lost the lid off a tube of acrylic paint, what can i replace it with?

Question

tinfoil maybe?
thanks

Answer 1

Tin foil held on with a rubber band.

Answer 2

The real question here should be why bother at all?

The easiest and most practical thing to do is simply squeeze all of the paint out of the tube and into an airtight, clean jar with a lid. Then when you want to use that paint you simply use it from the jar. After you're finished you put the lib back on the jar.

I've been painting with acrylics for twenty some years and learned years ago what a pain in the behind paint tubes can be. Like, what if you squeeze out too much paint, much more than you need? You can't put it back in the tube so it dries and is wasted. Unless you're rich and don't mind wasting paint then why even use tubes if you don't have to?

So now all the paint I buy already comes in airtight jars (Golden, Liquitex and most other paint makers sell it in jars) or I squeeze the tube out into an empty jar and use that to paint from. When I mix my own colors of paint these, too, go into airtight jars. You can hardly squeeze you own mixed paint into an empty tube.

Many art supply places sell empty jars (2, 4 and 8oz.) just for this reason. But any airtight jar with a re-usable lib works fine. When my daughter was very young I used to use empty, washed out and saved baby food jars.

EDIT: To the person who replied after me: In twenty years of using acrylic paint from jars I have yet to ever have any of the paint dry out while in the jar with the lid tight. Do you seriously think paint makers like Golden and M.Graham would sell their paint in air tight jars if the paint drying out were a problem?

Answer 3

Cling film and rubber band is best but if you squeeze the paint into a jar you must exclude the air or it will let the paint set eventually. Try covering the paint surface with a minimum of water. .........or look for the top.
When I was an art student I was so poor I learnt to get the oil paint back into the tubes but I don't think this works for acrylics.

Answer 4

Tinfoil put on very tightly, probably a few layers.

You can also put the paint in a plastic bag or get a small jar from any craft store. The ultimate goal is to keep it airtight.

Answer 5

The lid off your Toothpaste... then you'd need a lid for that-- the lid off of some Denture Cream might work.... but then you'd need a lid for that --maybe if you have some weird rash you might have some ointment, you could use the lid off of that, but then you'd need a lid for that too.... Maybe you could just use your finger--- Or buy a new tube of paint?

Answer 6

precise away, no it won't. After a multitude of washing, finally definite. as quickly as I've run out of exhibit screen printing ink, i've got used acrylic paint to make designs on clothing for myself and my little ones.

Answer 7

a bit of cling film and a elastic band
or you try the top off a tube thats almost out

Answer 8

Tin foil or cling film...

Answer 9

tin foil or plastic bag

Answer 10

cling film & elastic band