PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
Acrylic Washes
🎨 What Are Acrylic Washes?
Washes are thin, highly pigmented paints designed to flow into recesses, panel lines, and details on your models. Apply over a basecoat → the wash settles into the low points → instant shadows and definition without complex blending.
AK's Acrylic Wash line is their next-generation water-based formula – the "missing link" between standard acrylics and enamel washes. You get the flow and pigment strength of enamels, but with water cleanup and zero toxic fumes.
✅ Why This Formula
100% water-based acrylic. No enamel solvents, no white spirit smell. Safe for indoor sessions, flats, bedrooms – wherever you paint.
Low surface tension pulls pigment into recesses naturally. No fighting the paint – it goes where gravity takes it.
Slower drying than standard inks. Push it around, remove excess, build layers – all before it sets.
Dries completely flat. No unwanted shine on fabric, skin, wood, or organic textures. Metallics may need a gloss coat after.
More tinting strength than many shades on the market. One pass gives solid shadow definition. Dilute for subtler effects.
Brushes clean with water or any acrylic thinner. Fully compatible with other water-based acrylics including AK 3Gen.
🧪 The Range
AK's Acrylic Wash line covers technical shades (universal darks, sepias, greys) and speciality colours (skin tones, verdigris, rust, blues, greens) so you can match shadows to any subject.
- Individual bottles – 18ml or 30ml droppers depending on SKU
- Master Set (18 colours) – full range in one box, 18ml each
- Deep Shade bottles – larger 30ml format for high-use colours
🔧 What You Can Do With These
Shade power armour, robes, chainmail, faces, leather straps, weapons. One wash over your basecoat instantly separates details and adds depth. Great for batch painting units.
Panel line shading on aircraft, tanks, cars, ships. Darken around rivets, hatches, access panels, grilles. Works on both military and civilian subjects.
Streaking grime, rain marks, rust runs, verdigris on bronze/copper, exhaust stains, oil leaks. Apply in thin layers and build up intensity as needed.
Age stonework, timber, metal fixtures. Add dirt accumulation to corners and edges. Unify terrain pieces with consistent shadow tones across different materials.
📋 How to Use
Start with a fully dried basecoat. A matte or satin varnish layer first makes cleanup easier but isn't essential with water-based paints.
Shake well. Load your brush and apply to the area. Let the wash flow naturally into recesses – don't scrub, just guide it.
Use a clean, slightly damp brush to wick away excess from flat surfaces and raised areas. Leave wash only in the shadows.
Allow 15-20 minutes to fully cure. Then highlight, drybrush, or apply additional washes for deeper shadows.
❓ Wash vs Shade vs Contrast – What's the Difference?
| Type | How It Works |
|---|---|
| Washes | Very thin, flows into recesses. Used over a painted basecoat to add shadows. Transparent. |
| Shades | Same principle as washes. Brand-specific name (e.g. Citadel Shade). Some are thicker than others. |
| Contrast | Thicker, semi-opaque. Designed for "one-coat" painting over white/zenithal. Tints as well as shades. |
AK Acrylic Washes sit in the classic "wash" category – transparent, recess-filling, meant for shading an already-painted model. They have stronger pigment than some competitors and a very matte finish, giving deep shadows without shine.
📊 Technical Info
| Formula | Water-based acrylic (not enamel) |
| Finish | Matte |
| Drying Time | Extended (15-20 min typical) |
| Application | Brush (optimised for brush work) |
| Thinning | Water or acrylic thinner |
| Cleanup | Water while wet |
| Compatibility | All water-based acrylics (AK 3Gen, Vallejo, Citadel, etc.) |
💡 Tips for Best Results
- Keep a cleanup brush ready – a second brush, slightly damp, for wicking excess. Faster than cleaning your main brush constantly.
- Work in sections – on larger models, wash one area at a time so you can control each section before moving on.
- Thin for filters – dilute heavily with water for subtle tonal shifts and weathering filters rather than heavy shading.
- Layer for depth – two thin washes give more controlled depth than one heavy coat that might dry patchy.
- Mind metallics – matte washes can dull metallic paints. Hit them with gloss varnish or a metallic highlight after.
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Specifications
- Choose Products AK19301 Rotwood Brown Wash 18ml
- Compatible With Other Water-Based Acrylic Model Paints
- Suitable For Miniatures, Wargaming, Scale Models, Dioramas
- Brand AK Interactive
- Type Acrylic Wash Paint
- Volume 18 ml
- Drying Time Slow Drying / Extended Working Time
- Features Low Odour, High Flow, Panel Lining, Shading, Weathering
- Paint range Acrylic Washes
- Paint Type Water-Based Acrylic Wash (Non-Enamel)
- Country/Region of Manufacture Spain
- Finish Matte
- Country of Origin Spain
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