Can You Add Water To Water Based Paint To Thin It Out. The best part. Be prepared for it to go a little over where you want it to and dont use very much water at all if you want thin lines. There are a few tips to thinning and retarding water based materials that are common to most all of the water based materials on the market today knowing these tips can make spraying out water base materials easy fun and most importantly give you the control over the flow of the materials so you. If not you should be fine with water as long as long as you go slowly and dont use so much water.
Given that water based paint is just that Paint with water as the base it allows you to use water to thin out the paint. However thinning your paint using water. Advertisement Checking the Paints. Thinning and retarding water based lacquers and coatings.
This illustrates how the more water you add the thinner the paint gets.
Ad Temporary roadways for concerts events that protect your grass. If you accidentally add too much water at once your paint will be too thin. Stir the paint thoroughly and test it after each. When thinning water based paints such as latex you should be adding 12 cup water to your paint and then thoroughly stirring. Advertisement Checking the Paints. However thinning your paint using water.
