Rescuing Wolfe Paint

Howdy all.

After an insanely busy weekend, I'm noticing that both the black and the white now seem to have a lot of excess moisture in them. I don't spray my paints as a rule, but I think it happened just because those are the two I use the most of and probably went a few too many times with too much water on the brush.

I've had them sitting with a fan blowing directly on them for about 10 hours now, but they're still really sticky and hard to work. Have I ruined them, or does it just take a while?

I don't have a suggestion for your paint, sorry.
Maybe it will dry out with time.

I'm just starting out - and happened to run across a post here about Metina's dippy pots.

She takes a color and pre-mixes it with water to the right consistency to use for lines and such.

I found some empty small paint containers (with lids) at Hobby Lobby that I use for black and white.
It works GREAT!

This way my cakes of paints don't tend to get soggy!

i Think it just takes awahile, no matter how soggy I get mine they dry out in time. Facepaint is in its nature to dry out I would think. thats my newbie opinion.

i use wolf as well it just takes time leave the cover off they will be fine

Your paints will dry out. It just takes time. Just keep them uncovered.

In the future, it sometimes helps to make a well in the paint by poking a hole in them to the bottom of the container & filling it w/ a few drops of water. Mix it till it's a good consistency to work w/ & try to keep the rest of your pot of paint dry. Add water as needed by dripping it off your brush into the well.

Put them in the freezer for a couple days. Then take out and let sit uncovered for another day or so.

I thought the same as Shannon.

Ok well try that. I just put them in the freezer.

I'm curious about the science behind that.

No idea, but trust me ... frozen is dry. I should know! 8 months below zero and my skin is so dry it cracks when I touch it!

Ya know, a lot of Canadians snowbird to FL in the winter... Get out of the freezer Shannon!

I had the same problem a few weeks back. I need to be more careful to not add as much water to my DFX or Wolfe white. I let my paints sit out over an entire week and by Thursday night they were just starting to firm up.


http://www.facepaintforum.com/t5563-why-is-my-dfx-white-all-gloppy?highlight=gloppy

Freezer - That's why food/meats/etc become "freezer-burned".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freezer_burn

at a conference, April said the best course of action for this issue is to take the tops off and put them in your car windshield in the sun for a few hours. I would think that the freezer would create condensation upon thawing, I could be wrong.

Which is why you let them thaw out without the lid and put them away when they are completely dry.

Actually the freezer thing didn't work for mine. I'd left them for a full day with a fan on them. Tried the freezer. Left em in there for 48 hrs with the lids off, then let them sit out a couple more days with the fan still on them. They were at least somewhat more usable, but still gummy.

I'm thinking the lesson to be learned is to stop doing whatever it is I did to make them gummy in the first place. I just switched from all Snazaroo to all Wolfe so I guess its a bit of a learning curve. (Snazaroo seems pretty much idiot proof except for the "black pot in the sun" bubblegum thing)

I guess its not enough to not spray the Wolfe paints with water....I think I need to just make sure there's not so much water on my brush.

That and I'm giving that whole "dippy pot" thing a closer look.

Might try the car windshield thing, although I'd be afraid if it got too hot it might also have adverse effects on the paint. I;d keep a close eye if I was doing that. I once saw a cassette tape bend and warp after sitting on a dashboard for an afternoon.

My eyeglasses warped after a day on my dash...booo. I also use the fridge and freezer. However I mainly use snaz and I think it's more a temp thing than a wet dry thing. When they are hot they are mooshy and cold they are harder