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Comment on Discussion Thread 🪴 Tuesday 23 September 2025

melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

I wish I had a shed or a comfortable outdoor space to work in to allow the use of solvent… and maybe a cat proofed yard or large catio or run for the fuzzy one, to keep her with me so she doesn’t get anxious but keeps her away from breathing the solvent and out of the paint.

I can’t say the paintings produced would be high quality but having a proper working space would give me the chance to do something constructive and maybe kind of regulate.

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Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
outdoor table on the back door step as a place to clean brushes?

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- melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Yeah but I’m gonna have to do multiple brush cleanings between colours and can’t really do it inside.
  
  I can take it all into the back room and blast air through as a crossbreeze for ventilation but still babygirl is asthmatic and glued to me.
  
  And if I don’t have everything well up out of her reach she’ll stand in it, tip it over or brush against it. I don’t want to risk it.
  
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  - Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    don’t use brushes for more than one colour, don’t clean brushes with spirits between uses . just wipe them really well
    
    this is what mark carder recommends on his draw mix paint site
    
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    melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    I could try. But oh wow the cost on these paints. So much more than normal oils :’(
    
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