Hey all you homemade wet palette users, i have a questions for you. How do you keep the paint from becoming too wet over time? I have a sponge in a pan with bakers parchment on it and it works great for the first few days. After that it seems as though the osmosis is too much and the paint becomes too watery. Has anyone had this and conquered it? I tried using 2 sheets of parchment but i cant seem to get them to lay flat together. I keep it covered when not in use because its in an area that can be dusty when i am working on other projects. I read somewhere that someone had used a few layers of saturated tissue under the paper but i would think this would increase osmosis rather than decreasing it due to increased surface area contact. Anyone?
Help.. Homemade wet palette is too wet.
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Joona
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I use tissue paper for my palette. I've also used a sponge and it doesn't really seem to matter which one you use. Maybe you could try to leave the lid on a little loose so some of the water can evaporate away for the wet palette. The air humidity inside the palette will not be as high as with an airtight lid and the paint might not get as wet. Most of the time I don't even use a lid on my palette as I usually use most of the paint right away.
TrystanGST
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I use paper towel as my base. If you're getting too much water coming up thru the parchment, try using less around the sponge. I actually usually have standing water around the paper towels, and still have the opposite problem. My paints will dry out over time. It probably has to do with the humidity in your work area too.
RuneBrush
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I had a play with this a while ago, but didn't have enough time to get it right. However I did read that people use a sponge as a reservoir and then some kitchen towel on the top with baking parchment on the top of that. This means that all you need to do is to add some more water to the sponge to rehydrate it.
