MP-01 Moisture - Retaining Palette For Paints

The DSPIAE MP-01 moisture-retaining palette for water-thinnable paints

The palette solves the most tiresome property of acrylics: they dry faster than you can spread them. The closed tray is filled with water, the water-conducting paper goes on the bottom and the palette paper is laid over it. Water passes up from below and keeps a drop of paint workable even when you step away from the bench for a while.

What is in the box

The manufacturer states the palette itself with a lid, three water-conducting papers and ten palette papers. The palette paper is a consumable and gets changed with every new set of shades, otherwise the remains of the previous paint get into the new mixing.

How to work with it

• Let the water-conducting paper soak and pour the surplus water out of the tray.
• Dose the paint in small drops and mix the shades only on the palette paper.
• When the base is too wet the paint thins down by itself, so take water away rather than adding it.
• Rinse the palette after work and let it dry open; a closed damp tray grows mold.

Who it is for

It will be appreciated above all by those who brush-paint figures and busts, that is work in which a shade is built up in layers and transitions are blended while wet. The palette is designed for acrylics and other water-thinnable paints; oil-based and solvent-based materials do not belong in it, because they do not work with the water in the reservoir underneath.

The palette closes with a lid, so mixed shades can be kept even between two sessions. Count on the paint in the closed damp gradually thinning down and shifting slightly in tone, though, so make a record of shades that matter to you. The paper refills are a consumable and are bought separately.