Comments on: Traveling Watercolors and Vintage Paintboxes

By: Lyric Kinard

Lyric Kinard — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 20:47:50 +0000

This is totally cool and has me cruising ebay looking at paint tins.
Have glue gun and paint – will travel!

By: PaMdora

PaMdora — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 12:58:01 +0000

I love your self-title: an unrepentant customizer and repurposer! What a great way with words you have.

By: victoria

victoria — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 01:14:09 +0000

As an unrepentant customizer and repurposer, I say braVO!! Most inspiring solution to an all too common problem (I anchored my same WN pans in a multi-level wooden box). Make it work, no? ;0}

By: Judy

Judy — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:31:05 +0000

I just love that paint box….and what a great way to add your paints! Thanks for all of that info! Cute, cute, cute!

By: PaMdora

PaMdora — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:00:48 +0000

Hi Trisha,

Russ said the problem is the metal tends to be cooler than the glue, so it cools the glue too fast before it has a chance to bond. I wanted to use a glue that wasn’t permanent, so when I use up one of the colors, I could pop it out and replace it.

So he heated the metal to warm (but not hot) and the glue held. He said I could warm the metal back up when I need to pry out an empty paint pan if I need to.

Good luck on your other project too!

By: Trisha

Trisha — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:18:38 +0000

Oooh! I am drooling! I love the idea of putting your paints in a cute, vintage tin. And thanks for the tip about warming metal before using hot glue. I was trying to hot glue something onto metal just a few weeks ago, and didn’t know why it wouldn’t work.