I’ve been using these for years and have always found it very difficult to close the tin tightly after a few uses…of course one must keep the rim clean…other than that have any of you figured this out yet…they have some great colors and are dead flat great paint.
I recently found a tin to be a muddy glop the next day after using the night before. Obviously air got in, and I swore it was closed tight.
reponses from experienced users of Humbrol appreciated.
I know a lot of figure painters swear by these paints …thanks
I’ve begun to notice that the Humbrol lids won’t stay tight on the tinlet, that includes after turning upside down for a few seconds and then righting.
It’s almost as if there is sufficient out-gassing pressure from the paint to push the lid off. I’ve taken to flipping the tinlet over to get paint to form a seal, then putting the tinlet down with a metal weight on top of the lid and checking it every couple of minutes until the lid stays down. Judging by the amount of paint/carrier that later ends up above the lid it’s pretty clear that it still isn’t a good seal.
I began to wonder if they’d redesigned the tinlet/lid so that once opened the lid or tinlet rim got distorted.