Oil paint mixing palettes option

[Jonthan mcmeekin]

Good afternoon all.
In my ongoing search to save money on the extras in the hobby I was in The Works store yesterday and picked up excellent wax paper mixing palettes for £2. Great product at a great price considering the art shops sell them for £7.
Here's a link to their website with the product.
Cheers and good luck.
Jonathan
http://www.theworks.co.uk/search/Paper palette

 

[megroot]

I use a white tile. Cleaning it with terpentine after a painting session.
Last at the moment 16 years.
I think that is cheaper then the waxpaper.

Marc

 

[Jonthan mcmeekin]

You've got me there Mark...good to see some folk are tighter than myself...
The only thing I've found over the years is that if I want the colour as a reference for the next session it helps to have it on the palette.
Jonathan

 

[Mirofsoft]

Use plastic pic-nic plates

 

[Jonthan mcmeekin]

Never thought of those.
Cheers
Jonathan

 

[billyturnip]

Never thought of those.
Cheers
Jonathan

You're alright there Jonathan, I think they do those in The Works as well.

 

[frank h]

Hi
Grease proof and baking paper from Sainsburys.
Comes on a roll......10 metres x 380mm wide,
cant remember how much it cost
have had it for ages
use it for oils ..............and in my wet palette for acrylics

Frank

 

[John Bowery]

Styrofoam picnic plates as per Danilo. The oil seems to seep into the styrofoam similar to the Card method.
I save all the plates until the end of the project for reference.
cheers frugally,
John

 

[Jonthan mcmeekin]

Cheers on all this fellas!
I hope everyone has a great Xmas break with some time to paint.
See you in the New Year.
Cheers from Cumbria
Jonathan

 

[Paul Kernan]

Like Marc, I use a small tile as my palette. At the end of a session, I transfer my mixed oil paints into an old 35mm film canister and store in the freezer until my next session. My wife is finally ok with the idea

 

[Red Five]

Hmmm. White tile! Good idea.

 

[Viking Bob]

A white tea plate £1.00 many years ago, cleaned as perMarc BUT cling film will stretch over the plate and pop in fridge

 

[akaryu]

White tea or rather coffee plate, both sides being used and cleaned with white spirit and yes toilet paper after each session. It will last until someone drops it, probably me!
cheers,
Piet

 

[theBaron]

I use a ceramic palette, too, Japanese, looks like a stylized chrysanthemum, with a well in the center, surrounded by 6 other wells. Easy to clean and maintain.

I also use cardboard or brown paper bags sometimes, too, when I want to let some of the oil leach out of paint. The cardboard and brown paper wick it away.

I've never used plastic, but I'd be concerned that the solvents we use would eventually attack the plastic, if we leave the paint on long enough.

Prost!
Brad

 

[Buckledresin]

another tile guy here ........... but i use a beige colour tile not white

 

[Ron Tamburrini]

A white tea plate £1.00 many years ago, cleaned as perMarc BUT cling film will stretch over the plate and pop in fridge

Thats a good idea