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Gary

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Hi All!

I have purchased some cheap lume and it is rather difficult to mix. Grainy and the binder is super thick. Any suggestions for some that may night break the bank. Would like to try the Bergeon but not in the budget for now.

As always thank you !

Gary

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Hi Gary, if it is the same as the stuff I have been using the binder will be water based. I suggest you just keep adding water a drip at a time from a small screwdriver until I get the density I want. The last Lume job I did was the hands on the Mondaine watch that I recently posted on the forum, and that is how I went about it.

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I like the Anchor lume .It's has a very bright lume and works nice . Only thing that is bad is the binder . I use "humbrol" model paint instead . Matt  or semimatt varnish . Or do you call it laquer?  I am not a great lumemaster but prefer the Anchor before the Luminova . You could mix it with other colors to . The binder in Anchor is thinner or something like it based . 

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