Using Oils on wet palettes

[polyphemus]

Naive question; I've had a wet palette for a few years plus a few pads of replacement papers. These were bought for an idea to try acrylic paints. These have never been used and were made by Privateer, seemingly now unavaiable in the UK.
Has anyone tried using these with oil paints without wetting the foam sheet. It just seems that this might be a tidier way of keeping work in progress paints.

Geoff

 

[Nap]

Naive question; I've had a wet palette for a few years plus a few pads of replacement papers. These were bought for an idea to try acrylic paints. These have never been used and were made by Privateer, seemingly now unavaiable in the UK.
Has anyone tried using these with oil paints without wetting the foam sheet. It just seems that this might be a tidier way of keeping work in progress paints.

Geoff

I've used water soluble oils on WP paper along with Acrylics ...no issue

Can't really comment ref Oils but assume big you'd remember ve any flow that's in them before use , a nap n wet WP paer becomes just a surface to put paint on and make x

Nap

 

[Mirofsoft]

NO, they were made to absorb water and stay wet, so your acrylics stay wet
They will absorb your oil and made your oils dry

And I didn't get the answer from our friend above : Nap is big and stay wet after a flow ! and Malcom X !

 

[winfield]

Keep them in the freezer. Keeps them fresh for quite a while in between painting sessions.

 

[socko47]

Instead of parchment paper, which absorbs water for the water soluble paints, use the shiny side of freezer paper if you want to continue to use the container to work with oil paint. You could close it and then refrigerate or freeze to try and get another day out of your paint. Just remove the sponge as it will not serve a purpose with the oils.

 

[polyphemus]

Thanks for your answers. I've tried the parchment paper which gives similiar results to using index cards or blotting paper to draw excess oil from the paint.

Geoff

 

[Steve Ski]

Keep them in the freezer. Keeps them fresh for quite a while in between painting sessions.

Instead of parchment paper, which absorbs water for the water soluble paints, use the shiny side of freezer paper if you want to continue to use the container to work with oil paint. You could close it and then refrigerate or freeze to try and get another day out of your paint. Just remove the sponge as it will not serve a purpose with the oils.

I agree with what these Gents are saying. I personally use wax paper taped to a thin chunk of foam board, store it in the freezer betwixt sessions.

 

[Dolf]

Yes, in the freezer is probably the best way to have your oils last 1 or 2 days longer.

Cheers!

Dolf