| Desert Fox | 04 Mar 2020 3:53 p.m. PST |
I have some Howard Hues paints I would like to transfer to GW paint pots to keep from drying out. Anyone know where I can get a hold of empty GW paint pots in the U.S.? |
 Extra Crispy  | 04 Mar 2020 4:40 p.m. PST |
I have some Coat d'Arms flip tops… Mark@ScaleCreep.com |
| Desert Fox | 04 Mar 2020 5:17 p.m. PST |
Sorry, should say I am looking for empty citadel paint pots. |
 Editor in Chief Bill   | 04 Mar 2020 8:57 p.m. PST |
I assume you mean whatever are the current style of Citadel paint pots?  |
| Desert Fox | 04 Mar 2020 9:55 p.m. PST |
Yes, I really like the flip top and the lip in the middle of the lid. Much less waste than squeezing paint out of a nozzle. |
| DyeHard | 04 Mar 2020 10:27 p.m. PST |
I am not finding that style on the market here. There are the VALLEJO style dropper bottles, which are very good at preserving paint:
link link And generics of similar. And the Folk Art craft paint types:
link Wide mouth bottles are a bit harder to find:
link |
 Doctor X  | 04 Mar 2020 10:32 p.m. PST |
Delta Ceramcoat also sells their bottle with a flip top lid. |
| KeepYourPowderDry | 05 Mar 2020 12:04 a.m. PST |
You won't be able to buy new empty Citadel pots anywhere. Your only source will be empty used pots if you specifically want the domed top Citadel pots. The old Citadel pots are used by P3, Foundry and Coat d'Arms: Scale Creep have them, as Mark states above. |
 Flashman14 | 05 Mar 2020 8:52 a.m. PST |
Wait, what? The GW jars are reputationally infamous for drying out prematurely. There's hours of YouTube footage detailing how to transfer GW paints to other bottles. There's no other manufacturer with problems like GW has on this particular front. |
| Extra Crispy | 05 Mar 2020 9:05 a.m. PST |
Yup, the GW/Citadel are awful. I have a 2 month old pot of paint that I forgot to transfer and it was barely salvageable! The Coat d'Arms jars are about 2/3 ounce to the brim. |
| NOLA Chris | 05 Mar 2020 1:39 p.m. PST |
I started an experiment to compare the waste from the two styles… I keep all the dried paint I have to flake off the GW lids in an empty paper cup,
and the palates i use with dropper bottles… So far, the dried paint from the GW style outmasses the dropper bottle style I use GW, ceramcoat, Reaper, P3, etc |
| Grimmnar | 07 Mar 2020 10:14 p.m. PST |
I am really confused.
You want to use GW pots to keep the paint you transfer into them from drying out?
Did I go through a black hole? If you are wasting so much paint from a dropper my experience suggests your squeezing to much.
A drop on your pallet, or a drops worth out of a bottle on your pallet should really be the same. I just dont understand the topic or reasons behind this discussion. Grimm |
