Question on storing 502 abteilung oil washes

**mvonb** · #1 , 02:21 PM

I have just received, and am very impressed with my weathering oils from 502 Abteilung and have a question about storing the washes I have prepared. If I use either the normal thinner or odourless turpentine, can I keep them in empty Vallejo paint bottles? Suggestions welcome as usual.

MfG

Martin

**tamigawa** · #2 , 05:48 PM

I doubt the turpintine would attack the plastic if that is what you are wondering.

**mvonb** · #3 , 06:07 PM

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Originally Posted by tamigawa

I doubt the turpintine would attack the plastic if that is what you are wondering.

True, it had crossed my mind, but I also wondered why oil paints are always in metal tubes. Is the carrier oil aggressive?

**tamigawa** · #4 , 06:36 PM

I don't think so. Most oil's carrier is Linseed oil, which as far as I know, is harmless. Just don't eat it.

**tamigawa** · #5 , 06:39 PM

Here is an interesting article on the subject:

Seems that a metal tube does not "bounce back" like a plastic one, which reduces the air sucked back into the tube. As we all know, air+paint=dried paint, which isn't good, at least in the tube.