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2023/01/20 14:31:04
Subject: How do you clean your dry pallet?
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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I moved over to a wet pallet but to be honest I find them a bit of a faff unless I’m going to be doing a long painting session, so if I’m just doing an hour I still prefer dry pallets. Except for the fact you have to clean them.
I used to have a tub of cleaning fluid like fairy or cif and leave it in that and then clean it off the next time I used it. This generally worked but not a perfect solution.
Anyone got a better way?
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2023/01/20 16:38:20
Subject: How do you clean your dry pallet?
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Angry Chaos Agitator
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Get a ceramic tile or glass pane or similar to use as your palette if you haven't already. Really easy to wipe wet and semi-dry paint off with just a sponge/ scourer and water. When paint is dried on it also scrapes of really easily, i tend to use a palette knife.
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2023/01/20 21:50:03
Subject: How do you clean your dry pallet?
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Thane of Dol Guldur
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Just... Don't? I use squares of lino or old cutting mats. Sometimes once they start looking like Matisse paintings and I start losing the paint blobs I lay down, I'll give them a spray with primer. Guess I'm just lazy
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Heresy World Eaters/Emperors Children
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2023/01/20 21:54:53
Subject: How do you clean your dry pallet?
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Servoarm Flailing Magos
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shmvo wrote:Get a ceramic tile or glass pane or similar to use as your palette if you haven't already. Really easy to wipe wet and semi-dry paint off with just a sponge/ scourer and water.
When paint is dried on it also scrapes of really easily, i tend to use a palette knife.
Steel serving platters for deviled eggs have about a dozen convenient depressions for paint and can be gotten for very cheap in yard sales, thrift stores or flea markets, and you can clean them effortlessly
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2023/01/20 21:54:55
Subject: How do you clean your dry pallet?
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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I just wait until the paint is thick enough that I can peel it off.
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2023/01/20 22:47:02
Subject: How do you clean your dry pallet?
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Angry Chaos Agitator
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Tsagualsa wrote:shmvo wrote:Get a ceramic tile or glass pane or similar to use as your palette if you haven't already. Really easy to wipe wet and semi-dry paint off with just a sponge/ scourer and water.
When paint is dried on it also scrapes of really easily, i tend to use a palette knife.
Steel serving platters for deviled eggs have about a dozen convenient depressions for paint and can be gotten for very cheap in yard sales, thrift stores or flea markets, and you can clean them effortlessly
well i learned something new today!!!
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2023/01/20 23:41:15
Subject: How do you clean your dry pallet?
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Leader of the Sept
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Soak in acetone.
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Please excuse any spelling errors. I use a tablet frequently and software keyboards are a pain!
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2023/01/21 08:12:26
Subject: How do you clean your dry pallet?
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Fireknife Shas'el
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JamesY wrote:I just wait until the paint is thick enough that I can peel it off.
This. Every few weeks a few minutes scraping with the thumbnail.
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2023/01/21 09:30:37
Subject: How do you clean your dry pallet?
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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So you paint over old paint?
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2023/01/21 16:55:16
Subject: How do you clean your dry pallet?
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Fresh-Faced New User
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Hot water, some kind of scrubbing implement, and elbow grease. I sometimes have to scrape at the paint with a finger nail but that's it
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2023/01/21 21:48:46
Subject: How do you clean your dry pallet?
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Dipping With Wood Stain
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Get cheap ones and toss them when the wells fill with dried paint.
At $1.50 each it’s not a significant expense I really worry about.
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2023/01/22 00:27:45
Subject: How do you clean your dry pallet?
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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I'm just going to admit that I use my pallets until they're 'too dirty' and then I throw them away.
It's not environmentally friendly, but I can't be bothered cleaning something which only costs a quid to replace.
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2023/01/22 11:08:34
Subject: Re:How do you clean your dry pallet?
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Annoyed Blood Angel Devastator
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Cover it in PVA or white glue, wait for it to dry and then peel it off.
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For the Emperor and Sanguinius!
Boredom, a small kingdom in my mind, on the edge of the infinite |
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2023/01/22 17:14:28
Subject: How do you clean your dry pallet?
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Posts with Authority
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I use an aluminum pallette, easy enough to clean with hot water after each painting sesh (acrylics dont bond too great with aluminum)
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2023/01/23 10:03:23
Subject: How do you clean your dry pallet?
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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I had some of those clear plastic take away containers so I’m experimenting with using the lids as I can’t imagine paint sticks to them well at all. Otherwise I’m just gonna buy a fancy ceramic one
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2023/01/23 18:42:39
Subject: How do you clean your dry pallet?
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Veteran Inquisitorial Tyranid Xenokiller
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Jadenim wrote: JamesY wrote:I just wait until the paint is thick enough that I can peel it off.
This. Every few weeks a few minutes scraping with the thumbnail.
Same here. New paint goes over old paint. I keep metallics separate from non-metallics, though. Occasionally the old paint will get reactivated, but only with specific types. My vallejo transparent paints will do this, but I just use a different well in that case. Eventually you get a nice bitof dried paint and it's very satisfying to pull it all off in a chunk.
This is what I use
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2023/01/23 18:51:01
Subject: How do you clean your dry pallet?
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Frenzied Berserker Terminator
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I use plastic milk bottle lids. I'm really not that fussed about cleaning them...
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2023/01/23 20:00:05
Subject: How do you clean your dry pallet?
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Camouflaged Ariadna Scout
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Crispy78 wrote:I use plastic milk bottle lids. I'm really not that fussed about cleaning them...
Ditto, except i use yoghurt pot lids. Double sided, don't need to clean it once its covered, plus it comes with free yoghurt!
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2023/01/23 20:45:07
Subject: How do you clean your dry pallet?
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Nimble Pistolier
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I use old pieces of cardboard. Not the best, I know, but I used to just use my desk as a pallete. I'd also scrape it off when it got too thick.
Now I just get a new piece of cardboard.
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2023/01/24 09:08:24
Subject: How do you clean your dry pallet?
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Thane of Dol Guldur
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Cardboard isn't a good idea. You will start getting microfibres in your paint.
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Heresy World Eaters/Emperors Children
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2023/01/24 14:52:08
Subject: How do you clean your dry pallet?
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Nimble Pistolier
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I know, seen it having an effect a while ago. Been using it for a while now though. I have a new workspace so might as well be time for a change of pallete too.
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2023/01/24 15:06:02
Subject: How do you clean your dry pallet?
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Moustache-twirling Princeps
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mrFickle wrote:I had some of those clear plastic take away containers... I can’t imagine paint sticks to them well at all.
I do this.
There is usually a groove somewhere on the lid, that I use for washes or watering down paints.
So, when I clean the 'pallette', I just peel off the old paint, and carry on using an old plastic food lid I would otherwise have used for storing bitz in.
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2023/01/26 22:41:44
Subject: How do you clean your dry pallet?
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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Yes, but I tend to just put new paint on top of the same colour if I'm doing an army, so black on top of dried black, for example. That way the colours beneath aren't distorting anything.
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2023/01/27 10:45:01
Subject: How do you clean your dry pallet?
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Frenzied Berserker Terminator
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I just avoid putting non-metallics on top of metallics, in case I end up with any metallic particles contaminating...
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2023/01/27 13:18:05
Subject: Re:How do you clean your dry pallet?
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Deathwing Terminator with Assault Cannon
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Working with acrylic paints for over 20 years here - something I learned from art teacher in my school years and have been using since:
Get a piece of glass, put up a white museum board or matteboard cut to same size (white backing helps you see the colors better), tape up the edges with masking/painters tape.
For cleaning, soak up a papertowel in warm water, squeeze out excess, put over the paint for 5-20 min and let the paint bloat, depending on how thick the layer is. Get a flat edge blade and scrape it off.
I'll post a picture of my palette i've been using for 10+ years later today. Meanwhile, try checking out "diy glass palette' on google to get an idea.
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2023/01/27 18:23:47
Subject: Re:How do you clean your dry pallet?
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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skchsan wrote:Working with acrylic paints for over 20 years here - something I learned from art teacher in my school years and have been using since:
Get a piece of glass, put up a white museum board or matteboard cut to same size (white backing helps you see the colors better), tape up the edges with masking/painters tape.
For cleaning, soak up a papertowel in warm water, squeeze out excess, put over the paint for 5-20 min and let the paint bloat, depending on how thick the layer is. Get a flat edge blade and scrape it off.
I'll post a picture of my palette i've been using for 10+ years later today. Meanwhile, try checking out "diy glass palette' on google to get an idea.
This sounds very clever. I presume it would work on a ceramic palette aswell
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2023/01/27 18:55:47
Subject: Re:How do you clean your dry pallet?
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Deathwing Terminator with Assault Cannon
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Anything with smooth, nonporous, hard, scratchproof (resistant) surface works. Metal pans are an option, but theyre not always 100% textureless which allows the paint to grip onto. There's also the issue of the coating on the metals not being scratch proof that gets cut off by a blade.
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2023/01/28 12:04:40
Subject: Re:How do you clean your dry pallet?
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Posts with Authority
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+1 for a glass palette. Not from experience with a glass palette, but removing acrylic paint from windows when the Christmas decorations came down. A bit of window cleaner and a £2 glass scraper out of Screwfix made short work.
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