I was just wondering from others on what type of surface you use to mix your paints. I have a plastic palette and the oils don't really mix all that well in it. It seems as though that the oils just slide around when trying to mix them. They are W&N oils.

So, what type of palette is better suited for this application?

Thanks,

Doug

below are examples of what I mix my oils on. Its a plastic page protector with the flesh (in this case) mix inserted between the plastic page protector. As you can see by the stains....been using it for years.

There are many surfaces that people use but this solved the problem of having the mix formula right there too.

That's very ingenious Guy
georges.

Doug, I'm an acrylics painter so don't have first hand experience but I've heard a ceramic kitchen/bathroom tile works pretty well.

Just prise one off the wall and give it a try

Roger

Guy, your idea is excellent.

Roger, your new ceramic is not dry and you take off it from the wall !!!

Maybe I could sell the old ones I took off as paint pallettes

Take a look here:

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http://www.planetfigure.com/forums/showthread.php?t=25497&highlight=mixer

Not sure why a plastic pallette does not work for you? I used old plastic covers of cottage cheese containers and they were okay. I use oil paints too. Lately, I started put wax paper over the plastic cover. When I was done, I would just throw out the wax paper rather than cleaning the plastic.

Keith

I use a card to let the oils soak out of the paint.
Then with a palette knife bring it on a ceramic tile and mix them.

marc

Hi Doug, try glass or a glazed ceramic tile.

Einion

I use a white ceramic tile, put a strip of double sided tape along the top and fix crown cap bottle tops to this, available cheaply and in quantity from home brewer supplies.
Keeps the individual colours and mixes tidy, you then have the rest of the surface to blend.
Can't remember who I got this idea from years ago, but I remember him getting a gold at Euro with a Mongol hunter on his pony belly deep in snow.

Derek

This is a good one. Gonna use it with my next figure.
Can i use some used crown cap's to

Marc

I also use a tile and those little containers where I should put my contacts in for washes.

Best excuse for emptying beer bottles I've heard in ages.

I use a ceramic tile for my acrylics when I'm doing other painting and never thought of it for the use of oils.
Thanks for the replies guys, I appreciate it

Doug