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Thinning putty
lawzer
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Posted: Friday, January 13, 2017 - 01:49 AM UTC
Hi all, sure this will have been asked and answered before but what's the best way to thin putty? I got a tube of humbrol from the local shot and honestly it's like 45 seconds out and it's nearly solid. I tried a few drops of liquid glue which helped but only for about an extra 20 seconds.

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Ian
Robbd01
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Posted: Friday, January 13, 2017 - 03:16 AM UTC
Never used Humbrol putty. What I use is Squadron putty (green or white) and Testors (Model Masters) liquid cement. I also used auto putty (spot putty) generically called Bondo here in the colonies

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Vicious
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Posted: Friday, January 13, 2017 - 04:13 AM UTC
Try with few drop of Acetone
Joel_W
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Posted: Saturday, January 14, 2017 - 08:24 PM UTC
I've never used Humbrol putty, so I don't have a specific answer. But if you look at the ingredients on the label it will tell you the base type. just add a few drops at a time of that base to thin it.

Joel
lawzer
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Posted: Sunday, January 15, 2017 - 09:15 PM UTC
Thanks all!

I will try the suggestions
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