dude, i was searching for a way to use lacquer and use it with a paintbrush. this video idea is just genius

Yesss! I’ve been waiting for this video!! I have a ton of Mr. Hobby and was wondering how you used em! Thanks Rex!

That was useful and informative! Thanks!

That red on the black spoon is gorgeous

You're videos are awesome. As a beginner, you thoroughly explain and show exactly every step. The hobby can be very challenging as a beginner and you make it easy to follow along. I have watched numerous videos but yours it the clearest and simplest. Thank you !!

Thank you Sir! Great demo, and thank you for showing how to clean too!!

This is the video I needed! I bought a variety of Mr. Hobby and Mr. Color paints a while ago and didn't know the difference between all the types of paints and thinners. This is a huge help, thank you!

Great stuff as always Rex!

Thanks for this. I've airbrushed acrylics for a while -am used to doing the drying technique, so useful to see how much you can load up lacquers. Haven't tried the Mr Hobby lacquers yet, but have used their aqueous line and it's very good

Thanks. I have been building models for over forty years and using a lot if Tamiya paints for hand brushing. I only recently started thing them. I will give Mr. Color a try. I really like thining the clear red and orange.

Thank you for all your tutorials that you do for every body, I'm a beginner at all this and you have made it easy to understand how and what to do. I wish that all these big hobby paint companies would support your videos with some sponsorship and free paint and consumables as it's not fair that you are paying for all their free advertising out of your own pocket. Again thank you for all your knowledge that you share, Cheers from down under and looking forward on seeing more of your videos........Thankyou

You and Phil Flory(Flory Models) have the best comparison and review videos on KZfaq when it comes to these product guides. Subscribed. Cheers from Oz.👍🏻 These Mr Color paints are the best I have ever used. Can thin them up to 70-80% and spray all day. Beautiful thin coats build up the colour in no time. I find I hardy ever get over 10-15 PSI, so easy to control.

Great paints by Mr Color. Great video as usual. Thanks so much for these tutorials. Thank for showing how to clean in between paints.

Great tip for the cleaning, I have the same airbrush but never knew about that technique.

Hello I use Mr color all the time on my kits, the range of colours,, the look, shine are so awesome and so deep I am also very please with the whole range, thank you for showing them in all there great glory. 🤘

Always such helpful and informative videos thank you very much!

I love these videos. You are doing a great service to the community. One thing I would say about brushing is you do want it to be thin but not as thin as air brushing and it is not a 'brushing' motion you want to use but rather a stippling motion and you don't want to re-break the surface by going over an area you just did. You can avoid all brush marks but the sheen will likely look a little different as the paint takes longer to settle. Same principals as you described with the metal. Lincoln Wright @ PaintOnPlastic has an awesome tutorial on hand brushing lacquers on his page. The dude is a hand painting god.

Great video, thanks for taking the time. Very interesting about the rapid thinner for metallics, going to have to check this out, been using MLT for everything and I think this will help a lot for improving metallics. A few tips, a nappy (diaper) bin is great for disposal of kitchen roll / waste when spraying lacquers, they are designed to keep the smell of shit at bay so work well for keeping the smell of lacquer thinners contained. Lint free or low lint wipes for cleaning the airbrush bowl, it stops paper/dust particles being left in the bowl and coming through on the next spray session after a quick colour change, a lot of cleaning supply companies have these and are pretty cheap, they are also more of a cloth so have more "cut" for shifting stubborn bits of paint. Lincoln Wright does great videos on brush painting lacquers for MaK models, interesting stuff about reactivating lacquers with MLT, you should check it out.

This is a great, thorough rundown. Much appreciated!

Great video. With all the different types of paints from Mr.Hobby, it would be great if you did a video explaining the differences. Mr. Color, GX, Mr. Crystal Color, Acrysion, Aqueous, Super Metallic, Metal Color

Mr Hobby no nonsense paint, does what it’s supposed to do, love them !

Fantastic video! Can’t wait to try these paints.

My favourite paint and great video I've been watching a few of your videos all excellent

This video is a great example of why priming is important lol. VAST difference between directly spraying on white vs black. Cool! Thanks for the guide!

I bought some Mr Hobby paints from my local shop without realizing they were lacquer, and not acryllic-- but this video not only helped clear up the difference, provided a method for using them, and now I know what other tools I gotta get.

Great video! Thanks for sharing.

This video may be old, but you seriously just saved me so much sanity. I have been getting the Mr. Hobby Aqueous line of paints, but the Aqueous pink was out of stock, so I got Mr. Color pink. Tried using it 4 times and it instantly clogged my airbrush, I had no idea why. Didn't even realize it was a lacquer vs. acrylic, and definitely wasn't doing 1:1 (at least) thinning ratio.

Holy crap what a gold mine of information! Your really great at explaining and demonstrating. Subscribed! I was thoroughly engrossed. After using Enamel I didn't like how soft it was, even after months of sitting out. So I was looking into Lacquers to see how well they brush on since i knew they were for airbrushing. I don't have the means for an airbrushing setup, Just don't have to space. I'm gonna give it a shot.

LOVE your videos thank you..keep doing more. 🙏

Great video! Even after two years, it's still fantastic. Thank you for making this video, otherwise I would never have known that wine red @15:59 is actually a shade of pink, or more specifically, French rose

Hi , new to this channel from Melbourne ,Australia , I must admit you have taught this old dog some new tricks , I have been using Mr Hobby & Mr Colour for years now thinking they were just another paint "not true" they seem to be a lot more , being a 1/350 scale Star Trek builder & a user of metallic in a high degree of application the Rapid thinner gives me hope of a cleaner finish & a more presentable model .. thanks for your help .

i just purchased my first bottle of Mr. Color gloss black to do a car model. This video was so helpful and straight forward on how to use a lacquer paint for airbrushing. I have used enamels in the past, but after watching this video, lacquer might be the way to go. And I love his way of describing his process. As if he is with you in the room. Thanks!

Just ordered mine. I hope you're right. It sure does look and work good!

Hope I get coats this good when I paint my kit with the char pink. Thanks for the tips

G'day ol son......im just about to do some spoons my self, hence im watching this vid on the basic line of Mr colour Lacquer. I love your knowledge and you have everything in your "Home Hobby Shop" at your finger tips, to show us normys what "it" is and and not wasting valuable time and effort on your part, explaining and sending people to other sites (like other youtubers) to learn what you can teach in 4 mins, with all props needed to make any normy understand. And i had to do a double take when you where cleaning your airbrush over the bin, my cheap chinese kit looks very similar to it. Cheers m8 again, see ya in the next vid m8.......ps.s sorry for the long comment... your my first vid to look up if i need to understand a product or to learn about a tips/ techneiques

These videos are fantastic, you give excellent advice. I switched to Tamiya from Vallejo because of you videos, and I thank you for that. I've been having a really good time with them. I think I'll paint my next model using lacquers too.

Mr. Hobby /GSI products are awesome. GSI CREOS airbrushes are incredible. Love mine. Great review video. Thanks and God Bless.

I don’t have any experience with lacquers or enamels. Your videos have been very helpful.

Thanks for showing the cleanup too!

Airbrushing is so satisfying isn't it ? I guess from your voice and tone that you really enjoy painting. Thank you for the thorough review of this brand. Excellent video.

Yesssss ! I also have been waiting for a video on Mr.Hobby lacquers !!! So stoked , thanks a million for covering the whole process

Nice vid!!!!

A lesson learned the hard way. Purchased some glass mixing jars from Hobby Lobby. Placed reducer and paint in jar. Grabbed my trusty Badger paint stirrer. The result was not pretty. The Badger must have been hungry and ate thru the bottom of the Hobby Lobby glass paint jars. Spend the little extra for Tamiya paint jars.

Thanks for your tutorial. I am a novice on the airbrush, but using my Sparmax Max 3 (20 psi), and a 2/3 thinner (not self levelling though) 1/3 sail colour did a great job on the underside of my F2B wings. The upper side was the WNW PC10 mix in Tamiya acrylics, 50/50 thinner/paint, and again came out very well. And yes, regular hardware store lacquer thinner works very well as a cleaner. BTW, single use plastics are banned in most of Australia, so the source of testing spoons has dried up!

You're making an airbrush painter outta me. I bought the Mr. Airbrush PS-289 based off of your recommendation, the Amazon air compressor...and I've grabbed some of the Tamiya and Mr. Color paints after seeing your videos...so far so good...thanks for your videos!

Very helpfull your videos!! Congrats man!! May i ask for your advise?, i only had painted with tamiya acrylics, i use 1:1.2 pain/thinner ratio, mr surface 1000, dry for two days with a fan, here is over 30’C and i had problems with the scratch resistanse specially with the top coat clear, i would like to ask you for your help if the lacker paint are more resistanse and witch brand??

I’m just getting started with airbrushing and settled on Mr. Color based on what I read online. I’ve been waiting for this video from you to see how it’s done. Thanks for sharing your knowledge!

Those are awesome! I just picked up some of their super metallic & super metallic 2’s. Love them. I’m used to using MM metalizers and running low so I thought I would try them. Thanks for doing regular color line. I can definitely use these on my nascar. I’m assuming they are easy to mix and blend.👍

This video is old, but this knowledge is on point, thank you for sharing it ❤

Hi Mr. Barbatos, I am pretty new to this hobby and ordered myself a slew of supplies today. I haven't invested in an airbrush but bought some mr.color super metallics to paint fairly small pieces on a kit. I will be brushing by hand with Mr. Color's Rapid Thinner. In the video you suggested using the retarder instead. Will I have any issues if I mix rapid thinner with metallics to hand brush on plastic?

So this is why my Mr. Color paint turns into gunk right away on my brush 😂 I thought it was water based like Warhammer paint.

Very helpful - thanks. Question I have is on Mr. Color Super Clear III - is it necessary to add thinner? to airbrush? If so, a 4 (thinner) :1 (Clear)?

Great video, learned more than i did researching about the colors for hours on the internet. Just one question though, i will brush paint a 1/72 t34 and it is very small so would there be a problem if i didnt use retarder or thinner? Already have mr color 303 and tried two coats from the bottle on a small piece and had no brush strokes at all. Thanks

Thanks for sharing again! Learned a lot from all your videos about paints! Which Air compressor are you using? No Name Brand Tooty NN-AG326? Can you please provide a list of Mr. Hobby Procon Boy airbrushes you use all the time? Thanks!

Glad I watched this, will help a lot when I start painting! Quick question! Can you safely use Tamiya Acrylic colors over Mr.Color Lacquer without any danger of erasing the Mr.Color if I were to make a mistake with the tamiya one?

Ah my go to paint line. I struggled with airbrushing before I found Mr. Color. If only they weren’t sold out half the time everywhere! I snagged some of their anniversary colors from Spraygunner and am looking for a project to use them on.

Love your channel, sorry I missed a lot of earlier videos. Question, the paints you test, do they all have US distributors? Thanks

So I’ve been watching your videos in bulk. I have a mr gloss black I haven’t touched. Would I be able to use general lacquer thinner to thin it out or is leveling absolutely necessary? Thank you for your time and help

Barbatos...I am going to air brush a guitar (wood body) using Mr. Color number 57 metallic blue green. Never airbrushed lacquer paint before, only acrylics on plastic models...Would you recommend a gray primer or a flat white primer? Can lacquer be sprayed over an enamel primer? Any advice would be appreciated!

I'm new to Mr Color paint. Your video here is very helpful. I'm trying to understand how you determine whether a color is a high gloss like the red you have used here vs the semi gloss look of the yellow?

What primer would you use and do you need to key/sand the surface down if a gloss coat goes over the finished colour a few days later (after transfers)! Thanks.

I giggled when you mentioned life or death situations where you had to choose lacquer. I have to agree with you but made me imagine someone making me paint gunpla with a gun to my head lol

Hi and thank you for this video! It might seem like a stupid question, and maybe it is, forgive me, I'm a beginner: is it necessary to apply a primer before painting with lacquer paints? I didn't understand if the piece of gunpla you painted has primer or not

hey Barb, how much time must I allow my 1:1 ratio of Mr Leveling thinner with Tamiya paint dry prior to masking? I've had some bad issues with having masking tape sticky residue on my painted area..also what can I do fix it?

What I particulary like about your videos, is that you are clear and straight, and you give a lot of information that is not clear, spacially in GSI, which has a VAST range of products, but non explained. Congrats.

I got the Tooty because of your channel! Great machine!

Hey, i just started airbrushing using mr color paints. I have two issues im running into. Using a iwata eclipse, my gloss paints turn out semingloss or matte and my metal paints are grainy. What am i doing wrong?

Super good video, thanks as always. Would you recommend their surface finisher line like the 1000, 1200, and 1500 or do you think you even need primers for normal gunpla plastic with lacquers?

Great video thanks. You mentioned however that the Mr Color is laquer paints. To my understanding they are acrylic solvent based. Could you perhaps clarify this for me?

Thank you! For a total novice like myself I think your videos are wonderful. So much information and the format is great - shows us new guys how do it. I'm in New Zealand and it seems like the most popular brand is Tamiya, so they are almost all sold out, but this stuff is an undiscovered secret it seems. I assume these play well with the Tamiya surface primer with no problems? Once again, thank you man - love your channel.

How do you clean your eye droppers? (thanks for the video by the way)

I would like to try painting with them on glass...and try to dilute them as much as possible to make the colors seethrough if possible. I don't know if it can be done, but on glass I just hope it will work

Thanks for the tutorial I was wondering with all the paint manufacturers which one do I go with? I’ve always like solvent based paints but thought they were on the way out. I’m sold on Mr. line colors and products I’m 2/3rds new so I’m going to try them out.

Awesome review as always!!! They're a great durable line. Just note for brush painting you need the leveling thinner it makes a huge difference with brush strokes.

Unfortunately most of the popular colors are out of stock at spray gunner website and it’s very hard to find it at local stores Video is great. Thank you

Rex’s I need your help! I seen a Revell battle ship New Jersey 1/350 model in a display case on vacation it had one of the best pint jobs I have ever seen. I ask what paint he use he said (Revell email color paints) it a enamel with other stuff mix in it but what ever I do to mix this paint for my sprayer I can NEVER get right 😡 Rex hopefully you can help me out with this problem because I would love to use it. Thanks for your show I have learn a lot stuff from you 👍🏻

What clear coat would you recommend for armor/tanks using these paints?

Uh hello, mr. Barbatos Rex! First of all i wanna say thanks so much for these videos, i've always wanted to get into painting gunplas, and these videos are a god send for me. Although there is one question that has been nagging my mind; What would you do if you want to paint say.. a joint part? For example, the RX-78-2 in the original anime of Mobile Suit Gundam, both the joints of the elbow and knees are colored white (or at least appears to be), so i want to try painting those joints that are most commonly grey for most kits of the RX-78-2. Would painting the joints be a problem when trying to pose the model? I am very concerned that it could cause the paints to be scratched off because of the movement. Obviously a good solution would be to not pose the kit after it is painted, but i would hope to be able to get some cool photos of the finished painted model in various poses. I really hope there's a solution to this! Thanks!

Hey man I recently just got into using the Mr Color line of paints and I tried using it as brush painting so I tested it with the same retarder you used on a spoon with Vallejo primer and the paint started looking cracked can you help me with any tips?

Dear Barbatos. Since you build a lot of car models you might have a tip for me. I have problems with getting a mirror finish with my paints. Often I have this orange peel surface and end up spending hours polishing it to get a good finish. Do you have any advise? Air pressure or high temperature drying or more layers with thinner paint? If you would like to make a video this would be greatly appreciated. 😉

hi, so my question is, how can i paint over black? like black roll bar in an rc, i want it silver, how can i brush pain it?

I've done full video reviews of those paints too 👍

Great video, excellent information. I have put off buying the Mr Color and Mr hobby paints based on using lacquers and thinning ratios. Now I am good to go. Best demo I have seen in ages. Can I ask what the needle size is you use? Many thanks and looking forward to the next informative video.

Really happy I came across your channel @barbatos rex! This video has been very helpful, was wondering if by chance have you ever experimented with painting Acrylic paint over the Mr Color Paints? Wondering if it would react with it poorly? Being that the main use of Mr Color is airbrush, for some of the finer details I have hobby acrylic paints. Was wondering if I could still use my go-to paints for the finer details that I can't achieve with an airbrush.

What is that mixing bowl you have? The low stainless steel one, cant seem to find them.

Don’t turn the caps over. When you do the paint drips down and gets on the bottle rim, when you put it back on. Instead leave the cap right side up and set it on a paper towel. When you return it to the bottle it stays cleaner. I give up on stir urr like the ger in tiger. I can’t figure out how you say it wrong but at least you know it’s wrong. Good tip on the rapid thinner.

You mentioned you only clean with your hardware store lacquer thinner - do you know what the difference is between it and the hobby brand stuff?

Love your content! It has gotten me into airbrush painting my Gunpla kits. I am having a hard time finding Gaia products. Do you have any suggestions where to look?

очень наглядно. спасибо за тесты. будут такие тесты с GX?

Great video i also love Mr.hobby paints sadly scene i moved to the Eu i can get Gaia notes any more sadly. :S which sucks.

This video is so good, straight to the point and cover all the needed details. Good job man

Excellent demonstration! How do you dispose of the used solvents/thinners?

Are the thinning ratios the same for MR. Surfacer 1000? Also what thinning ratios would you recommend for Tamiya Lacquer? I am painting a Cylon Centurion glossy black as a base layer for Alclad Chrome. 1:1 or less thinner, I am using MR Hobby Levelling Thinner. And thanks for recommending that, it is awsome.

This must be the most informative video I have seen on the internet about mr color paints. Thanks! I have a question, flat or gloss?? Which one are the basic colors?

WHAT NUMBER IS THAT RED/PINK AND WHAT AR YOUR MEASURMENTS FOR THINNER/PAINT RATIO? TY

So can I pre-mix my lacquers and acrylics? For example I bought two jars of Mr Color Maizuru Grey for a Japanese destroyer Shimakaze. If I know I am happy with a 60/40 ratio would it hurt to combine them into a more permanent premixed container? And if so, what would the shelf life be? Also, I live close to the spraygunner shop and have visited their store a few times and I can say they are the coolest people ever. Super helpful and really a pleasure to do business with. Great equipment too, their No-Name Brand equipment is top notch and still affordable.

Great video. Question: The brushing process appeared to apply the paint on thickly. Will brushing obscure fine details on the model? Thanks

Hi, for hand brushing, i dont see you thin the color with thinner, but just add retarder. Is that not neccessary to thin the paint if brush painting with mr hobby as i do thin when i brush with tamiya arcylic. Thanks

I wish you would do a review of a mini vortex mixer, I would like to see if they work with GSI Creos and Tamiya jars

Hi Rex what PSI did you spray lacquer paints at? And thanks for demonstrate that gold paint, it's exactly what I'm looking for.