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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Gizzard" data-source="post: 544838" data-attributes="member: 527">It depends on the color.  Yellow, for instance, has horrible coverage, while Black is generally great.  I thin down quite a bit; maybe 4 water: 1 paint for a wash (very thin) or 2:1 to 1:1 for regular coverage.  (These are very rough figures, but the paint has to be smooth enough to flow off the brush like water would without spreading too wildly.  I've heard it described as "the consistency of milk", which isnt far off.)  Anyway, I can get Black to cover in one coat over almost anything; I've built up 10 coats of Yellow over a white primer and still been dissatisfied.But, to get really nice looking stuff you have to blend smoothly anyway, and that means multiple thin coats.  Because of this, its kind of hard to talk about thinning and coverage as its constantly varying.</blockquote>