I just discovered this issue after long term storage. Pop the caps off the pot, lean the rim with a damp cloth. Run the lids under warm water and hook the dry paint out. Removing the lid for cleaning reduces the risk of spillage and more paint than necessary on your hands.
I have a friend who sold me 2 toolboxes of paints, wash and varnish because he'd long quit the hobby. Alot of them where dried out to the consistency of almost Playdoh, so this helped me alot. My Necron army thanks you.
In the beginning of the video you said you'll talk about how to fix dried up paints, why did you bother adding chapters/markers in the timeline if you aren't going to include when you talked about how to fixed dry paints. It's at around 11:00 minutes by the way for anybody who doesn't want to sit through it.
Great video! It's about time someone made one like this! It's tiresome seeing people slam GW's paint pots endlessly when the real problem is they are simply unwilling to do a minor amount of maintenance. I'll be linking this video everywhere! Keep it up!
Hi Kevin, thanks for the comment! I must agree with you. While I would probably design the bottles different, I still think the issue is solvable. I expect maintenance on most of my hobby products (glue, brushes and so on). So it seems weird not to expect it on my paints 🤔
As a beginner I think this might have saved three of my bottles. I was wondering why there were lumps appearing and they were drying so quickly..! This happened to me after just a couple weeks - I was probably too messy when opening them the first time..
I have spent a small fortune on paint, but left painting for a year. Came back and they were ruined despite making sure they were closed. What i find annoying I have an original Citadel Woodland green bottle over 25 years old that is still fine. So thanks for the video going to try and revive them
Yeah kind of the same. I want to come back into painting, all my GW are dry, event the more recent one (at least 10 years) But still have prince august paint that are like 15-20yo, and still work great
The pots are trash. I now have to clean a dozen of them and be paranoid about paint flowing down the tounge down into the lid. The problem isn't air coming in, but water vapor coming out of the pot.
Still have some proper old round sealed tub of Polished Blue as well as some of the first hex bottles with white caps. Still working and I used to remove the paint ring all the time. 10:30 All the screw tops, similar to yours here are dead. The earlier ones are mostly still great!!
I had a friend give me a huge box of paints to get started. Everything that was citadel was hard as a rock or like putty. Every other brand was perfect. That taught me early on to avoid the brand when I can
Just dont know why this is a problem still after 30 years I've been dealing with this from every bottle style. Will be converting over to dropper bottles
I secure a small 6" trigger clamp into the end of my reciprocating saw. Add a little water and a stainless "B-B" to my old paint and pull the trigger. Instant turbo paint shaker. The "BB" breaks apart all the chunks. works like a champ!
@@Einhauser what I ended up doing was leaving the cap off for a week or so. My house is usually 40% humidity. I would put the cap on once a day and shake it up a bit. Then the cap was off every day until it started getting thicker. It's still a little thin but acceptable now......i would suggest patience and time. Maybe some low heat? But I never tried that. Usually when I do use that one and a few other color brands I know of I put them on the dry pallet instead of my wet pallet or just in a bottle cap in the wet pallet. That way they don't get even more wet. Seems to work ok. Lesson learned and with a little work was able to keep it.....good luck
Worst. Paint. Pots. Ever. The saddest part of this is that most begginers who start with citadel miniatures will stock up on those paints and never consider other brands, which most have a bottle that is not downright stupidly designed.
Just started the hobby and ran into the issue. Thanks for the tips for the future!
You can push the lid "inside out", so say. Cause they are flexible. And then you can get all the dried up paint out.
I just discovered this issue after long term storage. Pop the caps off the pot, lean the rim with a damp cloth. Run the lids under warm water and hook the dry paint out. Removing the lid for cleaning reduces the risk of spillage and more paint than necessary on your hands.
I have a friend who sold me 2 toolboxes of paints, wash and varnish because he'd long quit the hobby. Alot of them where dried out to the consistency of almost Playdoh, so this helped me alot. My Necron army thanks you.
In the beginning of the video you said you'll talk about how to fix dried up paints, why did you bother adding chapters/markers in the timeline if you aren't going to include when you talked about how to fixed dry paints. It's at around 11:00 minutes by the way for anybody who doesn't want to sit through it.
Great video! It's about time someone made one like this! It's tiresome seeing people slam GW's paint pots endlessly when the real problem is they are simply unwilling to do a minor amount of maintenance. I'll be linking this video everywhere! Keep it up!
Hi Kevin, thanks for the comment! I must agree with you. While I would probably design the bottles different, I still think the issue is solvable. I expect maintenance on most of my hobby products (glue, brushes and so on). So it seems weird not to expect it on my paints 🤔
Sucks when I got pots of Necron Compound (dried out) and Corax White (really lumpy) from the LGS that are shit (and you can't tell when you get them).
@@cjanquart just delt with corax white from my LGS @dhgaming in Murray I'm looking at you. Move your paints away from the giant window.
Golden High Flow or Airbrush mediums would do a better job at retaining the paint composition.
I just wish GW would go back to the hex pots from '94.
As a beginner I think this might have saved three of my bottles. I was wondering why there were lumps appearing and they were drying so quickly..! This happened to me after just a couple weeks - I was probably too messy when opening them the first time..
I have spent a small fortune on paint, but left painting for a year. Came back and they were ruined despite making sure they were closed. What i find annoying I have an original Citadel Woodland green bottle over 25 years old that is still fine. So thanks for the video going to try and revive them
Yeah kind of the same.
I want to come back into painting, all my GW are dry, event the more recent one (at least 10 years)
But still have prince august paint that are like 15-20yo, and still work great
The pots are trash. I now have to clean a dozen of them and be paranoid about paint flowing down the tounge down into the lid.
The problem isn't air coming in, but water vapor coming out of the pot.
Still have some proper old round sealed tub of Polished Blue as well as some of the first hex bottles with white caps. Still working and I used to remove the paint ring all the time. 10:30 All the screw tops, similar to yours here are dead. The earlier ones are mostly still great!!
Thanks! I had some old paints I tried to revive with water and It didn't work out so well, Ill get some thinner and try that next time.
I know it's been three years, but how did the thinner work for your dried paints?
Great stuff, the real problem is GW not fixing the problem. This way they sell more overpriced paint
I had a friend give me a huge box of paints to get started. Everything that was citadel was hard as a rock or like putty. Every other brand was perfect. That taught me early on to avoid the brand when I can
I am trying a few drops of boiling water and then shake vigorously. It works a bit
And what can I do if the paint is completely dry? Can I save it if its likr a rock?
I tried some water but that only makes it a little but more moist, still with allot of loose particles in it. Ill try thinner next time!
Just dont know why this is a problem still after 30 years I've been dealing with this from every bottle style. Will be converting over to dropper bottles
i am thinking on cutting the small flap where paint gets dry
I secure a small 6" trigger clamp into the end of my reciprocating saw. Add a little water and a stainless "B-B" to my old paint and pull the trigger. Instant turbo paint shaker. The "BB" breaks apart all the chunks. works like a champ!
Any issues with the BB rusting? I put stainless bbs into my paints, and they all rusted over 5 years.
@@Noold don't keep the BBs in the paint. A piece of sprue can help as well.
my citadel paint "expired" - unopened and bulked up .. why ? any other paints in tube are still ok
Nice, good advice.
Hi Grant! Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment :D
I'm just gonna stop using their paints.
If you have an airbrush army painter speed paints are nice
Looking forward to more vids
Great, the same for me!
thanks for the video! So satisfying getting that dried up paint out :D
What is the name of the thinner
Great tip!
Glad it was helpful!
Just pull the top off, push it inside out and the dried paint just falls off, then put the lid back on.
What do you do if you added to much water? Asking for a friend lol. Can I let it dry out some or is it ruined?
Did you find a fix? My uh, friend, is also having this issue
@@Einhauser what I ended up doing was leaving the cap off for a week or so. My house is usually 40% humidity. I would put the cap on once a day and shake it up a bit. Then the cap was off every day until it started getting thicker. It's still a little thin but acceptable now......i would suggest patience and time. Maybe some low heat? But I never tried that. Usually when I do use that one and a few other color brands I know of I put them on the dry pallet instead of my wet pallet or just in a bottle cap in the wet pallet. That way they don't get even more wet. Seems to work ok. Lesson learned and with a little work was able to keep it.....good luck
You really don't need that ring in your mouth...
I came to find what to add to it but I'm not staying fir 14 min lol I'm sure this has helped others but I'm just going to go add water.
This happens even with unopened paint, I hate GW paints for those bottles.
You do realize you can take the lid totally off and put it back on again easily for more detailed cleaning.
this guy talks way too slow and this video was way longer than it should have been.
Hi. I like the video. Just small tip. Talk faster or something. I’m watching it in 1.5x speed and that’s seem like normal video. ;)
What about rock solid dry paint? Anyone tried?
Worst. Paint. Pots. Ever.
The saddest part of this is that most begginers who start with citadel miniatures will stock up on those paints and never consider other brands, which most have a bottle that is not downright stupidly designed.
Another thing that ruined my paints was having a toddler 😅
Oh, and FIRST!!
You will always be my first Grant Foster!
Giggitty! :D