[Scriptoris] Resurrecting the dead---paints, that is.

[Elaine]

When stores go out of a product or even out of business, you might  
want to see if they have the gouache you want and just buy in bulk at  
the close-out discount.
I can hear some saying, "But what if the paints dry out before I can  
use them up?"
My late mother (also an artist) would say, "Throw them at your critics!"

I would say, "You might want to try what I do if they dry out.....  
cut off or unfold the bottom crimp, add a few drops of distilled  
water and roll it back up, and store it temporarily, lid end down.  
Let it "marinate" a while (read "reconstitute") and unroll it, dig a  
bit out with a flat toothpick or popsicle stick and put that bit in a  
small container like the protective cap from a waterbottle with a  
sports-top. Add by drops, more distilled water and mix to the  
viscosity (thickness or thinness) you want. (Don't  forget to roll  
the tube bottom back up!)

Yes, your paint will dry out in the small cap, but you know what the  
procedure is to get it back into a useable state, now. Those of you  
who like the Japanese pan watercolors are probably saying, "Dried  
paint? So what's the big deal? You just drop distilled water in it  
and practice some meditation while you wait. OOoooommmmmmm........."

It's not as "happy" a fluidity as the "fresh" stuff in a new tube,  
but you bought it cheaper and it lasts forever. Just don't forget and  
use tap water. God knows what is in city tap water to "protect us."

About small stores not having what you want.... Sometimes the  
manufacturer requires the store buy more of the whole product line  
than the store has customers. I know of one small store in Dallas  
that only dealt in water-based paints, but the manufacturer wanted  
their whole line in the small store. It would have been a financial  
disaster, so the store couldn't carry that brand, but that brand  
wasn't the only brand that was excellent, so the store carried the  
other brands.......and the customers and the store owner lived  
happily ever after. ; - )

Good luck.
HL Lete Bithespring

Do whatever you do intensely. (Robert Henri)
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On Jun 8, 2010, at 3:41 PM, Rose wrote:

> You know, I had the same problem at my local store even though they  
> carried a large variety of goache paints! I eventually found them  
> myself...
>
> -R
>
> Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy marshmallows, which is  
> kind of the same thing.
>
> --- On Tue, 6/8/10, Giertrud Gyldenstierne <giertrud at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> From: Giertrud Gyldenstierne <giertrud at gmail.com>
> Subject: [Scriptoris] Argh
> To: "Scribes within Ansteorra - SCA, Inc."  
> <scriptoris at lists.ansteorra.org>
> Date: Tuesday, June 8, 2010, 2:40 PM
>
> You know what sucks?  I inquired about goauche a few days ago at  
> Hobby Lobby
> and the had no idea what I was talking about.  I looked a bit  
> myself and
> found nothing.  Lake Charles, LA is a pain at times.
> YIS,
>
> Giertrud Gyldenstierne
>
> (g'yair-trood ghee-yule-den-stee-air-nuh)
>
> God is my lyght and saluation, whom then shall I feare? God is the  
> strength
> of my life, of whom then shall I be afraide?
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