Make your own Stay-Wet Palette
I wrote a long post yesterday about my efforts to be green so I’ll try to keep this one a bit shorter!
I mentioned that I make my own stay-wet palettes, and if you also use acrylics on a regular or even semi-regular basis, these may well be helpful to you too. You can buy them in the shops, but a home-made version is much cheaper, and you may well have everything you need already - even better! Using these palettes, it won’t matter if you accidentally squeeze too much paint from the tube - it will keep fresh and useable for at least a few weeks - often longer.
You’ll need:
- a plastic container: I use takeaway containers which you can buy in packs from pound shops and kitchenware departments (although if you want an excuse for a sweet and sour with egg fried rice I can think of none better or more bizarre!). If you’re using a pre-used container, do make sure it’s washed thoroughly first as the oily residue will affect your paints.
- some absorbent paper: the best I’ve found is Plenty kitchen towels - they won’t shed tiny bits of paper into your paint like some others will.
- a small piece of greaseproof paper.
Fold the kitchen paper to fit the bottom of the container
Place the paper in the container and wet the paper so it’s damp all over, then cut a piece of greaseproof paper to sit on top of the folded wet paper.
That’s it! Just add paint
It makes a good tub for mixing colours - and you have the exact colour for several weeks if you need to touch up any smudges.
July 15, 2010 | Posted by Wendy 





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