Home made paint palette

[hornet]

When painting with a brush I used to work straight from the jar/bottle but I found this was often a little messy. Recently I purchased some dispensing needles and syringes very cheaply on eBay. These are great of removing paint from a bottle with the minimum amount of mess. They are also great for sucking out all unused paint from the bowl of my single action air brush. I also made up a simple paint palette using bottle tops glued to a piece of wood. I used some new bottle tops left over from by 'brewing' days but I am sure used ones would work just as well. The inside of the lids were lined with plastic so they were easy to clean (I only use acrylics) after use. Combined with the dispensing needles it means I can reduce mess and wastage when completing fiddly jobs with a brush.

 

Cheers

Steve

 

[Canute]

Hornet, what size needles on those syringes?

[hornet]

Hi Ken.

 

Got them from eBay. Item listed as follows:

 

Blunt dispensing needle syringe needle tips 4" 14 gauge.

 

cheers

 

Steve

Edited April 18, 2016 by hornet

[Canute]

Thanks, Steve. The pipettes I've used in the past weren't working so well. I'll give these a shot.

[kurtvd19]

Steve:

Thanks for the great tip - I will be passing it along in my airbrush classes.  I use a similar syringe and plastic dispensing needle for applying wood glues - will use the same set up when airbrushing -  I will not interchange the set ups!

Kurt