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Recipe: How to fill oil paint into tubes

The filling and closing of oil paint tubes is simple, but it requries some practice. Before the oil paint can be filled into a tube, it has to be ground into a thick, stiff paste with a consistency similar to toothpaste.

Processing

Open up the tube. Put the paint onto a piece of paper (wax paper, silicone paper). Step 1#82: Open up the tube. Put the paint onto a piece of paper (wax paper, silicone paper).
Roll it up like a self-made cigarette. The paper roll should be small enough to fit into the back of the tube. Push the paper with the oil paint into the tube and lay it onto a board. Step 2#183: Roll it up like a self-made cigarette. The paper roll should be small enough to fit into the back of the tube. Push the paper with the oil paint into the tube and lay it onto a board.
Use a short round wooden stick, about the diameter of a broomstick and about 15 centimeters long and roll it on the paper from the back to the front, so the oil paint is pressed into the tube. Step 3#192: Use a short round wooden stick, about the diameter of a broomstick and about 15 centimeters long and roll it on the paper from the back to the front, so the oil paint is pressed into the tube.
Close the cap and flatten the end of the tube with the wooden stick. Step 4#68: Close the cap and flatten the end of the tube with the wooden stick.
Pull the paper carefully out of the tube. Flatten the end of the tube again, fold the metal (with help of a palette knife or a spatula) to close the tube. Step 5#154: Pull the paper carefully out of the tube. Flatten the end of the tube again, fold the metal (with help of a palette knife or a spatula) to close the tube.
Squeeze the folded metal firmly with a pair of pliers. Do not forget to label the tube! Step 6#87: Squeeze the folded metal firmly with a pair of pliers. Do not forget to label the tube!

Ingredients

Aluminum Tubes, approx. 8 ml (#963600)
Alternative:
Aluminum Tubes, approx. 50 ml (#963620)
piece of paper
round piece of wood
Painter´s Spatula exclusive, small (#885705)
Alternative:
Palette knife, exclusive (#885720)
oil paint paste
We assume no liability for the processing instructions described above. In any case, we recommend the production and evaluation of sample surfaces.

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