Isn’t it frustrating (and expensive!) to waste paint? I’ve got a video for you with my favorite tips on how to save acrylic paint on your palette after your painting session. Please feel free to post your comments or suggestions!
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Glad Press n’ Seal
Responses to “Saving Acrylic Paint on Your Palette”
Anita
Thank you! I so dislike wasting he unused paint. Thanks too for the enamel tray suggestion.
admin
You are welcome, Anita!
Hank Zwetsloot
Hi.. we met one time in Sonoma or Napa, not sure. Anyway instead of enamel pan I use Rubbermaid collapsible 1 quart pan with airtight seal.
about 10-12 inches in diameter. I leave the pans collapsed I have 2 of them, blacks and blues in one, yellow and greens in other. collapsed they are about 1 1/4 ” high and perfect as palettes. Simply put cover on, press down hand on top, burp air out and paint will hold for weeks. mine are dark blue in color, I bought them at a yardsale for 25 cts ea. used now for several years. Hank Zwetsloot Napa
admin
What a cool solution, Hank. Thanks so much for sharing! I’m all for finding second hand items and repurposing them.
I did a search on this to see what it looked like and unfortunately it looks like they have discontinued them if this is what you use.
http://www.ronshomeandhardware.com/7G12-08-DENIM-6C-Collapsible-Container-p/672164.htm
Angela Anderson
I usually wrap whatever I mixed my paint in/on with plastic wrap and usually use it in a week or so. Ikea has some wonderful sets of containers with quite a few small ones. I’ ll mix larger quantities in those so I can close the lid. Right now I have this amazing blue-green color I mixed with string gel and glass gel medium to paint on aluminum foil. Thank you for the video instruction, it is how I found your website.
admin
Thanks so much for sharing how you save your paint and so glad you got something useful from the videos!
Catherine Yelverton
great tip! thanks
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