What thinner to use...

[Garion77]

Hello,
I was about to make a dot filter with oil paints on my current project and ran in a problem with my varnish... I know it's about all the chemistry thing...
so I only have to kind of varnish at hand. I have AllClad's aqua gloss, semi matte and Klear Kote Flat
The second kind I have is Tamiya's clear and flat.
On my current projet I used Allclad semi matte and white spirits for the dot filter. And it reacted badly...
The other thinner I have are Mig Thinner (the old red bottle) and Enamel odorless thinner.
Which one should I use with which varnish ?
Thank you

[digger303]

Alcad aqua gloss is what I'v used and put oils over that and haven't had any problems....water and oil don't react.

[Stokesy44]

White spirits might be the problem. Try something less harsh like low odour terpenoids. Also, try glossing AFTER the dot filter. Why do you need to do it before?

I use dot filters on armour. My painting process is this. Primer, acrylics, decals, Matt coat to seal, dot filters, gloss coat then finally a water based wash for dirt. Never had any reaction problems.

[Garion77]

White spirits might be the problem. Try something less harsh like low odour terpenoids. Also, try glossing AFTER the dot filter. Why do you need to do it before?

I use dot filters on armour. My painting process is this. Primer, acrylics, decals, Matt coat to seal, dot filters, gloss coat then finally a water based wash for dirt. Never had any reaction problems.

it's not that I needed to gloss before...and it's first time I try this technic. And from what I read or saw on the internet they always had a varnish of some type before. In my case it was Allclad semi matte. I'll try your suggestion with turpenoids. I have some in the house because of the paintings the girls do.

Thank you