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Mr Metal Color: how to thin/clean brushes?


Seahawk

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A while back i bought some Mr Metal metallic paints (211, 213, 214 and 218) because someone said (I expect on this website) that they gave the best metallic finishes they had ever achieved with brushpainting.  I have never used them because I don't know what to thin them with and what to clean brushes with afterwards.  Can someone please advise? 

 

Any other tips on applying Mr Metal by brush would of course also be appreciated eg do surfaces need to be primed first?

 

Thanks in advance.

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I use these regularly especially 214 dark iron. I always prime then brush on (its very thin) The paint dries in about 10 mins and can be buffed with cotton bud or similar. Clean up is ordinary lacquer/ cellulose thinner. take a look here where I used it to detail these etch afterburner rings/exhausts

 

 

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I use B & Q brush restorer for cleaning my brushes now. I use a two pot system. The brush restorer [green fluid] takes out the Mr Metals nicely

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