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Hello ccangel and welcome to our family forum. We are always glad to have new people join and ask questions!

On the thinner to use, it kind of depends on what country you are in. I have noticed that some reborners outside the USA have trouble finding the thinner a lot of us use here. So they have to use others that are available to them, but that are compatable with the heat-set paints.
If you purchased your paints from Secrist, it also depends on which paints you have... some already have thinner in them. Also, you must stir your paints before using so they will loosen up and get creamy.

If you go to the top of the page, you will see "search" in the red bar. Just click on that, type in your word or words, then click search. It will bring up all the topic threads with that subject, then you just read through them to find what you are looking for.

I usually do about 2-3 base coat layers, of course very thin so I don't get the dreaded "chalkies" lol. If your baby is coming out too light for your taste, you are probably using flesh 08, so you might want to do 1 of 08, next 07, then maybe another 08. My babies usually have about 10-12 layers of paint on them, be sure to bake inbetween each coat. Your best bet would be to purchase a beginning reborning dvd or book and work along with it. Or take a class, if there are any in your area.
You can also search something like: layers, chalkies, etc to get more information.

Hope this all helps, and again... WELCOME :)