How to easy-open tamiya paints
Beginner | Rating: 5.50 Votes: 8
Views: 5836 | By: genetico  |
| Category: General Subcategory: Misc | Date: 2006-09-13 13:42:08 |
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This is my first tutorial, it's a very obvious thing but there it goes...
The big problem with Tamiya paints is that after some time without using them they are almost impossible to open. You can normally force the upper part with something to get rid of the dry paint and open it, but this makes that after some time it will dry ever more tough, so eventually you won't be able to open it and in the worse case it will drip paint everywhere...
Get your rebel paint, I used this image because you can see the dry paint, thats the reason why they are stuck!
Use a water boiler to get some really hot water (duh!) And introduce the paint carefully with out burning your fingers like in the image
Voilá!Now it opens as if it was new...
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Hot Lead
02 October 06 |  |
Rating: 6
Once you get the bottles open, don't forget the old trick of smearing Vaseline on the bottle threads. It'll keep them from ever getting stuck again! I used to do this for all my glass-bottled inks and Polly-S paints.
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Naukhel
24 September 06 |  |
Rating: 6
Beats the heck out of prying them open with a screwdriver....
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angus147258
23 September 06 |  |
Rating: 8
A good idea. You guys really have no idea how hard these things are to open!
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Tony Manero
14 September 06 |  |
Rating: 6
small pictures would be soo nice... simply and quite useful article.
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No Such Agency
13 September 06 |  |
Rating: 6
Hey at least they are not in tiny metal-lid paint cans like the Humbrol hobby paints were (maybe still ARE?). This method works with spaghetti sauce jars too, by the way 
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