What do I add to enamels that makes them cure alot faster?
I remember once reading someones answer in the mag…but I can’t find that issue right now…[:|]
Thanks.
Japan Drier?
Here ya go:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_drying_agent
http://www.sherwin-williams.com/home-builders/products/catalog/japan-drier/
If it’s not an improper agent for your application, I believe enamel sets up faster when thinned by lacquer reducer. But LT being more agrressive than ET, it could attack something not compatible when the combination is sprayed over something else. Testing prior would be advised, but that combination has worked well for me, these many years.
I’ve seen & used Humbrol Enamels thinned for spraying with Automotive Lecquer/Cellulose.
That worked, & dries very very quickly.
CAVEATS: always, always mix in a jar outside the airbrush, in case your materiels turn into sticky goop!
Since this is outside the Mfrs recommendations, so ‘own risk’ etc., & make sure you have a VoC filtered facemask & plenty of ventilation.
I stopped using enamels indoors because of the smell, & only use rattlecan primers outdoors, so nowadays my ‘soup-de-jour’ is Vallejo Polyurethane primer cut with Future, but that’s a whols different recipe!
Oil paints and enamels are not quite the same thing, so a drying agent for oils may not work as well on enamels.
I have had mixed results using lacquer thinner with Testors enamels- most of the time it works, but not always. Sometimes I get some curdling.
Heat is a good accelerator.
I concur with Patrick. I have used lacquer with enamels and the paint dries much faster. It cuts the paint nicely too.