[WTA] How to revive old GW paint

Hi All,

I've googled a few sites for the above matter but none seem conclusive. This method of using matte medium seems convincing, but I'm looking to see how you pros do it any helpful tips to part?

Dude... you are experimenting alot of exciting hobby stuff =)

I've tried adding water, it doesn't go far for my pot of comando Khaki...maybe I should try getting one of those matte medium too.. thanks for sharing the helpful link!

Hehe no choice man, I got 8-9 bottles getting mucky and all so I gotta do something quick!

Now where to find those matte medium solutions...?

kahjin wrote:

Hehe no choice man, I got 8-9 bottles getting mucky and all so I gotta do something quick!

Now where to find those matte medium solutions...?

I believe you can try your luck at The Garden's (mid valley) Art Friend.. they carry quite a lot of stuff... or any local friendly art store that carry paint

http://hazelong.com/blog/2011/11/18/list-art-supply-stores-klang-valley/
done a quick google and this blog post seems to list out quite alot of art shop around the town, you might want to google the phone number and call em up before you visit to prevent wasted trip

limp83 wrote:

kahjin wrote:

Hehe no choice man, I got 8-9 bottles getting mucky and all so I gotta do something quick!

Now where to find those matte medium solutions...?

I believe you can try your luck at The Garden's (mid valley) Art Friend.. they carry quite a lot of stuff... or any local friendly art store that carry paint

http://hazelong.com/blog/2011/11/18/list-art-supply-stores-klang-valley/
done a quick google and this blog post seems to list out quite alot of art shop around the town, you might want to google the phone number and call em up before you visit to prevent wasted trip

Thanks for the info dude! Just called Art Friend and they'ven got some

Will input my feedback of the outcome *fingers crossed*

1 drop of pure glycerine will also work..
but if you put more than that, then your paint will never dry..

Vuel wrote:

1 drop of pure glycerine will also work..
but if you put more than that, then your paint will never dry..

Thanks for the tip Vuel, don't think I've come across anything like that until you mentioned it. That's one heckuva retarder!

kahjin wrote:

limp83 wrote:

kahjin wrote:

Hehe no choice man, I got 8-9 bottles getting mucky and all so I gotta do something quick!

Now where to find those matte medium solutions...?

I believe you can try your luck at The Garden's (mid valley) Art Friend.. they carry quite a lot of stuff... or any local friendly art store that carry paint

http://hazelong.com/blog/2011/11/18/list-art-supply-stores-klang-valley/
done a quick google and this blog post seems to list out quite alot of art shop around the town, you might want to google the phone number and call em up before you visit to prevent wasted trip

Thanks for the info dude! Just called Art Friend and they'ven got some

Will input my feedback of the outcome *fingers crossed*

Ok so I got myself a Daler-Rowney Matt Medium 75ml at RM16 earlier at Art Friend. Man that place seriously has everything lah, even diorama stuff that's cheaper than GW products!



Meantime here's a short pictorial of the experiment (excuse the pic quality, the iPhone fails at low light conditions):

1. The chaos black before, note the gunk in the pot.



2. Application of the matt medium, pumped about 3ml in total.



3. After giving it a good mix for about a minute or two, muckiness begone! Less tension observed towards the end of the grind.



Overall I'm pretty satisfied with the end result, when compared to just adding drops of water into the pot. With the matt medium applied, the black pigment seem to hold up much better on the mini.

I've yet to try this on metallics, but will post a feedback when I go about it.

Meantime HTH!

I bought some Daler Rowney Low Odour Thinner (for Acrylics) from the same shop. Not sure if I used too much, as it didn't work on my GW paints...

T.Hijiri wrote:

I bought some Daler Rowney Low Odour Thinner (for Acrylics) from the same shop. Not sure if I used too much, as it didn't work on my GW paints...

Hmm bro I don't think the thinner would work.

BTW I tried to revive my metallics (tin bitz) in matte medium but it didn't produce the expected results. The bling looked to have diminished after I was done mixing.

GW sells something called Lahmian Medium which is basically paint without the colour pigment. This stuff is great for mixing when a good degree of control is required. Not as random as using water.

GW paints are WATER BASED acrylics so you shouldn't use mineral oils like turpentine or such to dillute it. Stuff that is made to dilute acrylic paints should be good to go also.