I thought it might be interesting to start a thread to see if anyone has any tips for storing finishes.
Just recently I've had to replace a few bottles of finish as they had gone off in their containers, this got me thinking of ways to prolong shelf life.
I had a tin of oil skin over inside, as the opening was only a 20mm screw top the only option I had was to push a screwdriver inside to puncture the skin & so as to be able to use the oil. I've heard of putting clean pebbles inside the oil can to take up the volume as the oil is used but was wondering if the trick of storing the tin upside down so the skin would form towards the bottom of the container would work.
I've been trying this same trick lately with PU glue, another substance that's a bugger for skinning over inside its bottle & so far it's worked, so here it is with some acrylic lacquer & sealer that I am also trying out stored inverted.
I'd add before I do this I place a piece of polythene bag over the opening & screw the top back on.
I'm storing them in a plastic container just in case my usual luck prevails
So has anyone else got any tips we could try not only for finishes or glues but anything that has a shelf life that would benefit us by extending it
Just recently I've had to replace a few bottles of finish as they had gone off in their containers, this got me thinking of ways to prolong shelf life.
I had a tin of oil skin over inside, as the opening was only a 20mm screw top the only option I had was to push a screwdriver inside to puncture the skin & so as to be able to use the oil. I've heard of putting clean pebbles inside the oil can to take up the volume as the oil is used but was wondering if the trick of storing the tin upside down so the skin would form towards the bottom of the container would work.
I've been trying this same trick lately with PU glue, another substance that's a bugger for skinning over inside its bottle & so far it's worked, so here it is with some acrylic lacquer & sealer that I am also trying out stored inverted.
I'd add before I do this I place a piece of polythene bag over the opening & screw the top back on.
I'm storing them in a plastic container just in case my usual luck prevails
So has anyone else got any tips we could try not only for finishes or glues but anything that has a shelf life that would benefit us by extending it