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Post by workingclassdog on Feb 15, 2018 19:58:34 GMT
Ya know those cute little ones we all had to have? I feel like I just threw $100 of dried out paint. I even displayed the bottles for a long time cause they were pretty and colorful. Just sickening. But why hang on to them? Right!
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Post by susancinpa on Feb 15, 2018 20:09:34 GMT
So sorry you had to toss them.
I rarely use mine, but check them from time-to-time. Mine are still wet, so they aren't going anywhere yet.
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Post by amp on Feb 15, 2018 20:23:15 GMT
I know the ones you are talking about. I've not opened mine in years. I hope they are still good. Sorry you had to toss yours, that totally bites.  |
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Post by mikklynn on Feb 15, 2018 20:25:04 GMT
I only had 5 or 6, but yes, the dried out, too. It didn't really matter, because I never used them!
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Post by sunny1016 on Feb 15, 2018 21:15:00 GMT
Mine turned yellow and goopy!
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Post by amp on Feb 15, 2018 21:18:19 GMT
Mine turned yellow and goopy! Oh crud. I'm pretty sure I'm doomed. Some of them, I used several times...other colors, I never even opened. This should clue me in to purchasing scrapbook supplies more frugally. |
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Post by pilcas on Feb 15, 2018 21:22:22 GMT
I threw mine out a while ago. They were all dried up and useless. I didn’t have too many. They sure were pretty though!
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Post by amp on Feb 15, 2018 21:38:08 GMT
I threw mine out a while ago. They were all dried up and useless. I didn’t have too many. They sure were pretty though! They were very pretty! And I loved how they matched a bunch of other items in their product line. |
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Post by carolynhasacat on Feb 15, 2018 22:56:45 GMT
Yup. Mine went out last summer. It's made me think twice about buying paints/inks since.
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Post by scrappington on Feb 15, 2018 23:54:57 GMT
I did that too. Was a sad day for sure.
But it's a reminder to use stuff up
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Post by donna on Feb 16, 2018 0:02:20 GMT
Is there any way to revitalize them after they dry out?
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Post by jamiebohbamie on Feb 16, 2018 0:15:56 GMT
12 years ago I was a junior in high school and there was a boy a year ahead of me who I had the biggest crush on. He loved Batman and played the guitar and despite sitting at the same lunch table, I was too shy to say much at all to him. He knew I was crafty and asked if I had any yellow paint because he wanted to stencil a Batman logo on his guitar case. I went home, dug up my MM paint, and found him first thing the next morning to give it to him- not caring if I ever saw it again and not caring that my perfect rainbow of colors was ruined.
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Post by wonderwoman on Feb 16, 2018 2:15:23 GMT
Is there any way to revitalize them after they dry out? Not if they are totally dried out.. but if they are getting thick you can add a few drops of distilled water and shake it up till you have the constancy that you like... |
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Post by amp on Feb 16, 2018 2:21:03 GMT
12 years ago I was a junior in high school and there was a boy a year ahead of me who I had the biggest crush on. He loved Batman and played the guitar and despite sitting at the same lunch table, I was too shy to say much at all to him. He knew I was crafty and asked if I had any yellow paint because he wanted to stencil a Batman logo on his guitar case. I went home, dug up my MM paint, and found him first thing the next morning to give it to him- not caring if I ever saw it again and not caring that my perfect rainbow of colors was ruined. This. Is awesome. I could totally see junior in high school me doing the same thing. Middle-aged me...not so much.  |
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Post by 50offscrapper on Feb 16, 2018 2:22:27 GMT
I had to throw a few out because they dried out. I think I probably didn't close them right or something. A lot of them are still good surprisingly.
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Post by infochick on Feb 16, 2018 4:38:38 GMT
This makes me sad. I have a bunch of mixed media stuff that I am afraid is on the verge of drying up (if not already dried up). I worry about my Tim Holtz paint. I really must get using it. I should watch some videos and maybe make some tags or other embellishments that I can add to pages so that I get some mileage out of it. For me, I need to learn the lesson of buying the colours that I need, rather giving into temptation and buying the the whole set.
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Post by katieanna on Feb 16, 2018 14:13:33 GMT
Just the other day, I was looking through my supplies. I have MM paints stored in one of the Jetmax drawers that has the dividers. I picked several up and shook them as the paint had separated. Upon shaking them, they looked as good as new - but there were a few that were dried out, too. Another thing I have to go through and clear out. H-m-m-m...our next painting project in my class is a gourd bowl with flowers and greenery. That may be a good project to use up some of those paints!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2018 14:45:07 GMT
I never had the money back then to buy them. I settled on cheap ones from Walmart. That’s why even now, I refuse to buy a product now that “displays well”. I’m not out to have the cutest craft room. I’m out to have the cutest albums.
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Post by jstblondie on Feb 16, 2018 14:51:32 GMT
What year was this popular? I didn't get into scrapbooking until 2010
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2018 14:58:45 GMT
I threw out a lot of tim holtz dauber paints...
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Post by riversong1963 on Feb 16, 2018 14:59:33 GMT
What year was this popular? I didn't get into scrapbooking until 2010 I'd say around 2003/2004, give or take a year or so. I didn't have mine long. They dried up, and I had to throw them away after using them maybe once or twice. They even changed the tops (after I had already bought a few), because customers were complaining that the paint dried out too quickly, and it was hard to get out of the bottles. |
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Post by psoccer on Feb 16, 2018 19:40:04 GMT
I bought a kit of theirs with halloween foam stamps and the paint. It was all on sale, but I when I got around to using it, they were all gloppy. I didn't like the foam stamps either so I purged them.
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Post by lemondrop on Feb 16, 2018 20:05:45 GMT
I got rid of mine a few years back. I did use them a lot, though! But it's a reminder to USE our stuff!
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Post by Scrapper100 on Feb 16, 2018 20:46:14 GMT
I think I tossed most of mine 3-5 years ago - I may have one or two left but it if they were dry I tossed them. I rarely use them but did like this brand as it seemed to cover so much better than the cheap ones from Walmart. I still have some Heidi Swapp paint in tubes and I think it is still good - Loved using it but haven't used it in a while - think I have used a bit on non paper projects about a year or to though  |
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Post by artisticscrapper on Feb 16, 2018 22:04:44 GMT
I bought mine when the foam stamp craze was going on. I never really got into that. I mostly used the paints to color some metal embellishments and a few pieces of chipboard. The paints dried up and I tossed them. On to funner things.
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Post by PrettyInPeank on Feb 17, 2018 2:13:32 GMT
What year was this popular? I didn't get into scrapbooking until 2010 My guess is 2010. I was still new to the peas, and everyone was buying them here. |
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Post by gale w on Feb 17, 2018 5:37:01 GMT
I think mine are dried up too. On the other hand I have bottles of americana and delta acrylic paints that are at least 2-3 times as old and they're fine.
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Post by infochick on Feb 17, 2018 5:45:52 GMT
I threw out a lot of tim holtz dauber paints... Oh, this makes me sad. I am almost afraid to look at mine. SaveSave |
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Post by anniefb on Feb 17, 2018 8:34:38 GMT
I never had any. I do have other paints now - mainly a watercolour palette.
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Post by kiwigirl on Feb 17, 2018 15:31:21 GMT
I just threw mine out too! On Jan 31st I tidied my desk and had lots on a cake stand. I nearly kept that particular MM green and the lush red but they were so dried up in there so they went with all the others.
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