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David Perry

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I only ask because Ken Bromley is doing 37ml tubes and for the popular colours (Sienna etc) it's a good price for artists quality paint...unless it goes off and I end up with 32ml of watercolour pencil! D

Syd Edward

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big firms like Bromley will not sell you rubbish . its not in their interest to do so. paint does go off in a tube after a lomg time and leaving the cap off too. Syd

David Perry

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Thanks Syd. I think you, or someone, told me that even if the stuff does go off, just cut open the tube and use it as a pan. I currently use White Nights, which I like, but the cost of these 37ml tubes is quite low in comparison (ml for ml) so I am thinking of topping up empty pans with tube W and N Artists paint: the Russians dont do tubes it seems. My art teacher recommends Schminke paint, which is nice but not available from Bromley. I have seen it on the Jacksons website but half the time Jacksons crashes my Mac and the other half its all just too hard to navigate...I like the Bromley site. now Im starting to get a feel for what colours I use regularly and which pans never even get a wetting so I think Im okay buying bigger volumes of the stuff... D

Derek Snowdon

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Never even heard of those, but happy with W&N anyway. Never experienced paint going off, but I use it too quickly anyway
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Robert Jones, Napa

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Yup. All good advice and quite true - if you've got the cash, buy the paint and start applying it. If you haven't, save your pennies and then buy it. But it's not like fish paste - it doesn't go off in the tube, and if you clean the thread and ensure the cap is screwed back on properly, it's unlikely to harden either. But the best way to make sure your paint is in good condition is to use it and replenish when done. Slosh away!
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Robert Jones, Napa

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Oh, and I have heard of White Knights - Russian paint, which has undergone several name changes in its time, I believe. I prefer Winsor and Newton, Daler Rowney, and Rembrandt for most purposes - but so long as it's lightfast, much of this is just a matter of preference. See Fiona Phipps' work on the Gallery: she uses Old Holland watercolour. And I used Jackson's own brand a while ago - fantastic blue.

David Perry

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Thanks all. Been sloshing paint all morning. Oranges 2 coming along, a sketched apple just been posted. D

David Perry

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Thanks Jenny. D

David Perry

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Thanks Syd, yes I did look and yes I was seated and yes I needed to be. I am actually happy with my White Nights...they do the job. Ive just taken delivery of a few new White Nights colours to substitute the colours I never use - to try them out as it were. By the way...your inbox is full so no new PMs. D

David Perry

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Syd, in forums click on the wheel icon next to your name. Click on "in box". In the right hand side is a column of boxes...tick them all or tick the ones you want rid of, then at the bottom in the long oblong box select "delete" and hit 'go'. Job done D
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Love the title of this discussion 'Does paint go "off" in the tube?' . It's inspired another cartoon now featuring in a gallery near you. http://www.painters-online.co.uk/gallery/art-view,picture_166506.htm
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Linda Wilson

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I recently found a tube of gouache in my collection that had definitely gone off. The bottom of the tube had gone rusty and obviously let some air in. The orange paint had crystallised along with the rust. (The paint was some obscure French make.) This is a rare occurrence though. My normal problem with paint in tubes is that I cannot get those small octagonal tops off W & N Galleria paints.
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