Mr Hobby Thinner - MIA

[Peterpools]

Finding Mr Hobby Self Leveling Thinner (400ml) bottles is getting to be a tough act as most vendors are out of stock. Another shortage?

Looking at using AK Real Color Thinners in 400ml bottles.

[ScottsGT]

I order from these guys sometimes when they have paint in stock others don’t.  They seem to have stock, but they can be a bit slower than Sprue to ship.  
 

https://gundamplacestore.com/products/mr-leveling-thinner-400ml?variant=40285767696520&currency=USD&utm_medium=product_sync&utm_source=google&utm_content=sag_organic&utm_campaign=sag_organic&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI9fWVsbOhgwMVi6JaBR0brgz8EAQYASABEgJgUfD_BwE

[ScottsGT]

A little cheaper here.  I’ve never used them though.  Google is your friends! 
 

https://mpmhobbies.com/products/t104-mr-color-thinner-400ml?variant=46275483664615&currency=USD&utm_medium=product_sync&utm_source=google&utm_content=sag_organic&utm_campaign=sag_organic&utm_campaign=gs-2022-07-30&utm_source=google&utm_medium=smart_campaign&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI9fWVsbOhgwMVi6JaBR0brgz8EAQYCyABEgLI0fD_BwE
 

 

[BlrwestSiR]

Tamiya makes their own version now that you could try. It has an orange cap. Mr Color Self Leveling Thinner had almost doubled in price here in Canada so I've started buying the Tamiya version instead. 

Edited December 21, 2023 by BlrwestSiR
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[BlrwestSiR]

These guys will ship to the US 

https://www.sunwardhobbies.ca/mr-color-leveling-thinner-400ml-guz-t108-t108/

I order from them regularly. 

Here's another shop I've used. They offer flat rate shipping to the US. $15 for orders up to $150 and $10 if they're over that amount. 

https://pandahobby.ca/collections/mr-hobby-thinner/products/mrlevelingthinner-400ml

 

[Peterpools]

28 minutes ago, ScottsGT said:

I order from these guys sometimes when they have paint in stock others don’t.  They seem to have stock, but they can be a bit slower than Sprue to ship.  
 

https://gundamplacestore.com/products/mr-leveling-thinner-400ml?variant=40285767696520&currency=USD&utm_medium=product_sync&utm_source=google&utm_content=sag_organic&utm_campaign=sag_organic&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI9fWVsbOhgwMVi6JaBR0brgz8EAQYASABEgJgUfD_BwE

Thanks Scott

Going to order a bottle which last me a good amount of time. The other link is for the tinner without any reducer and the reason for thew difference in price.

Peter

 

[Peterpools]

23 minutes ago, BlrwestSiR said:

These guys will ship to the US 

https://www.sunwardhobbies.ca/mr-color-leveling-thinner-400ml-guz-t108-t108/

I order from them regularly. 

Here's another shop I've used. They offer flat rate shipping to the US. $15 for orders up to $150 and $10 if they're over that amount. 

https://pandahobby.ca/collections/mr-hobby-thinner/products/mrlevelingthinner-400ml

 

Thanks Carl for the link but I went with Mr Hobby, as I've used it for years. I did check out the Tamiya orange cap thinner and of course, it's not sold in the US by any of my standard vendors.  

 

[ScottsGT]

1 hour ago, Peterpools said:

Thanks Scott

Going to order a bottle which last me a good amount of time. The other link is for the tinner without any reducer and the reason for thew difference in price.

Peter

 

Thinner without retarder… yea, I missed that. Reducers are used in enamels and 2k paints. Thinners in lacquers.  
Retarders for all to slow the drying time for deeper gloss and blending and less over spray.
That’s from my old bodyshop days. 
 

FYI, Don’t be shy to mix regular Mr. Color thinner with Leveling thinner if you don’t need the full strength leveling abilities.  I sometimes mix for priming unless it’s an all over prime job. 
 

edit:  Back in the day we bought hot, medium and cool thinners and reducers depending on the weather.  Funny story. 9 years ago when I was buying supplies to paint my ‘66 GT Fastback I was planning on painting in the summer.  I bought all products for hot weather.  Things dragged out and being South Carolina it was still hot the week before Labor Day.  Painting took me 5 days because of the custom finish I did. Last day of spraying was after laying on three coats of clear then spraying on three more.  
After that last three coats on day 5 a front came through and after clear was shot, temps dropped 30 degrees.  I dreamed all night I was going to wake up the next morning to a car covered with runs everywhere with puddles of paint on the floor.