chang1701 Posted June 2, 2012 Share Posted June 2, 2012 So I got some new Reaper paints in the mail today! (as well as a Isengard Troll! Happy Early Fathers Day for me!) And I quickly opened them up and gave them a good shake and started putting a drop of paint on each lid to better see the color. two of my bottles were clogged. not a drop would come out. I took off the top part, rinsed it out, and used a small needle to get rid of any gunk. my questions is this. What do you do (other than keep the bottles upright) to maintain your paints life and usability? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaelynne Posted June 2, 2012 Share Posted June 2, 2012 the Reaper paints are really pretty simple. Keep them upright like you said, and we usually keep a safety pin or T-pin in our kit to poke through a clogged tip on occasion. I'd say 8 out of 10 times, the paint comes out just fine for me without having to unclog. Enjoy painting the Troll! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inarah Posted June 2, 2012 Share Posted June 2, 2012 Use a pin. Shake them from time to time even if you aren't using them. Avoid temperature extremes (IE hot cars, storage sheds, unheated garages). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serenity Posted June 2, 2012 Share Posted June 2, 2012 If you don't use your paints for a long time, you'll want to go through them and shake them up. I try to do this about twice a year. Use an electric shaker/vibrator of some kind if you have lots of them. If you can't hear the skull or other agitator moving, open it up and see if it needs some water. Even if kept tightly closed, they can eventually need water. I use distilled if I have it, filtered if I don't. If you take care of them, they seem to be pretty stable. Most of my MSPs, including those over five years old, are in pretty good shape, though some have thickened. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chang1701 Posted June 2, 2012 Author Share Posted June 2, 2012 If you can't hear the skull or other agitator moving, open it up and see if it needs some water. Even if kept tightly closed, they can eventually need water. I use distilled if I have it, filtered if I don't. skull or agitator? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain jOE Posted June 2, 2012 Share Posted June 2, 2012 Reaper uses skull shaped agitators. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chang1701 Posted June 2, 2012 Author Share Posted June 2, 2012 holy moly!! I didnt know! I just shook my flow improver and i saw a little thing in there. how cool!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain jOE Posted June 3, 2012 Share Posted June 3, 2012 lol yeah, I always thought that it was cool too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haldir Posted June 3, 2012 Share Posted June 3, 2012 Yup when I transferred my complete set of original pro paints over to dropper bottles years ago, I had a nice little pile of skulls leftover. I used spare sprue chunks in their place. I have a Super-pokee tool that I use just for bottle unclogging. I wanna say it's a "oil pick" or even a pick out of a electronic kit I got at Radio Shack years ago. Pretty much a solid shaft of metal with a "super" needle attached to it. Works every time. Pretty cool thou, in the Goodie bag for ReaperCon there was a Skull T-pin (T-pin with a sculpted skull for the head). Pretty nice little tool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ixminis Posted June 3, 2012 Share Posted June 3, 2012 Unfortunately, the skulls are no longer used. We changed over to beads a while back (no recollection of the exact date). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qwyksilver Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 I just store my paints on top of my front loading mashing machine. It gives them near daily agitation. I've had some paints since the original MSP release that are still in great working condition. I've only had to add a few drops of distilled water to them over the years to keep them from drying out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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