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

[Emma Fairwyll]

Much gratitude for the most excellent education and tips...you rock!

On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 9:33 PM, Elaine <eshc at earthlink.net> wrote:

> 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)
>
> ................................................................................................
> 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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