Howto thin gunze sangyo paint?

Tools, Techniques, and Reference Materials Painting and airbrushing
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Dear friends,

I just a bought a bottle of Guanze Sanyo number 203 Florecent Orange Paint. The problem is I dont really know how to thin it. Normally I use tamiya but just wanted to give it a try on Guanze Sangyo. Furthermore the labeling is in either Chinese or Japanese which I have no idea. Hope you people can help me!

Thanks
RE9ZA

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Hello!
It’s Japanese, not Chinese.
Use Gunze Sangyo thinner. Is it aqeous or lacquer? I don’t know which type “number 203” is.

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Thanks, I’ve check on the internet and its lacquer. No wonder it smells funny…
J-Hulk thanks again!

Re9za

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If it is the acrylic colour I recommend their “leveling thinner” as it has an extender/retarder added to it. For their enamel use their standard thinner.

Also not sure as to which is is 203, if it is preceded by a H it is the acrylic one. Also the bottle top differs, acrylic has a flat cap similar to the Tamiya paints.

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As far as I know, Gunze Sangyo makes two types of paints: lacquer (actually acrylic lacquer) which is in the “Mr. Color” range, and aqueous or water-based acrylic, dubbed the “Hobby Color” range. If it smells really funny and you get that uppity kind of feeling [:)], plus no “H” prefixing the paint number, it’s probably lacquer. I’d get the Mr. Color thinner (either plain or the leveling kind) for that. Personally I just use ordinary household lacquer thinner and it works just as well.

If it’s aqueous, you can use Hobby Color thinner, Tamiya Acrylic thinner, or just plain water and/or rubbing alcohol.

Cheers,
onyan

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Thanks guy! And its lacquer. Bought the Guanze Thinner yesterday. But while airbrushing it seems that the paint dried to fast on the nozzle? I tried to lower my psi to 10 and its still the same. Its quite troublesome using Guanze lacquer compared to Tamiya arcylics.

re9za