Hi Consie, Patricia and Kathleen,

I have discovered this in some of my WN watercolor tubes as well. I have 
found
a messy way to deal with it. I take a long skinny skewer and stir the paint 
gently
losing a bit of the gum arabic goo in the process, but getting some mixed 
back
into the paint too.

Best,  Annie
www.annerunyon.com

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Subject: Re: [SCIART] new tubes of WC paint


> Winsor and Newton!!! The professional grade and not Cotman. Most, most 
> depressing. It's happened on multiple tubes and is most disconcerting to 
> find about 1/8 to 1/4 of tube contents just gum arabic.
>
> Cheers,
> Patricia Savage
> 816 Valerie Dr.
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>
> Kathleen Garness wrote:
>> Consie: I second what Patricia says; just scrape it off the top of the 
>> tube until you get down to good pigment.
>>
>> A complaint to the manufacturer isn't much use since they're all huge 
>> corporations within larger corporations nowadays. : / But that's worth a 
>> try if you have the time. Sometimes they'll send you a new tube just to 
>> keep you as a customer. I've had mixed results with that approach. Or you 
>> can return it to the store and ask for a replacement! : )
>>
>> Patricia, what brands are your students using that you're finding this 
>> problem in?
>>
>> Kathy G
>>
>>
>> On Mar 24, 2010, at 2:04 PM, Patricia Savage wrote:
>>
>>> The yellowish goo is gum arabic. Manufacturers frequently add too much 
>>> because it's cheaper than the cost of the pigment. Some pigments are 
>>> heavier and require extra gum arabic to aid in their flow, so you come 
>>> to expect a couple of extra drops in the top of that particular kind.
>>>
>>> I usually squirt the gum out and add a large dollop of pigment and then 
>>> mix them together, which leaves me with a too large area of paint on my 
>>> palette. Recently I have found that some of my student's pigments 
>>> contain too much arabic and never really dry. They stay sort of liquidy 
>>> and a tad runny.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Patricia Savage
>>> 816 Valerie Dr.
>>> Raleigh, NC 27606
>>> www.psavageartist.com
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>>> 919-859-2789
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Consie Powell wrote:
>>>> What do other folks do in this situation? I have just gotten some new 
>>>> tubes of paint (the particular ones are gouache, of very good quality, 
>>>> but this has happend with transparent watercolor too...) and a few of 
>>>> them are exhibiting a situation I've had happen before. When I go to 
>>>> squeeze paint onto the palette for the first time, out first comes a 
>>>> runny squirt of often yellowish goo, which I presume is gum arabic. 
>>>> Often it is mixed somewhat with the pigment, but is way more dilute 
>>>> than the pigment is supposed to be. Often I can tell that this is the 
>>>> case when I first open the tube, as I can see it. What do others of you 
>>>> do when this happens? (I'm presuming I'm not the only one who has seen 
>>>> this...)
>>>>
>>>> thanks.....Consie
>>>>
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