almac Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 Afternoon all. I've got a question regarding gunze mr hobby aqueous acrylics. I went to use a bottle of RLM 76 which was 3/4 full and hadn't been used in about a year and the pigment seemed to have vanished no matter how much I stirred it. The liquid in the bottle was a milky white colour with no trace of the blue /grey I was expecting. I was wondering if this had happened to anyone else or if anyone has any ideas as to why this occured. Cheers Allan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M1ks Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 Re the aqeous I don't know,but...... I bought a Mr Hobby / Mr Color lacquer in Phantom Grey for an Airwolf build that never happened and that went a similar way when I checked it recently, sort of milky grey white, I gave it a shake and it looked similar still bearing in mind i'd opened it only once when I bought it to check the colour by daubing a bit on some scrap styrene. I opened the jar and gave it a very thorough stir and then recapped it and shook it for ages and it seems to have returned, almost like the pigments had been drawn to the middle of the jar rather than the bottom as you'd expect it to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rom1 Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 hi have you tried to stir it using an old brush? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colin Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 Get yourself a cheap battery coffee frother or (if you want to spend a little bit more) the Badge paint stirrer, these tend to bring most paints like that back to life 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janneman36 Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 8 minutes ago, colin said: Get yourself a cheap battery coffee frother or (if you want to spend a little bit more) the Badge paint stirrer, these tend to bring most paints like that back to life It works, definetely 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duncan B Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 Gunze make a 'rejuvenator' for the lacquer range https://www.air-craft.net/acatalog/Mr-Color-Replenishing-Agent-250ml-T-115.html#SID=3167 Duncan B 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azureglo Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 Re the paint stirrers, look here on this very forum, this Ikea device will probably rejuvenate your milky paint if anything can (it also reminds of the happy days the Our Glorious Leader used to take the time to personally insult me...too busy for that now I suppose). Using the lacquer replenisher on the aqueous paints can produce some amusing results as I found out when doing one of my "chemistry experiments", I have some interesting coloured balls of blu-tack like stuff... BTW I use nowt but Gunze (lacquer & aqueous) and pre -thin them like Mr Paint, here's what they look like before and after a vigorous shake, the milkiness is normal from what I can see. A 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
almac Posted October 6, 2017 Author Share Posted October 6, 2017 Thanks guys for your input I've bought a coffee frother thing from ebay so I'll try it out when it arrives. Cheers Allan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colin Posted October 6, 2017 Share Posted October 6, 2017 I took the spiral part at the end off mine and just left a L shape piece, makes clean up easier and still works fine. You want something that stirs the paint not froth it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
almac Posted October 9, 2017 Author Share Posted October 9, 2017 Thanks colin for you advice I got the gizmo in this morning so I'll give a go when I get time later this week. Cheers Allan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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