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Its a two part inquiry, First I have some P3 paint coming in the mail along with some empty reaper dropper bottles. What would be a good way to transfer from one to the other? A Small small funnel perhaps?

Second I still have a bit of Gw paints about and have a hard time making a good water to paint ratio as they are a bit awkward to use. Not the paint but getting it from the pot to pallet. I tried a paint dropper but a lot stays in the dropper and pouring it can be a bit wasteful. Im currently swirling a toothpick in the paint and letting it run and drop off. Any suggestions?

I just poured it straight from the bottle. If you are careful it can be done with minimal loss.

As gunz said, just carefully pour from one bottle to the next. You may lose a few drops at first but after a few pots you'll get the hang of it. I did this with about 50 GW paints a year ago.

Suck it up through a straw .. and blow it back into new container palette. You can then squeeze the straw and squeeze out any excess paint.

I've never tried this though ..

Worst case scenario, you accidentally inhale paint fumes .. and develop super human x-men-esque powers .. like the ability to tell when somebody is at your front door.

JunkyOrk wrote: Second I still have a bit of Gw paints about and have a hard time making a good water to paint ratio as they are a bit awkward to use. Not the paint but getting it from the pot to pallet. I tried a paint dropper but a lot stays in the dropper and pouring it can be a bit wasteful. Im currently swirling a toothpick in the paint and letting it run and drop off. Any suggestions?

I dip the non-bristle end of a paintbrush in and then dab that off onto the palette. It is a little wasteful, depending on how much paint you take in one go, but not bad and allows accurate water to paint measurements. I clean the brush end each time too.

aerethan wrote:As gunz said, just carefully pour from one bottle to the next. You may lose a few drops at first but after a few pots you'll get the hang of it. I did this with about 50 GW paints a year ago.

Bluh you did 50, like in one afternoon? How tedious that must have been.

Conandoodle wrote:Suck it up through a straw .. and blow it back into new container palette. You can then squeeze the straw and squeeze out any excess paint.

I've never tried this though ..

Worst case scenario, you accidentally inhale paint fumes .. and develop super human x-men-esque powers .. like the ability to tell when somebody is at your front door.

Heh heh, the most creative I've seen. Worst case is I ingest some Gw paint, while non-toxic from what I hear quite disgusting though.

Well no magic tricks to it...aside from syphoning it with a straw. Thanks for the advice.

I'm planning on the same thing and as my girlfriend works in a doctors surgery I have asked her to 'procure' some syringes for me that i can use to suck up the paint the squeeze it out into the dropper bottles.