[Aquanet] Moldy paint

[miriam]

 The mold I get is the white furry kind.


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From: Carol Wickenhiser-Schaudt <watercolorist at schaudt.us>
To: aquanet <aquanet at thedigitalbraintrust.net>
Sent: Friday, November 21, 2008 1:17:37 PM
Subject: Re: [Aquanet] Moldy paint


The only paint that gets the white powder on it is
my W & N Veridian.  We have very hard mineral water and since I
started painting with distilled water, it no longer happens.  I am
assuming that it really isn't mold.

The teacher that I took a couple classes from at the U / Houston got
black mold on her actual painting from pressing it overnight between two
pieces of board.  She made some very interesting efforts to
save that piece.

Carol Schaudt

At 11:19 AM 11/21/2008, NitaLeland wrote:

In 38 years of painting I've found
only one color that gets moldy--phthalo green. It only does this when I
haven't used a palette for a long time. There is a whitish powder on that
color, but it doesn't seem to spread to other colors. I clean the powder
off with a Q-tip soaked in rubbing alcohol. Then I spray the whole
palette with alcohol. I've never seen this mold in a finished painting,
but I seldom use the phthalo green or, for that matter, any other green.
It may be that other greens have phthalo in their composition and could
have this propensity. My paints are mostly Winsor and Newton artists'
colors.
 
Nita

Nita Leland
nita at nitaleland.com
www.nitaleland.com
http://nitaleland.blogspot.com 

----- Original Message ----- 

From: miriam 

To: aquanet 

Sent: Friday, November 21, 2008 11:36 AM

Subject: [Aquanet] Moldy paint


I keep throwing out paint and replacing it because mold

keeps hitting my palette...


only certain colors are affected ...olive green, one of my red (
brown madder, I think)


I know there was a thread on this before.

What was the best advice?

Is there anything I can put in my palette to retard or prevent
this?


i even tried drying my palette out overnight.


I don't get it.


Do you think I just need to start over again with a new
palette?



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