Post by PitYak Studios on Oct 5, 2005 13:03:05 GMT 12
There are a lot of tutorials on making wet pallettes around, but as usual they refer to products that either aren't available here or if they are available have different names. I've been experimenting lately, and this is what I've come up with.
First the theory. A wet pallette as I see it needs three components; a source of moisture, a mixing substrate, and an airtight environment. or, a bit of paper in a damp jar with a lid.
These are the raw materials I used;
That's a stackable plasic container, some sort odf compressed sponge and a pad of artisits canvas.
The container provides the airtight environment, and as this one has four sections, I've got four seperate wet pallettes to use. This originally had nails in, and came from the warehouse.
The sponge is going to be my moisture source. I'm not sure exactly what it is, some sort of cleaning cloth that is stiff and cardboard like when dry, but expands into a soft dense sponge when wet. $2 shop special.
The canvas is just the best I've found so far, not necessarily the best, plus it was kinda expensive (about $7 from memory) but will last for many pallettes.
First step is soak your sponge and paper in water. The sponge i leave overnight, the paper for about an hour. Again, this is just down to trial and error, but you do want both pieces absolutely saturated, so they will not absorb any more liquid. The sponge in particular will swell a lot when wet, so we do this now before the next step.
Next you want to cut out circles to fit your pots. I happend to find a jar that is exactly the right size, so i get the sponge, lightly wring out the excess so it isn't dripping, and draw around the jar with a soft pencil and cut out my neato little circle of sponge. Then do the same with the paper:-
Then, drop the sponge into one of your pots:-
Followed by the paper:-
Repeat for all your pots, and you now have a wet pallette with four compartments that will keep your mixes useable for weeks.
Both the paper and the sponge can be cleaned once they get dirty, just rinse under the tap. The paper does tend to get to filthy eventually, but I've not had to replace any of the sponge yet (which is good, since my local $2 shop only had this one pack in)
First the theory. A wet pallette as I see it needs three components; a source of moisture, a mixing substrate, and an airtight environment. or, a bit of paper in a damp jar with a lid.
These are the raw materials I used;
That's a stackable plasic container, some sort odf compressed sponge and a pad of artisits canvas.
The container provides the airtight environment, and as this one has four sections, I've got four seperate wet pallettes to use. This originally had nails in, and came from the warehouse.
The sponge is going to be my moisture source. I'm not sure exactly what it is, some sort of cleaning cloth that is stiff and cardboard like when dry, but expands into a soft dense sponge when wet. $2 shop special.
The canvas is just the best I've found so far, not necessarily the best, plus it was kinda expensive (about $7 from memory) but will last for many pallettes.
First step is soak your sponge and paper in water. The sponge i leave overnight, the paper for about an hour. Again, this is just down to trial and error, but you do want both pieces absolutely saturated, so they will not absorb any more liquid. The sponge in particular will swell a lot when wet, so we do this now before the next step.
Next you want to cut out circles to fit your pots. I happend to find a jar that is exactly the right size, so i get the sponge, lightly wring out the excess so it isn't dripping, and draw around the jar with a soft pencil and cut out my neato little circle of sponge. Then do the same with the paper:-
Then, drop the sponge into one of your pots:-
Followed by the paper:-
Repeat for all your pots, and you now have a wet pallette with four compartments that will keep your mixes useable for weeks.
Both the paper and the sponge can be cleaned once they get dirty, just rinse under the tap. The paper does tend to get to filthy eventually, but I've not had to replace any of the sponge yet (which is good, since my local $2 shop only had this one pack in)
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