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Marjorie Firth

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I’ve always found it difficult to throw things away ( the product of a certain age group) so I’m super happy today! Getting a new fridge freezer tomorrow and the old one will be recycled -BUT not before I’ve kept back 2 freezer drawers, a deep one for storage and the top shallow one for a spacious palette. How “cool” is this? Pretty “ chilled” I’d say.

Alan Bickley

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You can never have too big a mixing palette, this is definitely big and slightly unusual… The late Ron Ranson, was well known for using the plastic ‘butchers’ trays, I’ve got some myself. When you’re using a Hake brush, as he was, you need a decent sized palette to mix your washes.

Martin Shaw

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I use plastic, ten litre, paint can lids
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Marjorie Firth

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You use whatever is at hand - I taped a large piece of glass to the top of a desk once, it lasted me for quite a time.

Norrette Moore

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Waste not want not, I'm a fan of improvisation.

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Duplicate, sorry

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Fiona Phipps

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I forgot to take my palette to art group once and ended up taking one of the A4 laminated notices off the wall as a substitute……🤭…..it worked. Ferraro Rocher chocolate box lid, the large box of course, my favourite kind of recycling! Marjorie, you could end up with a list of weird and wonderful recycling ideas from your thread.
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Marjorie Firth

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Watch this space eh?

Tessa Gwynne

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Great idea and piece of recycling Marjorie!
With Sarah, Phil, Ellen, Rose the dentist, and the granddaughter whose name I forget.

Robert Jones, Napa

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Marjorie - great idea.  I have several palettes; most are in wood, one was made for me by my partner at the time, so of course I treasure it, and another is in melamine, which I should probably use more often, but I'm (stupidly) afraid to spoil it.  I absolutely agree about having a BIG one - a small workspace, like small brushes, and niggardly piles of paint, encourage a mean and pinched approach.  No danger of that with your adaptation of a piece of kitchen equipment. 

Sylvia Evans

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Round plastic lids from the top of bird food buckets…work well.