Mixed airbrush paint & storage

[kdecesari]

How are you storing paints you've mixed enough to use again in the future?
I am considering how much I can mix/store and how to do that efficiently to help reduce prep time & maybe minimize loss along the way.
Airbrushing 1/10 & 1/8 lexan buggy/trail trucks is where most of my time will be spent.

Over the next year, 10-15 bodies will be completed. A limited number of colors will be used.
Primary coverage (85%) with another three consuming the remaining 15% and then a backing color.

There are six bodies ready for round one. Why not just mix all the colors at-once? Anyone with me?
My interest is to avoid prepping too much and also on the other end of the spectrum in not enough & just wasting time completing the task 2x.

Thanks for sharing your learning curve.

 

[WickedFog]

Whatever you do, make sure your paint is stored in glass or PET (ketchup) bottles. The softer HDPE (mustard) bottles leech gases, so your paint will dry out.

Whenever I use my paints, I go through and shake all my bottles. I have my own thinner I made to thin them, but if you're using water based acrylics, just thin your paints with Fantastic cleaner

 

[kdecesari]

Good tip on the bottles. Thanks.

Fantastic for thinning.
Really?

 

[gragner66]

I’m telling my age here. But can anyone guess what these are. Back in the day they made for great paint mixing and storing

 

[Chubaka]

I’m telling my age here. But can anyone guess what these are. Back in the day they made for great paint mixing and storing

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I got one too. But it's not used for paint.

Thanks for making me feel old. It's bad enough I washed some color out of my beard this morning.

 

[gragner66]

Don’t won’t me to even go there. I’m accused of being my kids grandparent instead of parent most of the time. Lol

 

[WickedFog]

I’m telling my age here. But can anyone guess what these are. Back in the day they made for great paint mixing and storing

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My dad was a photographer. We had those things everywhere.

 

[Grizz03]

I’m telling my age here. But can anyone guess what these are. Back in the day they made for great paint mixing and storing

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"Say 'cheese'"