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Keeping Humbrol Paint

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Keeping Humbrol Paint
Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, March 21, 2006 7:40 PM
Ok, I just ordered a basic tool kit for my return to modeling and along with a couple models also ordered about 8 kinds of humbrol enamel.  My question is the humbrol paints come in a tinlet (looks like a miniture gallon of paint...how cute) is this tinlet air tight enough to preserve the paint after i open it or should I invest in something else to store them in? thanks again  (waiting for my package to arrive is like being 5 and waiting for christmas)
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Posted by Neptune48 on Tuesday, March 21, 2006 9:16 PM

 Rodgers54 wrote:
Ok, I just ordered a basic tool kit for my return to modeling and along with a couple models also ordered about 8 kinds of humbrol enamel.  My question is the humbrol paints come in a tinlet (looks like a miniture gallon of paint...how cute) is this tinlet air tight enough to preserve the paint after i open it or should I invest in something else to store them in? thanks again  (waiting for my package to arrive is like being 5 and waiting for christmas)

If you wipe the inside of the lid and the rim of the can, you'll get about the best seal of any model paint available.  I have tins 2 or 3 years old that are as fresh as new.  Pouring is a pain, so I use a pipette (glass eye-dropper).  Cleaning that is easier than cleaning the top of the tin.

Regards,
Bruce

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Posted by Triarius on Tuesday, March 21, 2006 9:30 PM
I have two tins of Humbrol dating from the mid 1970's. Just keep the mating surfaces of the lid and tin clean—wipe the lid when you take it off, wipe the can rim as soon as you are done removing paint.

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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, March 21, 2006 10:17 PM
great news, thanks again for the info guys.  I don't have any pipets yet so i'll do the famous finger over one end of a straw and dip
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