OK, so I went to Michael’s today and was thinking of picking up some oils to do some washes. Then I realized I have no idea what I am looking for. What type or brands do you guys use? I am look for stuff for some aircraft and also tanks.
The best oils IMHO are the Winsor & Newton brand. Close second & a little less expensive are the Grumbacher brand. For washes, the Grumbacher will work well, but I prefer Winsor & Newton for figure painting.
Regards, Rick
What do you thin them with? I have never used them before.
For washes, I use Mineral Spirits.
Regards, Rick
Got some Grumbaucher brand and it says on the front that it is water mixable. Does that mean that I can thin with water? Also, is there a how to somewhere on how to do a wash on Armor? I am building my first tank and just need a little help.
The water mixable oils you can thin with water. I like to add a little bit of dish soap to break the surface tension if I’m going to be using it for washes. I prefer the water soluable for a lot of things, but I use both standard and water soluable oils.
You’ll want the surface of your model to be fairly glossy before you lay down a wash. do you don’t get “tide marks” where the pigment stops spreading on the flat paint and leaves a high water mark.
Mix up a batch that looks about like coffee, then just apply it to all the recesses and inside corners and basically everywhere. After it’s mosty dry, you can take a q-tip dampened, and I do mean dampened, not wet with Windex (if you’re using watersoluables) or mineral spirits (for standard oils) and gently wipe off any excess. The gloss coat will help with that as well. Once it’s dry, lay down the flat coat of your choice.
Hope that helped some.
I picked up a bottle of Grumbacher odorless thinner just by chance. It seems to have a drying acceleration effect that I can’t explain but I like it.