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Made in nl
Regular Dakkanaut





I'm still quite new to miniature painting but have been using a wet palette for a few months now and thought I was getting on pretty well with it - until now! I just changed the sheet and now it isn't working at all like it has up to now. Every time I put a dollop of colour on it the colour seems to dissipate in next to no time. I'm used to it lasting far long. It just somehow seems to disappear into the palette, leaving me trying to mop up the next to nothing that is left with my brush. It doesn't seem to have seeped through to the sponge so I don't really understand where the paint has gone. But I am wondering could I maybe have made the sponge too wet this time? Is that even possible? I do seem to remember putting quite a bit of water on so maybe I've just overdone it. Is that possible? Would be glad of advice. As always.
   
Made in us
Deathwing Terminator with Assault Cannon






Never had this issue myself but I've heard some wet palette sheets have "front" and "back" - you may have placed it back-side up, causing the paint to seep into the paper.

Wet palette can be "too wet" but it would cause the paint to disperse but not 'disappear'.
   
Made in ca
Librarian with Freaky Familiar






Yes it can be. I'll asume you are using the wet palet that everyone is, the square white one.

You can can to much but it's gotta be quite a bit of water to be to much

So when it comes to the water in the pallet you want to have enough that if tilt the pallet you will see water pool in the crone just a bit.

Next thing is, If you are using the paper that comes with the wet pallet, toss that into the garbage, it sucks. Go to your local grocery store and buy a roll of parchment paper
Reynolds parchment paper works fine, cut it to size of your wet pallet and always let your parchment soak in the water in the pallet before you use it for like 10 min.

After you let it soak, take a paper towl and pat down any major beads of water on the top of the pallet

To many unpainted models to count. 
   
Made in ca
Regular Dakkanaut





Oh Canada!

Short answer is yes, a wet palette can be too wet.

How wet you need to keep it varies by your local relative humidity and temperature. If your paint puddles are turning into paint coloured water, keep the substrate (sponge) drier, and/or try to keep your paint in blobs rather than spread out too much. Different paints also can be more or less hydroscopic (water loving) versus others, even in the same brand / paint line.
   
Made in nl
Regular Dakkanaut





Thanks for the replies. I'm using the everlasting wet palette - mine is rectangular and orange and grey, not white. I thought the parchment sheets that go with it seemed pretty good. But I do now think there is maybe a top side and a bottom side and I was using the wrong one. I also think I maybe did make the thing too wet though I'm still not sure where all the paint went.....
   
Made in us
Daemonic Dreadnought





Eye of Terror

A wet palette can be too wet.

The wet palette works by drawing water through the perforations in the paper. Paint will draw more water than bare areas. Too much water on the substrate just dilutes your paint.

My setup for the wet palette is a takeout container and wet paper towels covered with parchment paper. I swap the paper towels once a week, or when I want to decrease the amount of water.

Try tinkering with your setup. You can try scaling down the amount of water, you can try switching to food-grade parchment paper, you can try switching to purified water, some people even wipe beeswax on portions of the parchment paper to allow it to draw less water.


   
Made in gb
Regular Dakkanaut





United Kingdom

I make my own wet palette with a tub, some kitchen roll and baking paper...

Generally though after setting it up I hold the tub on the side and let as much water inside pour out as natural. Anything that's retained by the paper I leave in there, and that works well.

I've never used one of the 'proper' ones though so this advice my be completely redundant.

Adeptus Mechanicus
Tyranids  
   
 
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