Mixing a color scale

[Jan Keeling]

Originally Posted by Allan Rahbek

By the way, the tools are easy to clean and easy to make. If anybody is interested to try, you are welcome to ask how.

Allan

Allan, I hope it is all right that I brought this topic back up. I am very interested to know how you made your loading tool. I generally rinse the inside of the empty tube with a little turps or mineral spirits, hoping that will make the paint slide down more easily. Then I use a palette knife to scoop the paint mixture into the tube. It is pretty messy. How did you make your filling tool?

Jan

[Allan Rahbek]

Hi Jan,

You will need some tools from a plummer / tinker to cut the metal. Maybe you can borrow some.

I made the loading tray out of a 8 X 5" piece of copper. Folded it over a round wooden stick that had a slightly smaller diameter than the 125 ml empty tin tubes that I was going to use. After folding it I cut of the exceding copper( that was used for handels when folding) and the tray is now 2" that is curved X 8" long. From one of the "handles" I made the spoon to shuff off the paint.

That is how I did, but I think it would be easier to make it from a Aluminium pipe 8" long. This can be cut in two halves with a metal saw and you don

[Jan Keeling]

Thanks so much, Allan! I can't wait! This will make tubing so much more pleasant...