Comments on: How to Tube Paint — Demo http://www.hudsonvalleypainter.com/2009/11/08/how-to-tube-paint-demo/ Hudson River Valley artist and painter Jamie Grossman posts her daily paintings and musings. Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:44:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Marc http://www.hudsonvalleypainter.com/2009/11/08/how-to-tube-paint-demo/comment-page-1/#comment-14959 Marc Sat, 14 Nov 2009 16:08:10 +0000 http://www.hudsonvalleypainter.com/?p=4124#comment-14959 Jamie... I was talking to Kami this morning, nothing unusual there, and told her I was filling paint tubes. She called back a little later and out of the blue says "I know how you can make that go easier."..."How???" thinking that she'd read this. She hadn't. She thinks like us and suggested that I use Zip Loc bags, cut the corner off and seal and squeeze!!! Dang, that's going to work even better cause they're stiffer, cheaper, they come in different sizes, and you can use the pressure of the sealed bag to force the paint down, like a syringe. I tell ya... your gender is going to take over the planet some day!!! ;-) Jamie… I was talking to Kami this morning, nothing unusual there, and told her I was filling paint tubes. She called back a little later and out of the blue says “I know how you can make that go easier.”…”How???” thinking that she’d read this. She hadn’t. She thinks like us and suggested that I use Zip Loc bags, cut the corner off and seal and squeeze!!!

Dang, that’s going to work even better cause they’re stiffer, cheaper, they come in different sizes, and you can use the pressure of the sealed bag to force the paint down, like a syringe.

I tell ya… your gender is going to take over the planet some day!!! ;-)

]]> By: Marc http://www.hudsonvalleypainter.com/2009/11/08/how-to-tube-paint-demo/comment-page-1/#comment-14956 Marc Sat, 14 Nov 2009 14:48:11 +0000 http://www.hudsonvalleypainter.com/?p=4124#comment-14956 From my post above - "...shot directly into the bottom of the cone (tape..." "cone" should read 'tube'... From my post above – “…shot directly into the bottom of the cone (tape…”

“cone” should read ‘tube’…

]]> By: Marc http://www.hudsonvalleypainter.com/2009/11/08/how-to-tube-paint-demo/comment-page-1/#comment-14954 Marc Sat, 14 Nov 2009 13:48:20 +0000 http://www.hudsonvalleypainter.com/?p=4124#comment-14954 Ok... just filled three large tubes (170ml) and three small tubes (37ml) with Ultramarine blue using plastic cake decorating bag and a coupler (3/8" appx diameter). It works very well but there might be a little too much waste left in the decorator bag, and it was hard to hold the flimsy bag while filling it with the paint. That's the con. The pro is that it's fast and no mess on the tubes themselves. Paint is shot directly into the bottom of the cone (tape the open end until you're ready to fill tubes...it falls out otherwise, ask me!:), and the end of the tube is left clean and dry. I was actually able to use the self adhesive feature in the open end of the tube when I closed them this time. If you had another pair of hands available, or rigged up a Rube Goldberg sort of contraption to hold the cake decorating bag while filling it with paint it would be a breeze. Good possibilities with a little work. :) Ok… just filled three large tubes (170ml) and three small tubes (37ml) with Ultramarine blue using plastic cake decorating bag and a coupler (3/8″ appx diameter).
It works very well but there might be a little too much waste left in the decorator bag, and it was hard to hold the flimsy bag while filling it with the paint. That’s the con.
The pro is that it’s fast and no mess on the tubes themselves. Paint is shot directly into the bottom of the cone (tape the open end until you’re ready to fill tubes…it falls out otherwise, ask me!:), and the end of the tube is left clean and dry. I was actually able to use the self adhesive feature in the open end of the tube when I closed them this time.
If you had another pair of hands available, or rigged up a Rube Goldberg sort of contraption to hold the cake decorating bag while filling it with paint it would be a breeze.
Good possibilities with a little work.
:)

]]> By: Jamie http://www.hudsonvalleypainter.com/2009/11/08/how-to-tube-paint-demo/comment-page-1/#comment-14946 Jamie Sat, 14 Nov 2009 02:02:05 +0000 http://www.hudsonvalleypainter.com/?p=4124#comment-14946 Marc, next time you have a "light bulb moment" like that, could you please have it before I make up 58 tubes of paint? LOL... Fabulous idea. Let me know how it goes. Marc, next time you have a “light bulb moment” like that, could you please have it before I make up 58 tubes of paint? LOL… Fabulous idea. Let me know how it goes.

]]> By: Marc http://www.hudsonvalleypainter.com/2009/11/08/how-to-tube-paint-demo/comment-page-1/#comment-14941 Marc Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:05:57 +0000 http://www.hudsonvalleypainter.com/?p=4124#comment-14941 Jamie... just had a light bulb moment!!! To fill the tubes with as little mess as possible, why wouldn't it work to use the plastic cones for cake icing with a tip to dispense the paints into the tubes??? I'm going to try it tonight!!! :-) Great demo post. Marc Jamie… just had a light bulb moment!!! To fill the tubes with as little mess as possible, why wouldn’t it work to use the plastic cones for cake icing with a tip to dispense the paints into the tubes??? I’m going to try it tonight!!! :-) Great demo post.
Marc

]]> By: Jamie http://www.hudsonvalleypainter.com/2009/11/08/how-to-tube-paint-demo/comment-page-1/#comment-14864 Jamie Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:07:03 +0000 http://www.hudsonvalleypainter.com/?p=4124#comment-14864 Hi Keith. I mentioned in the demo that ASW, Jerrys Artarama, and Dick Blick all carry paint tubes online. I've been using the two smaller sizes of the tubes from ASW/Jerrys, but I do know somebody who's had problems with the caps on the largest size tubes. Perhaps there is too much pressure on the caps from that amount of paint. I haven't tried the Dick Blick tubes. Hi Keith. I mentioned in the demo that ASW, Jerrys Artarama, and Dick Blick all carry paint tubes online. I’ve been using the two smaller sizes of the tubes from ASW/Jerrys, but I do know somebody who’s had problems with the caps on the largest size tubes. Perhaps there is too much pressure on the caps from that amount of paint. I haven’t tried the Dick Blick tubes.

]]> By: Keith Bond http://www.hudsonvalleypainter.com/2009/11/08/how-to-tube-paint-demo/comment-page-1/#comment-14849 Keith Bond Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:13:31 +0000 http://www.hudsonvalleypainter.com/?p=4124#comment-14849 Who is a good supplier of paint tubes? Keith Who is a good supplier of paint tubes?

Keith

]]> By: Jamie http://www.hudsonvalleypainter.com/2009/11/08/how-to-tube-paint-demo/comment-page-1/#comment-14782 Jamie Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:26:17 +0000 http://www.hudsonvalleypainter.com/?p=4124#comment-14782 Rene, LOL... :)))) Rene, LOL… :) )))

]]> By: René http://www.hudsonvalleypainter.com/2009/11/08/how-to-tube-paint-demo/comment-page-1/#comment-14779 René Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:01:36 +0000 http://www.hudsonvalleypainter.com/?p=4124#comment-14779 Great, You can ship them at, ...... :-P Great,

You can ship them at, …… :-P

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