Reviving citadel dry brush paint

The Serene Badger

The Serene Badger

Vassal
I bought a cheap citadel gold dry brush paint from a model railway shop. Basically felt guilty for looking at scenery supplies and not buying anything, and saw this in a bargain bucket of stuff he obviously regretted buying and was flogging off.

The colour looked great, I needed it, so thought I'd get it. It was like a brick when I opened it, with some clear liquid around it. I tried stirring and it just broke into lumps.

Before I give up entirely I thought I'd add something solventy to it and mix again.

My options are water, 70%+ isopropyl alcohol, speed paint thinner (army painter) or 100% acetone.

Any recommendations for which I should try?
 

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huh.. have they changed the Dry brush paint mixture? while I don't have gold, the dry brush mixtures I got from them are a bit more.. powder like (though not complete powder).

My testing for making a 'normal' paint thiner for airbrushing went with about 37.5% Iso, 37.5% Acrylic paint and 25% Water. a Dry paint doesn't want to be that thin so probebly try a couple of drops of water, mix, if needed add a couple more. Iso is also good but I'm kinda thinking maybe a tiny bit over kill for a dry brush paint
 
I have a feeling it's just really old. Like the guy bought a load of citadel paints but they didn't sell. There were loads of odd colours jumbled into a plastic storage box.

It's really lumpy, like crumbly, so I'm wondering if iso or speed paint to get it started mixing, then water to keep it slightly moist?
 
Will the lumps tip out of the pot? You might find you have better luck crushing and mixing it into a paste on an old plate/tile/bowl/whatever then returning it to the pot. I think I might be tempted to start with a little iso. It'll evaporate quick enough and you can switch to water (or an acrylic medium if you have any) once you've got it "going".
 
Just speed paint medium. I'll give it a go. Nothing to lose anyway.

And thanks, I will tip it out to mix, it's a nightmare trying inside the pot.
 
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