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For fifty six years I've been using old phone books for a palette and folding the index cards that came as advertisements with the sign magazines. Now that the mags are not printed so I don't get the cards, and no one uses phone books anymore, what will I do to maintain the tradition in which I was taught?
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I have been using vinyl backing paper for years. As I go along, I put the backing paper aside after a vinyl job. When I'm all done and it's clean up time, I cut the backing paper into 7 in. by 7 in. squares, more or less. I have the squares stacked up in a magazine holder. When I need a palette, just grab one and off I goes.
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Most of our signs are large and have several colors, so we go through a lot of pallets in a day. Same thing with mural work.
We use pieces of cardboard that are anywhere from 8"x8" to about 24"x24".
When we are done painting a certain color, we just brush-out the paint on the pallet and let it dry.
Some of the pallets are quiet thick with hundred of layers on them. Some are several years old. The larger pallets are great for using a roller. No paint pan to wash.
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Oh Thanks George, I didn't know you can still buy the unwaxed paper cups. I have been using the more expensive plastic cups, but I would prefer the paper ones. Gonna get me a pallet worth!
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We can always find replacements, it's the change in our history, the traditions, that's what I'm lamenting. When I was an apprentice I was taught the ways that were taught for several generations. Mixed paints were the big change and they had invented rollers, and we didn't need to care for horses. I'll never be able to train an apprentice to learn the way I did again.
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Gerald, I looked on amazon but couldn't find a brand stating no wax liner, including the fine print. Any chance you can post us a recommendation ?
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