How to Dispose of Acrylic Paint Water
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- Опубликовано: 28 фев 2021
- I get asked all the time how to dispose of acrylic paint water. There are lots of videos on YT that show the same variation on the theme, so I tried to put together a list of alternate approaches.
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You are the best in explaining how to get rid of paint water. 👍👍👍
Use or recycle large, used plastic jars or buckets stuffed w tightly rolled up newspaper, junk mail, rags, etc. coming out the top like a funnel.
Pour the dirty water down the top of the roll which will capture both the dye colors and solids, and helps wick and evaporate the water.
Replace crumbling paper (or whole container) as needed, throw discards into landfill trash as normal.
This will keep the more toxic or deep staining pigments like the Thalos out of your sinks and water treatment plants.
Thank you so much!!! This is exactly what my husband and I have been looking for as we set up my art studio. Incredibly helpful.
You’re welcome Lenora!
Very helpful. Thanks
Thank you! I'm one of those who asked. Funny, I search for videos all the time but didn't think to look for that subject. Doh! :)
Naomi, you’re welcome - thanks for watching.
Thanks for watching "How to Dispose of Acrylic Paint Water." Let me know if you have a good system for disposing of your water.
Thanks for this advice David, very helpful. I have been pouring mine into a plastic bucket which I leave sitting for a few days. I then poured it onto the Council verge which has grass on it. The grass looks just fine and I’ve been doing it for a couple of years. The bucket looks revolting with stuff stuck to the inside. Would this method ultimately destroy the grass? I’m hoping it might work like your pit filter. Sydney soil where I am is lots of clay on sandstone rock. I don’t have a cat but I might have to switch to the litter system which is affordable. Thanks again for all your helpful videos and advice.
thankyou sm for the variety of ways we can do this! i felt so guilty when i found out about this lol
You’re welcome. No need to feel guilty, just do your best with the disposal going forward. Thanks for watching.
Great video! I just put my paint water out in the sun and let it evaporate naturally! Takes a couple of days ..
That’s a good approach.
Great video. Very helpful and informative. You provide the broader perspective right up to the professional grade filtering system.
i'm a watercolorist, i rarely use paints with heavy metals, but when i do my rinse water goes into a bucket. Over time the water evaporates leaving the undesirable solids. Someday the bucket will be full and will go to hazardous waste disposal
some of my spontaneous paintings happen when I have extra acrylic and just loosely mess around on a canvas but still need to dispose some so I’m so glad I found this video! Thanks for the multiple options also.I appreciate another one of your tips from a dif vid about using high quality paint (not the cheap stuff). I Subscribed here, thanks for the info!
Brent, your welcome - thanks for the sub and thanks for watching!
Awesome video. Would never have thought of the cat litter myself :D
Very helpful!! I had already bought the Golden's Crash system, took a long time to get here, and just got it out today to start using!! Seems like it will be good and I will feel better about putting my water into the garden now!! Do like your other ideas too...maybe when I ren out of crash solution I can fill it with kitty litter. But, so good to know there is a water system that can be built in if I ever DO build my studio!!
Kate, happy to help.
What about tubs (one for acrylic paint and separate for oil base paints etc) put waste water and all things with paint on in the bucket, have outside (garage, deck etc) put lid with holes punched in or just cracked open so water can evaporate over time. Then mark tub with hazardous waste/acrylic or oil based etc) then take to the dump to hazardous waste disposal.
Great rundown -- thanks!
Ben, you’re welcome - thanks for watching.
Thank you for so much helpful info!!
Annie, you’re welcome.
Thank you 🙏🏻
You’re welcome!
Thank you so much for the tips!
You’re welcome
Great info, thank you!
Kathy, you’re welcome
Wow! I didn't know about this.
First thing is wipe your brushes on a paper or cloth towel instead of rising the brush in water.
Throw away the towels.
That simply does not clean the brushes - not acrylic paint brushes. I always wipe them off, but that doesn’t remove enough paint to fully clean the brushes.
Cat litter works well.
First wipe the extra paint off your brush. Then rinse the brush in a cup of water. Then put the dirty water into an empty milk/ pain container. Let the water evaporate. Dispose of the milk container.
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Thank you for all the useful information! Could it be safe to pour down the rocks of the train tracks the acrilic wasted water?
I think that rock base is fairly deep, so it’s probably ok.
Long story but I accidentally drank some acrylic water yesterday . What a shock I had I then I drank activated charcoal .Hope I feel better soon .
I shouldn’t have to tell you this, but your container for acrylic water should be like a small bucket - something you would never drink from, and should always be kept away from water you do drink from. Maybe a studio reorganization is warranted.
So as long as I catch the solids or filter them out, that means the dirty paint water that’s left is safe to go down the drain right?
It's never completely safe because microplastics are so tiny they'll go through any kind of filter and end up in the sea most of the time. But it's better than nothing.
Do you take on someone that knows nothing but wants to paint just like you
Robin, I have lots of online workshops and live workshops, but I don’t do any mentoring if that’s what you’re asking.