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Without a pipette, paint is mixed by eye and the same shade is never hit twice. With one it is: three drops of base, one of the highlight, two of thinner – and a written-down ratio can be repeated a month later when the rest of the unit needs finishing. The pack holds twelve, so every colour on the palette can have its own pipette and the shades do not contaminate each other. Besides mixing they serve to dose pigment fixer and gravel-and-sand fixer straight onto a base, where a brush would carry far too much at once.
Specifications
| Code | AK614 |
| Type | pipettes |
| Material | plastic |
| Size | approx. 15 cm long |
| Pack | 12 units |
| Weight | 0.013 kg |
What it is for
- Mixing paint to a repeatable ratio
- Dosing thinner into paint
- Applying pigment fixer and sand fixer
- Transferring paint from bottle to wet palette
What to pair it with
Mix into the six-well aluminium palette, the ten-well version or the AK8206 metal wells. For long painting sessions a wet palette is better, and thinners are in the Thinners and Cleaners category.
Frequently asked questions
Can the pipettes be reused?
Yes, if rinsed with water or thinner straight after use. Acrylic paint catches in a narrow tube quickly, and once it dries there the pipette is finished. With twelve in the pack, sacrificing one now and then is no hardship.
What liquids do they suit?
Water-based acrylics, thinners, pigment fixers and sand fixer. For aggressive acetone-based solvents a glass or metal pipette is better – plastic would soften over time.
How large is one drop?
That depends on the density of the liquid, which is why a ratio is written in drops from the same pipette rather than in millilitres. What matters is that drops from the same pipette and the same paint are comparable, so the ratio is repeatable.