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Tip :cleaning acrylic paint pallette
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Posted about 1 year ago Whenever i clean my acrylic paint pallette I found if let it dry and then I run it under hot water for a few minutes ... the whole thing peels off like a big sticker....wish there was something I could do with it. The fun never ends. |
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| Posted 11 months ago you should just through it on some canvas and run with it. never thought about doing that. you could probably get it to stay on with a medium coat. |
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| Posted 8 months ago To Tim- Good tip . I used to do that. But, then I started using slick coated paper that comes in tablet form. Use one sheet per painting and throw it away! Dennis You can get paintings, prints, t-shirts, and many other items with my artwork on them at:
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| Posted 8 months ago My tip is similar to the third post, I have a palette that if I know I'll be working on something short term and will be done with the particular palette, I'll just tack on a sheet of wax paper to my actual palette to just throw it away when I'm done. Wish I felt less wasteful, but what can you do? I like that tip on running the hot water, I'll have to try that! |
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| Posted 8 months ago I go for the slick coated paper. True my be more wasteful but takes a heck of alot less time. It's definitely a plus for oil and I spare my hands the beating that I would otherwise get from using all those soaps and turpentines to clean it. Also less cleaning solutions are better for the environment! |
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| Posted 8 months ago Kind of the same thing with disposable diapers. Rather use those than to spend time with my hands in s--t |
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| Posted 8 months ago twingoatsinc said: Yeah, I'd rather not wash cadmiums and cobalts down the drain into my drinking water. I'd rather let it cure then pitch it. |
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| Posted 8 months ago artknechtion said: Dennis, I use that same kinda palette... |
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| Posted 8 months ago piratehooker108 said: I take the slick palette and lay it onto a canvas and lay something heavy on the back of it, to get the rest of the paint onto something useful. Then throw whats left of the palette, away. - John |
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| Posted 13 days ago Plastic picnic plates. If I'm going to fiddle with a painting later, I store two plates face to face in a 1 gallon ziploc. Keeps fresh for a couple of days. Wet paper towel in the bag keeps the paint fresh for a longer time. If I'm done with one set of hues I'll rinse the plate off and keep using it--as long as the paints involved are benign. Cads go in the trash, dried. “Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” -- Albert Einstein |
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| Posted 13 days ago butcher trays are my palettes, with acrylics i cover the tray with saran wrap, it will stay fresh for weeks.... thinking now after reading this that i might start collecting the dried portions in a jar for later use, could be an interesting abstract if stuck to plexiglas, that way visualizing the bottom part, which to me is fun when they get peeled off.... or do something crazy like form them into a sculpture in the shape of a tube of paint.... not sure how to do that but heat/torch comes to mind.... ooooh fire, goodie time to have fun.... peace.... "we're all in this free fall skydive together, so let's not let go of each others hands..."
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| Posted 13 days ago at last! finally a way to make fake vomit!!! thank you! |
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| Posted 13 days ago Hey people what happened to the envionment? I clean my pallette (yeap hot water is a very easy way) and collect all the bits and pieces, same for oil paint (scaps from my other pallette) and once every other month I go to the paint store together with batteries, etc.
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| Posted 13 days ago Temp, that's a noble effort, do keep it up. But. Keep some perspective. The quantity of pigment artists use and discard is miniscule compared to industrial uses. Yes, we hope that industrial users keep their containment systems running properly. We should be responsible about how we discard our paints, I agree. You come to a break-even point, though, when your car uses gas and emits pollutants on the way to the recycling center. Maybe an annual trip could increase your karma more than monthly trips.
“Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” -- Albert Einstein |
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| Posted 13 days ago Aah... I do not use a car... I walk to the shops or I take a bus (when lifting my groceries over more than 10 blocks is a little too much, even for me). But even if you go once a year, you make a positive contribution. I keep the paint in plastic containers (the paint is dry anyway) and it is out of the way. You have to start somewhere. |
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| Posted 4 days ago Hey, to all those painters who use disposable palettes, one trick you can do is let them dry, save them. On a bad day when nothing is working pull them out cut them up and make a collage! you'll be sur-prized at the results, try stripes, circles etc., get for honing color sense. When you're finished wack a thick-ish coat of gloss gel medium with lots of brussh marks !! |