[Aquanet] Moldy paint

Fri Nov 21 14:11:15 EST 2008

Sorry I still have to piggy back to get emails onto this group.

I wrote to W/N about paint going moldy (first time this year also) and the
response was to use fresh paint daily! Not a lot of help there.  

I also am running into a problem with “special need” students.  I am not
trained to teach them and also don’t really have time to give them special
attention.  I have been “advised”  that I am not allowed to refuse them in
my class due to potential lawsuit!  Hmmmm  so I finally determined that with
an escort it would be OK but am wondering how others have dealt with this.
I do not look forward to a class dominated by these students and while I
have a great deal of respect for them I wish to teach “my” beginners with
out the stress of unexpected behaviors.   Anyone?  Phyllis

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From: aquanet-bounces at thedigitalbraintrust.net
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Sent: Friday, November 21, 2008 1:20 PM
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Subject: Re: [Aquanet] Moldy paint

 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

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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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