Liquid Layer on GW paints

[Strider]

Hi there,

I\'ve been painting for a little while now, but I\'ve seem to have run into an issue recently with many of my paints (I use all GW paints). They have a layer of oily liquid on the surface, and the consistency is pretty poor, and sometimes I have to paint many layers of paint for it to have any effect on the model (usually not much). I was wondering is this is typical for paints to do this and if so how do I fix it? I haven\'t been painting lately as much due to this issue, its really kind of annoying. I hope this isn\'t too dumb of a question :] :redface:

Thanks for any help. ???

 

[mattsterbenz]

I use mostly GW paints and I don\'t know what you mean by oily liquid on the surface. A picture or two might help us out.

Make sure the paint is mixed well. Give it a good shake before putting it on your palette.

Alternatively you might be thinning your paint too much. How much water do you add? Are you painting over a black undercoat? If so, are you using bright colors such as yellow?

Could it be oil from your hands that\'s getting on the model?

-Matt

 

[Jericho]

This can happen to Citadel paints if they have been sitting for months/years. Give them a good shake, and if that doesn\'t work then consider stirring them up with a toothpick or something, adding a few drops of water if necessary to speed things up. They\'ll come back, they\'ve just separated a bit.

It\'s only when you have a hard, cracked look on the surface of the paints that they\'re probably toast.

 

[Rick]

Yep, the paints tend to separate over time. You should mix before each use.

I put a chunk of metal spruce in each pot which helps mix when I shake them.

 

[fat lad]

Are you using the normal paints or the foundation paints?

I did notice that with the foundation paints when you paint with them they tend to seperate and have to keep mixing them together on the pallette.

If it\'s the normal paints then the seperation usually happens when they get old, giving them a stir should sort them.

Hope it helps.

-T-

 

[Strider]

Thanks for the replies,

Well that solves it then. I forgot to mention how old the paints were (most are a couple months old, but some are a couple years old). I thought my paints had gone bad or something lol. Glad to hear its normal - I\'ll just give my paints a stir from now on. And yes they are regular citadel paints, not foundation.

Back to painting!

Thanks again. :yes:

 

[Jericho]

Glad to be of service, I\'ve got a bit of a reputation as a voodoo doctor among my gaming group. I can make an ancient pot of paint go from rubbery garbage to looking brand new in under a minute

 

[Tee999]

This happens alot with paints as they sit for a while. Just shake/mix them back up and you should be fine.

Tee

 

[Einion]

Originally posted by Strider
Glad to hear its normal - I\'ll just give my paints a stir from now on.

Shaking is the usual method of getting bottled paints like this to a uniform consistency.

As yours have settled so much you probably will need to give them a good old stir with a bit of sprue, brush handle or whatever, but after you\'ve gotten them back into working shape pop in an agitator and shaking should work fine unless you let them sit a long while again.

Einion