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When changing my paint water yesterday after noticing what was growing in it, I wondered how lazy dakka is about changing paint water.

I usually wait until the water evaporates enough so that there is just some sludge in the bottom of my egg cup (which I believe is a Smarties egg cup from a childhood Easter long ago).

Although to be fair, since I paint so infrequently (as I hate painting) that usually means I need to change it before every painting session.

When I am painting a lot, I will change it every time I change from painting a darker colour to a lighter colour.

Llike Silver above , I normaly change between light and dark , but when doing char models I change the water between colours

I keep a large 2l bottle full and swap out the old water into a larger mug before dumping that

I have to clean the cup after every session or the wife gets angry (she drank a mouthful once by accident).

whenever i accidently drank it....

You're too lazy changing the paint water if you use the same jar to pee in.

When the water goes all murky and the sludge at the bottom starts trying to escape the jar.

Too dark or clouded for me.

I don't use water. I mostly use Testors and ModelMaster enamels as it's what I'm used to using. I did a lot of 1/35 military before I got into 40K. I already had all the stuff when I started.

I dipped the brush in my coffee at least a dozen times in one session before I realised what the hell was going on.

I change it very time i'm using a new colour

I either do 2 cups on for metalics and one for non or switch out inbetween the two types of paint. Nothings worse than mithril flakes in your black wash. I also get water per session.

At one point the sludge at the bottom of my pot became so thick i used it as a paint, it looked good to!

I change every session or if i have used metallic paint.

Nothings worse than mithril flakes in your black wash

Very true!

Da GeneruL wrote:At one point the sludge at the bottom of my pot became so thick i used it as a paint, it looked good to!

Ork players...

When it spill all over my desk.

I don't paint that much and I really don't notice how clean water affects my painting. When painting characters or when I can be arsed I change the water but i've got a plastic cup for it that is now stained red and other colours so no chance of drinking that then ^_^

I just use the washtub in my utility room. I find running water works much better than still for cleaning. Just don't fray the brush!

legoburner wrote:When changing my paint water yesterday after noticing what was growing in it, I wondered how lazy dakka is about changing paint water.

Are you serious? I've been painting for several hours this morning and have changed my paint water more than 10 times.

evaporation or odor is the only thing that prompts me to change my water.

Two jars of water : Metallic/nonmetallic. When in Doubt: replace.

Clean a brush of metallic in the nonmetallic? replace both
Turns opaque? replace.
Switch from dark colors to light? Replace.

I paint once in the two weeks, when I return to my hobby desk after two weeks the water has simply vaporised.

I use an old plastic frosting container for water, and if I leave it sitting around, my cat tips it over, so I change my water every time I paint.

I've got a small glass beer mug I use, fresh water every session and a few changes while I'm working when it gets a bit too murky, or after I've done mettalics.

I think im super OCD about my water... Im almost ALWAYS changing the water every few brush rinses, and if I hit metallics I wash the brush with new water twice.

I change the water every painting session, but I only started doing that recently. The reason, I now have a pot of skull white that is no longer white but closer to codex grey.

I have a cup for metallic, warm colors, cold colors and super saturated (inks and some high pigment paints).
All changed multiple times a session.
It keeps my whites whiter and your brights brighter.

I voted other because Enamel & Laquer paints don't use water for clean-up or thinning. I still don't like Acrylic paints. Tamiya paint is OK for airbrushing but thats about it. To me Acrylic paint is way over priced & doesn't store well over time, since I rarely get a chance to paint anymore, I need paint that will be there when I get the off chance to paint. For example I have several Floquil Lacquers & Pactra Enamels (before Testors bought them in the 80's) that work just as good as the day I bought them. I also have Testors bottles from when the price was part of the logo on the cap; 25 cents, & that goes back to the 1970's I think.

Painted 3 killa kans today, no water change.

It turned blue , then black , then back to gray

Thanks for reminding me. It's getting way too moldy. Time to change it.