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Is it better to mix paint in bottles or cups? If bottles which ones work the best?
Thanks
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Is it better to mix paint in bottles or cups? If bottles which ones work the best?
Thanks
Thanks for the links MalkyIf you need to mix a lot of colour and keep it for a while bottles are better, you can find bottles like this whare fairky cheap
https://www.sks-bottle.com/340c/fin21.html
Or for using up on the same day cups would be fine, some of use small shot glasses like these for small amounts.
https://m.ebay.com/itm/1oz-28ml-CLE...9259?_trksid=p2349526.m2548.l4275&_mwBanner=1
Thanks for the links Malky
Thanks for that, I didn't know you couldn't store mixed paint.R, I forgot to mention that if you store any colours in the bottles or even the shot glasses overnight, never store paint mixes that have the reducers in them, likewise, never try to pour reduced paint back into it's original bottle, once you have added reducer to your paint it's shelf life is drastically reduced so the main advice is to only reduce what you can use up, I'm sure most add reducer in the brush and its recommended to put the reducer in the brush first, then your paint.
Thanks for that, I didn't know you couldn't store mixed paint.
Thanks for the information MalkyYou can store mixed paint, just not with reducer or any other additives in it, so if you mixed pure red with pure yellow to make pure orange, you can store that as long as you wish as long as you haven't added reducer or transparent base, etc.
I bet that was a mess, I will keep that in mind. ThanksAlso remember to use solvent resistant bottles if you are doing solvent based paints. I had a bottle melt from the solvent once and paint went everywhere.
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I am going to check it right now.Another tip- TCPGlobal sells little 1 oz mixing cups that are really cheap and disposable. I bought a 100 pack of them plus 100 pipettes for like $15 shipped.
Sure was! I was inside a guys car spray booth painting a double portrait on a tailgate for him. Then he had the nerve complain that I tied up his booth all day when he was the one to want me to paint in there.I bet that was a mess, I will keep that in mind. Thanks
I just want to mix enough to fill the airbrush more than one time.I forgot to ask... are you wanting to mix paint and store it? Or are you just looking to mix it up for immediate use? One great option is to use those little bathroom drink cups. I have a whole package full of them. The only thing I don't like about them is the bottom is very "bumpy" so it's kinda hard to mix all the paint up. I do things backwards and add the paint first, so that may be part of my problem. That's what led me to get the cups from TCP Global- they have a perfectly flat bottom, and the angle of the side makes it very easy to stir the paint up.
I looked but I can't find it on line.I use these. If you're in the U.S.A. you can pick them up at Walmart for a buck and a half
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I looked but I can't find it on line.