nowayandnohow

Hi guys, stumbeled on this site after some extensive seraching for people that knows what they are doing ;-)

I have started up modeling again after a 10 year break, so basically I am back to scratch...

My model sho guy said to do this to work the wash thing:
1 - airbrush the model
2 - Clear lacquer it
3 - mix oilpaint with thinner
4 - apply small drops with small brush and it should "just slide along the ridges and fill it in nicely"

I think I have gotten the mix right, so I know the "wash" works, and i have laquered the (many many many) experiment pieces, but i fails:

It does not flow longer than a centimeter at most, and this i have to refill the 'flow' and get blobs... The blobs are 'supposed to be oh-so-easy to remove with a wet cotton bud, this just makes the 'wash' become a bigger washed out miss-coloration where I don't want it... It's just not working for me. I have gotten the airbrushing down to a science and am very happy with it - this next step would make my model(s) really shine out, but all i am left with are pieces that looks like someone dropped a mug of coffee on top of them...

Any beginner tips'n'trix?

// Jo