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Ok, So i made a wet palette and decided to use it, Now i'm liking it. But one problem. Over night(or sometime minutes) the paint moves towards each other and mixes.
I thinks its because i'm using pots rather then droppers, so i can control the amount of paint i pour
FYI my wet palette is simply a wet napkin covered with wax paper(its a dinner holder.)
Would it make more sense to get a bunch of dropper bottles and transfer my paint to that?
Its just i have quite a bit of GW colors(with the wet palette i decided i'm going to use Vallejo from now on) and alot of it is still fine to use.
And anyone know where to get dropper bottles?

My brother sets a moist rag in a margarine container and set wax paper over it, spread out your paints alot, I'd suggest using 1 color at a time to paint your miniatures in batche (unless character) because it a. Saves paint and b. uses alot less room. I hope this helps!


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As for dropper bottles try and crafts shop or some sort of hardware store

Make a small divider out of carboard or foam board or the like. Doesnt have to be fancy. Or do what I did, use an Ice cube tray

I use one old dry brush and dip it in the pot and then blob it on the WP, i find i waste a lot less paint then pouring from the pot. Also wax paper and baking/parchment paper are not the same. I found wax was the worse of the three. Parchment being the best from my experience.

Agreed, I couldnt really get the moisture to come through wax paper

Use parchment paper not wax. I moved all my pots over to droppers so I can controls my ratios and it works wonders.

Ok, So parchment. I can probably get that at the local Crafts store, and some droppers too. I have 30 pots of paint right now.

I use baking paper from the supermarket. Never had a problem with paints leaching and mixing.

Depending on how viscous your paint is & how moist the palette is they will mix after a while. If it's a problem you can make small "containers" by pinching the paper when wet so you form small ridges.

@snapshot - what brand do you use? Being a fellow Aussie, we have a choice of 'baking papers' from woolies or Coles, just wondering about your experience..

@OP - I would recommend NOT pouring from a pot, just use an old brush to blob it on the palette or the back or you brush usually would provide ample quantity.. Then of course wipe the end of your brush handle..

FYI, don't get cheap store-brand parchment paper. The moisture doesn't come through. Get a good brand. I've learned this the hard way.

Jaeger wulf wrote:
@snapshot - what brand do you use? Being a fellow Aussie, we have a choice of 'baking papers' from woolies or Coles, just wondering about your experience..

I started off just using whatever the wife had in the kitchen (Glad Bake). When that ran out, I picked up an IGA branded roll, but it wasn't as good, and went back to Glad.

Snapshot wrote:

Jaeger wulf wrote:
@snapshot - what brand do you use? Being a fellow Aussie, we have a choice of 'baking papers' from woolies or Coles, just wondering about your experience..

I started off just using whatever the wife had in the kitchen (Glad Bake). When that ran out, I picked up an IGA branded roll, but it wasn't as good, and went back to Glad.

thanks for the heads up, i was always wondering how effective the woolies and coles baking papers were...sinc epeople are usually providing examples of stuff i have never seen or herd of here.

i will go out and make a wet palet tomorrow i think, oh i'm excited now

http://www.usplastic.com/catalog/item.aspx?itemid=44774&catid=530

15ml dropper bottles. The pic is wrong but the page and item description are right. I use those for all GW and P3 paints as well as home made products.

I use the paper backing you get from those peel-off self adhesive stickers. Works better than parchment so far although, like any paper, it will eventually fail so I tend to toss it after a single use.

Dropper bottles are ace.

I however mostly use the craft paints from walmart and at 59mls for a dollar I can afford to waste loads.

 Ma55ter_fett wrote:
Dropper bottles are ace.

I however mostly use the craft paints from walmart and at 59mls for a dollar I can afford to waste loads.

Minimal use of paint from a dropper + cheap parchment paper = I toss the paper every time it gets crowded with colors or at the end of the day. When I did leave it overnight once or twice it soaks up enough water it isn't really workable anyway.

Wax paper is terrible because it is very water resistance. Parchment paper is the better way to go.

Well I fixed the spreding problem, But now if i leave thme overnight they get watered down.
Any advice on that?

Honestly not sure. The only thing I can suggest is to experiment with different brand papers. There got to be an American wet pallette user who can recommend a brand.

hotsauceman1 wrote:...if i leave thme overnight they get watered down.

Snapshot wrote:The only thing I can suggest is to experiment with different brand papers. There got to be an American wet pallette user who can recommend a brand.

I think that's just the nature of the beast, honestly. I've tried a few different papers (Reynolds brand Genuine Parchment Paper is the current favorite - so much so that I've stopped looking for alternatives) and anything that lets sufficient moisture through to be useful as palette paper continues to do so overnight. If you cover your palette, it tends to thin the paints considerably. I haven't really found this to be much of an issue, personally, for two reasons: First, while dilute, the paint is still useable. If you tend to paint with layers, it's no great loss - I've actually found it to be a rather pleasant consistency to use for semi-transparent work, once it's been stirred up a bit. The main reason, though, is that I don't add so much paint as to leave a massive excess at the end of a session. There's no real reason to add a ton in one go, since you can go back and add more with no more than a few seconds' interruption. With dropper bottles, I just add another drop onto the pool. With pots, a dip of a brush handle tip and a twirl against the palette next to the old pool deposits roughly the same amount. No big deal.