Pouring paint jars without spilling?

Same thing happens to me. They are not very pour-friendly bottles! Since I don't mix alot at one time, I use an eyedropper to put the paint in a mixing cup. Works pretty good. Then, just 'suck up' some water behind it a couple of times to clean it.

 Andy

I dito Wulf. I use glass syringes and works pretty well.

Try this, as you're tilting the bottle of paint, place a rod (stryene, brass, glass, metal, toothpick, etc) against the lower lip of the bottle and pointing into the receiving container.  The paint will flow down the rod and into the container.  There might be a little paint left on the lip of the jar after pouring, but just wipe it off with a rag.

-Jesse

That's what I do.

I use plastic syringes, the type you get from the pharmacy for giving medicine to kids.

Very clean, and they are graduated, so that you can measure accurately.

Karl 

Hey, thanks!  Sometimes its the smallest things that give you the most trouble!  great tips, thanks.

KJ200 wrote:

I use plastic syringes, the type you get from the pharmacy for giving medicine to kids. Very clean, and they are graduated, so that you can measure accurately. Karl

I never thought of using these items.  Guess that is something to add to my modeling tool kit.  I have two eye droppers to dispense thinner and alcohol. 

At present for transfering paint, I am using plastic straws.  Cut in half gives me two.  I have also found that being the type of plastic, the paint can be wiped off fairly easily. 

John

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

usmc1371 wrote:

Try this, as you're tilting the bottle of paint, place a rod (stryene, brass, glass, metal, toothpick, etc) against the lower lip of the bottle and pointing into the receiving container.  The paint will flow down the rod and into the container.  There might be a little paint left on the lip of the jar after pouring, but just wipe it off with a rag. -Jesse

^--- I use usmc1371's trick.  It is known as "decanting" liquid.

(note the glass rod)
source: http://orgchem.colorado.edu

The only drawback is that you can have significant paint loss
fromm all the material that sticks to the rod.  That's why I follow
up the paint decant with a thinner decant.  Usually you need to
add thinner anyway, and it sends the paint on the rod into the cup.

Cheers.

Yessiree, the old science class trick.  It works best with glass rods, but not everyone has glass rods available.  The smoother the rod the better, also a material the paint has a hard time sticking to helps save more paint if you don't use a thinner chaser.  Personally, I stir with the rod I use to pour, as well.  Eye droppers and the like are nice for measuring, so it depends on what you are looking to accomplish.  Both of these methods keep messes to a minimum, but nothing is fool proof.  I can be a clutz sometimes.

If you use plastic syringes, occasionally lubricating the rubber plunger tip with air brush lubricant will keep is sliding freely. Air brush lubricant is silicone based, and essentially insoluble in most common solvents.