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Mixing and/or reducing paints
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09/30/16 02:03 PM
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Bois d'arc
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Question: When mixing and/or reducing paints do you use a pipette or mixing cup of some kind to do the actual mixing and then pour the results into your airbrush cup or do you mix everything straight in the airbrush cup?
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Re: Mixing and/or reducing paints
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09/30/16 03:10 PM
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swalker9513
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I have separate plastic bottles that I mix in. I don't really mix colors though, so it's really just adding reducer. I have a watercolor background, so I'm comfortable just building up transparent paint as I paint to get the color I'm after. That's certainly not the way to go if you are trying to duplicate a particular color over and over again, but I don't worry about it.
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Re: Mixing and/or reducing paints
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10/01/16 04:37 PM
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Bradshuflin aka hunter'sdad
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i mix/reduce paint in a small cup, i buy mine from walmart i think they call them bathroom cups they are like 4oz which is way to big, but the price is the best i have found on anything local like 1.88 per 100 i believe.
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Re: Mixing and/or reducing paints
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10/07/16 01:23 PM
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Bois d'arc
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A few custom color mixes I found online...
*Use an eyedropper to measure the amount of each color*
Bone White Base -16 Opaque White 7 drops Opaque Yellow 1 drop *Dip a stir stick into Satin Gold and stir in well*
Chartreuse Base -26 Opaque Yellow -24 Opaque Green -1 Opaque White 1
Green Pumpkin Base -8 Leaf Green 3 Light Brown 1
Burnt Sienna Base -6 Raw Sienna 4 Orange 1 Burnt Umber 1
* T=transparent O=opaque *
Light Grey: T med grey (4), T white (7) , T base (6) reduce (as needed)
Tan: T white (4), T dk brown (1), T base (5), reduce
Dark Brown: T dk brown(1), T base (1), reduce
Olive: T canary yellow (30), T deep blue (1), T dk brown (3)
Green Pumpkin: T dk brown (5), T leaf green (20), P(earl) lime green (2)
Cream: O(paque) white (7), O yellow (1)
Craw Orange: O yellow (10), T red (1)
Rust Brown: T dk brown (8 ), T red (5), T white (1)
Calico Grey: O white (20), T deep blue (3), T gray: (5)
Chartreuse: pour a few drops of yellow in a mixing cup use a toothpick and add blue, stir well. To darken, dip & stir with blue.
Antifreeze: leaf green & golden yellow 6 to 1to lighten add more green. Or fluorescent yellow and brite blue
Pearl Chartreuse: Pearl Lime Green and Yellow
Pewter: silver mixed with a little gray/black
Green Pumpkin/ Watermelon : 1 extremely small drop of Ultramarine4 drops of Yellow6 drops of Caribbean Blue
Green Pumpkin: Leaf Green 3: Lt Brown 1
Flo Red Craw: Flo Red 3: Opaque Red 1
Pearltreuse: Flo Chart 4: Pearl White 1
Pearl Green: Pthalo Green 2: Pearl Copper 3: Pearl White 1: Leaf Green ..
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