Teeny-tiny one-shot palettes for when painting pilots, interior detail, wheels (or anything requiring tiny quantities of paint), I've lately been using discarded pill blister strips.
You know, the little plastic strips that you pop headache pills etc. from.
The ones for standard round, flat pills are the best.
After the pills have gone, lay the strip on the bench, and push the blisters fully in, to make fairly uniform 'craters' - Ideal as a palette for very small paint quantities - Either left together as a strip, or cut up into singles.
And here's one I used earlier....
Disposable tiny paint palettes
- carlos
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Re: Disposable tiny paint palettes
Neat idea - I like it. And when all used just throw away.
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Re: Disposable tiny paint palettes
Nice!
I use the plastic caps (suitably washed of course) from milk/orange juice/soy milk cartons - the top for putting small puddles of superglue on, to transfer to cocktail sticks, and the inner for mixing paints, creating washes, etc.
I use the plastic caps (suitably washed of course) from milk/orange juice/soy milk cartons - the top for putting small puddles of superglue on, to transfer to cocktail sticks, and the inner for mixing paints, creating washes, etc.
Paul
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I wear one day contact lenses and the little container they come in is perfect as paint palettes.
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Re: Disposable tiny paint palettes
That looks like a really smart idea for small lots of paint. My life is on long term mdeication & having just tried it out they'll be perfect. Thanks for the idea.
Steve.
Steve.