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Masterson Sta-Wet Handy Palette Airtight Paint Palette Keeps Paint Fresh for Days 8.5X7 Inches
Material | Plastic |
Color | White |
Brand | Masterson |
Style | Modern |
Product Dimensions | 8.5"L x 7"W |
About this item
- The Masterson Sta-Wet Handy Palette is an easy-to-use system for keeping water-based paint fresh for days or even weeks. The sponge and palette paper for acrylics combine to keep paints moist
- For Acrylics: Paints slowly absorb moisture from the palette paper and sponge while the palette is open. When the lid is closed, it will keep your paints moist for days, and even weeks
- For Oils: Remove the acrylic palette paper and sponge. Insert your favorite oil paper (not included) into the tray. The airtight lid will slow the oil paint dry time
- Compatibility: Masterson Sta-Wet Palette are compatible with New Wave glass and plastic paint palettes. Includes palette tray, lid, 5 sheets Sta-Wet paper for acrylic paints, 1 sponge, and complete instructions for use
- Measures 8. 5 x 7 x1 inches. Made in the United States
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Product information
Material | Plastic |
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Color | White |
Brand | Masterson |
Style | Modern |
Product Dimensions | 8.5"L x 7"W |
Item Weight | 0.45 Pounds |
Is Dishwasher Safe | No |
Is Oven Safe | No |
Number of Pieces | 1 |
Item model number | 11000002 |
ASIN | B000C18GTE |
Customer Reviews |
4.7 out of 5 stars |
Best Sellers Rank | #12,265 in Arts, Crafts & Sewing (See Top 100 in Arts, Crafts & Sewing) #64 in Palettes |
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No |
Item Weight | 7.2 ounces |
Manufacturer | New Wave, LLC |
Date First Available | December 7, 2005 |
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No more wasted paint! The Masterson Sta-Wet Handy Palette keeps acrylics and other water-based paints wet on the open palette for hours. Once the lid is closed, the paints will stay wet and in workable condition for days, even weeks. The airtight acrylic palette features a patented sponge insert and special permeable palette paper. Together, they provide acrylics and other water-miscible paints with a constant source of moisture. Moisten the sponge and lay it inside the paint palette tray, then place the palette paper on top. When the lid is open, the paints will have an extended open time. When the lid is snapped shut, the Masterson Sta-Wet palette will maintain a moist atmosphere that preserves paints. In addition to its uses with water-based paints, the Sta-Wet palette can be used as an oil paint palette. For use with oils, simply remove palette and sponge and use the covered paint palette to store oil paints (oil palette paper not included). The lid has five prongs that provide structural stability and prevent any paints stored inside from contact with the lid. The Handy Palette is the ideal size for projects in the studio or classroom, and the small size also makes it great for travel.
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Customers like the quality, ease of manipulation, and value of the task tray. For example, they mention that it helps make the painting process easier, and is worth the price. That said, opinions are mixed on the size and seal.
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Customers like the quality of the tray. They say the paint is usable for days and days, and the paper is durable and cleanable. They also say it's great for saving paint and helps them not waste it.
"...It also keeps my gouache active even over a few days while I'm working on a project, but long term storage really isn't what this palette is about,..." Read more
"...All in all, this palette does what it says it does and keeps paints, at least watercolors and acrylics, from drying out before they are used up and..." Read more
"Why did I not discover this sooner? Such a simple design that works so well for more than a week...." Read more
"...The papers themselves are very durable and definitely cleanable and reusable...." Read more
Customers like the drying time of the task tray. They say it keeps their paints wet for weeks, keeps them moist, and prevents them from drying out. Some say it's the perfect no-frills wetting palette.
"...First and foremost this palette is designed to keep your paints wet while you are painting, and to that extend it works fabulously...." Read more
"...of water based oils, this palette does seem to really extend the drying time factor of water based oils, however water based oils seem to end up..." Read more
"...still using paint that I was using a week ago because the sta wet palette works so well. Really great price too! Wish I'd bought one a long time ago!" Read more
"...It locks enough moisture to not dry the paints out and to grow mold/mildew. So I bumped it up to 5 stars. Great product!" Read more
Customers are satisfied with the performance of the tray. They mention that it works well, gets the job done, and is able to work for well over a week. The parchment paper absorbs the paints and keeps them moist. The tray is simple and does not affect its performance.
"...keep your paints from drying while you are actively painting, this product works great...." Read more
"Why did I not discover this sooner? Such a simple design that works so well for more than a week...." Read more
"...While the Sta-Wet paper was absorbing my paints, the parchment paper is working well to keep my paints at the perfect consistency, though sometimes..." Read more
"Bought this for my Mom who paints and she likes it a lot. Does it's job for her acrylics. No more wasted paints." Read more
Customers like the value of the tray. They say it's worth the price, saves them money, and is a good investment. Some say that the sponge can be replaced. Overall, most are happy with their purchase and recommend it to others.
"This has saved me soooo much money. I was constantly wasting paint before I got this. Now I throw nothing away!..." Read more
"...It is by far the best investment in a painting tool that I have ever made...." Read more
"...Love that it washes up nice and the papers are all reuseable. Good investment." Read more
"...The price was right. Thank you for the extra sponge and papers." Read more
Customers like the ease of use of the wet palette. For example, they say it's simple, easy to clean, and setup. Some mention the directions for use are very involved, but in San Diego where it'd be easy to pick up and continue the next day. That said, they're happy with the product's ease of usage, saying the color mixtures are saved and ready to use.
"...The Reaper paints are already pretty watered down and usable straight from the bottle. The Citadel paints need to be watered down a bit for my use...." Read more
"...are working on a piece your paints and color mixtures are saved and ready to use. Love that it washes up nice and the papers are all reuseable...." Read more
"...In my first use, I found the product easy to use, but getting the right amount of water in the tray is an art...." Read more
"There are a lot of fancier wet palletes on the market but this one is simple and gets the job done...." Read more
Customers find the Stay Wet palette easy to use and helpful with painting. They say it makes the joy of painting even better, and is great to have paint ready whenever you need it. It also makes blending paints a lot easier, and it's easy to clean up. Customers say it has helped them paint WH 40k stuff and has changed the way they paint.
"I primarily paint with gouache, and this palette has made my life much easier...." Read more
"...Love this - takes the pressure off of working faster before the paint dries up." Read more
"It works very well and makes painting easier as I don't need to clean up my palette every time I'm done." Read more
"...This has shallow sides so you can softly manipulate the paint and make use of the entire palette without harming your nice brushes...." Read more
Customers are mixed about the size of the tray. Some mention that it's the perfect size, good for beginners, and perfect for smaller projects. However, others say that it is a little small and would recommend a bigger one.
"...3 packs, so that you would have one for each primary color... Nice size for school, or art parties..." Read more
"...Not a big deal but now my sponge is a bit too short for the palette.2...." Read more
"Like it is a decent size and not large." Read more
"...I love this one though because of its size, sturdiness, and I like where I can place my thumb on the tab while I’m standing painting." Read more
Customers are mixed about the seal of the task tray. Some mention that it's great and helps the paint last longer, while others say that it doesn't seal correctly and causes the paints to dry out faster than normal.
"...First off it's a nice square sealed plastic dish with a sponge and a few sheets of paper...." Read more
"...I discovered that, depending on just where the the chip is, air leaks inside, drying out everything...." Read more
"...The plastic is sturdy and it doesn't feel flimsy. The lid closes snug...." Read more
"...That shows that the lid is letting air out, it then comes back to it's original form, which shows that it's letting air back into the palette...." Read more
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Reviewed in the United States on February 27, 2024
When using watercolors I have yet to have a color dry up on me as long as I keep the sponge wet and rewet it if its drying out. After several months of using it with a watercolor project, that took 6 weeks to complete I did not lose one bit of pain to it drying up. I am currently working in acrylics doing a project with several objects that will all need to share some accent colors, at least, so I decided to try this with the acrylics and see what transpired. I am now 4 weeks into the project and have not has one color that was original put on the pad or any mixed colors from those original dry out..
I have found, however, that for me the instructions on how to keep the sponge wet by directly adding water to the palette to let the sponge soak up more water does not work as well as lifting off the paper layer and washing the sponge in cool water and replacing it in the palette in the same manner as the instructions had you do to set it up. I found that directly adding water to the sponge in the tray, while it will eventually travel through the entire sponge you can end up with areas near where you added the water wetter and a bit thinned while others, farther from the water addition not getting too wet or thinning out. Since the paper can be easily lifted out for cleaning it can also be lifted out for a short time so you can wash and rewet the sponge in a way that the water is the same amount across the sponge. then replacing the sponge and paper.
I have seen where people have complained about growing some mold although I have not seen any. This could be because I do remove the sponge from the tray and rinse it well and then make sure its consistently wet and replace it, and I take this opportunity to also rinse the tray. I also use distilled water to rinse and wet the sponge and I microwave the paper as suggested in the instructions for hot enough water for the paper to be moistened with. Both of these will pretty much eliminate the chance that you have introduced mold into the system which will enjoy the wet surfaces. I live in an area that is consistently damp and mold is a real issue but have not had it be a problem with this palette. And given how the system works if you do find that mold crops up after a few days, there is no reason why you cannot set aside the paper, wash the sponge and the tray every few days and replace the paper without losing any paints on the paper. Tap water as well as just the air can carry mold spores and distilled water is definitely a deterrent, as it would be unlikely that there would be spores in distilled water and even if some get into the palette from the air or anything that touches the palette (fingers, tools, brushes etc) distilled water is not going to provide mold with much to thrive on.
I have noticed many making suggestions of things to treat the palette with, such as Lysol and Vinegar but, unless your project calls for paints that have been altered in color or consistency by adding chemicals or altering the pH of the paint I would not suggest that as a solution. If you are going to be adding anything other than water I would not be looking at household cleaning products or vinegars or anything that will alter the pH balance.
The only issue I have had, and its when using acrylics, is that if you are starting a fairly large product and star out with large amount of a color or mix a color in a large amount so your not faced with reinventing that color each time you run out, I found, at first, that I was dealing some paints drying enough to get a 'skin' across the surface. This is a common step that acrylics do as they dry so when a skin forms you know they are drying out which also can change the color. I found that using a palette wetting spray immediately after putting my colors on the palette, and using it again if I take the sponge out and clean and rewet it, or if I add some new colors to the those on the palette. The most palette wetting sprays, just from their chemistry, will retard mold development without disturbing the paint's pH level or altering the paint in any way, although it may result in thinning the paint if you overuse the spray.
All in all, this palette does what it says it does and keeps paints, at least watercolors and acrylics, from drying out before they are used up and gives you the leisure of being able to mix and achieve a special color without worrying that if it dries out you may not achieve the same hue, tone or shade as you had with the first mix. Given that I am now into my 3rd month using the palette with acrylics and they are all still wet and usable, it does what it says it will do.
I can't explain way some have posted about having issues where their paint drying out quickly. This could well be user error, either in not following the exact steps for setting the palette up the first time so that the moisture transfers well from sponge to paper. Just not creating an initial temperature gradient across from a cool sponge to paper that is initially treated with hot to boiling water. The paper does nt have to always be hot, but when adding a new sheet or after cleaning a paper, using hot water again would be important to the system. The other problems, such as mold, are again most likely user error - not using hot enough water on the paper originally so spores would be killed, and not doing upkeep such as cleaning the sponge and tray on a regular basis depending on how high the mold index is where you are living or painting. I have a friend that uses this brand of palette also, but lives in a very hot area with little humidity and a very low mold index who has never had a problem with it, even though she rarely cleans the system except between projects or if she is using it during their few weeks a year when they get monsoons and mold flourishes every where, in which case during those few weeks she rinses and rewets the sponge an cleans the bottom tray every 1-2 days. As for paints that seem to start to dry and develop a skin, as I mentioned, you can use a palette spray or else spread out the pants you have placed so that a larger part of them are in contact with the damp paper. Also make sure that the paint you are using is a water based, water soluble paint. Certainly that favors acrylics and watercolors. While oil paints that are water based seem like they would work well with this palette, the reviews are a bit mixed, although many that are using water based oils are usually also emptying traditionally oils in the composition too and putting a tradition oil paint on a palette that is using water to keep the paint usable is going to create a bit of a mess as the oil and water do not mix well or at all on a water wet palette. So if using oils, and using both oil and water based oil paints, it would be better to stick to a traditional dry palette. Of course with oil based paints you have a good log drying time, nothing as short as acrylics or water colors so there would not be a real reason for a palette that stays water wet all the time. However, if you are using ONLY water based oils, which tend to dry very quickly when compared to oil based paints, and is one of the attractive features of water based oils, this palette does seem to really extend the drying time factor of water based oils, however water based oils seem to end up getting thinned a bit more with them in constant contact with a wet paper then acrylics and watercolors do.
This is definitely a product I recommend to other artists and to my students, if for no other reason than it certainly saves money on paint and for students that are just getting the hang of mixing paint and color management, requiring them to have this palette as one of the tools for the class has ended the frustration for them of finally getting the right mix for the hue or tone or shade they need, at one class, and coming back a day or two later and finding it all dry and unusable and they are faced with having to remix and recreate their color.
One tip that a student came up with and I have started to employ , is that if you have a range of color on a palette and don't want to clean the paper or use a new paper because there is not room on the current one to even add any more paint, let alone mix anything, the student found that he could buy a flat sponge that was close to the size of his Sty-wet paper, get it wet and slide it into a ziplock bag taht can close air tight and then place his palette paper on the sponge with another piece of palette paper, also moist, on top and seal the bag while making sure he removes as much air as possible and then stored the bag flat on a shelf.. He did that, to see if he could preserve a palette paper and after 6 months he opened it back up to find the paints and his mixed paints totally usable.
1) the middle of mine is 'bowed' upwards so it's not flat. Unsure if this is on purpose or not. This caused one of my more watered down paints to run to the side and stain my sponge.
2) The Sta-Wet paper started to absorb my paints. I'm using this for D&D Miniature painting, using Reaper and Citadel paints. The Reaper paints seemed to work fairly ok though they did seem to dry out (not harden just get super thick) pretty fast and need to be watered. Watering down the paints I noticed that the paper was absorbing it like ink. Before anyone get's uptight, I followed the directions to a T for the paper. Properly heating it up and everything. I read all the reviews and took notes from other painters on how they handled the paper. It still acted pretty weird, almost like water color paper.
3) When I tossed my Sta-Wet paper I noticed that it had absorbed the paints so much they had stained the sponge underneath where the paints were, confirming my suspicion that this had indeed been the case.
After talking to a fellow mini-painter I decided to toss the current sheet I was using and picked up some Reynolds Parchment Paper , cut some sheets out, then SUPER soak my sponge rather than keep it kinda dryer like many other users have suggested. The difference is night and day. I'm using 100% of my paint and there is absolutely no thickening/drying going on unless it's been sitting there for a week. The Reaper paints are already pretty watered down and usable straight from the bottle. The Citadel paints need to be watered down a bit for my use. While the Sta-Wet paper was absorbing my paints, the parchment paper is working well to keep my paints at the perfect consistency, though sometimes the Reaper paints get a bit watered down so I have to be careful not to soak the sponge too much. It's also not being absorbed at all.
I think the difference comes down to the paints. If you are using artist paints for actual painting and not paints specific for miniature painting the Sta-Wet paper will probably be perfect for your needs. If you are doing miniature painting with any of the major miniature specific paints (Reaper, Citadel, Valajo, etc) then I think the paper just sucks it up like a sponge. Maybe the mini-paints are more watered down? Not sure. It still works, just grab a roll of parchment paper and you'll be golden. ((Though be careful of what paper you get. The Reynolds I linked above works great but I've had other parchment paper not work at all. Dragon Con had some pre-cut circles they had ordered that worked great for them but not sure what brand. Some parchment papers have a coating on them that stops the water transfer.))
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