprentice thank you so much.
So by thinning paint with this it means the binders of paint won't be damaged?😮
Hey bud thanks for sharing due to the shortage of alcohol I can only find 70% alcohol cannot find any 93% does it really matter if you don't have 93% thank you for sharing
I think you can just adjust the ratio of distilled water to account for the lower % . So just use less distilled water in the mixture.
Thank so much for that info will try that tomorrow.
THIN!
Perfect!