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Mixing oil paints with enamels
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Greece / Ελλάδα
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Posted: Friday, May 10, 2002 - 09:59 PM UTC
Hi there!

I wanted to know if mixing oil varnish with enamel paint(ex. raw sienna) can produce the coresponding oil paint(ex. raw sienna). Has enyone tried that? Can it be fisible?
Arthur
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Posted: Saturday, May 11, 2002 - 04:03 AM UTC
Bax....I think your medium just might separate
Cheers
Arthur
Posted: Sunday, May 12, 2002 - 03:50 AM UTC
modelmaster ll had a great raw sienna :-)
AndersHeintz
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Posted: Sunday, May 12, 2002 - 12:48 PM UTC
Im not sure I understand your question, but you can indeed mix enamels with oil colors. Ive done it with Humbrol enamels and oils and it worked out great!
drewgimpy
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Posted: Tuesday, May 14, 2002 - 11:07 AM UTC
how would they work with acrylics, seams like it should work to me. I thought about trying it to make a metalic colors.
AndersHeintz
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Posted: Tuesday, May 14, 2002 - 12:42 PM UTC
Andrew,

Acrylics and oils DONT mix well at all!! Maybe metallics are different but I dont think so.
drewgimpy
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Posted: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 - 06:18 PM UTC
Thanks for the heads up. I was going to try it out soon so you saved me some time and paint. Now that I think about it I guess you would need a thinner based paint not water to cut the oils. Thanks again for saving me another mistake.
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