Oil paint storage ?

[samson]

What is the best way to store oil paint . Right now just student grade .

 

[theBaron]

I bought mine nearly 25 years ago, and have stored them in a wooden painter's tool box all that time. They are just as good as the day I bought them. They're Schminke-Mussini oils, from Dick Blick. I bought the tool box there, too, specifically to store my oils and supplies. It was unfinished pine, which I stained and sealed. Hope that helps!

Prost!
Brad

 

[billyturnip]

Step 1 Replace the cap.
Step 2 That's it, no need to do anything else.

Roger.

 

[Mirofsoft]

In a box, some since 40 years

 

[samson]

Thanks all was not sure they should be standing or laying . Rob

 

[billyturnip]

Rob, Winsor & Newton's own oil paint boxes are designed so the tubes are lying down but I don't think it really makes any difference.
Maybe if they were stood upright the oil would sink to the bottom of the tube and dry out the paint at the top but I don't know for sure.

 

[kagemusha]

Remember....before replacing the cap....wipe off any residue to prevent dried paint 'locking' the cap on

Ron

 

[Jay-BFG]

Rob, Winsor & Newton's own oil paint boxes are designed so the tubes are lying down but I don't think it really makes any difference.
Maybe if they were stood upright the oil would sink to the bottom of the tube and dry out the paint at the top but I don't know for sure.

Other way round but yes principle is correct.

Whichever way you store them just turn them over occasionally

 

[Tecumsea]

If the cap is on too tight just hold the tube upside down in some hot water for a minute or two and it will soften the paint enough to make it easy to turn the cap.

Keith