Here is a little update. After more than four years of constant use and a lot of abuse, my box ( which was custom made to hold 16 colous) is still like new.
The wood is indeed waterproof and it doesn' t stain. The only thing that changed is the colour of the box overall that became slightly darker from the constant use and it looks now very smooth and shiny dark.
I've changed the circular mixing films with plastic thicker ones and when I want to mix larger quantities of colour I use the porcelain mixing tray that came with the etchr round porcelain palette which I own too. I don't mix paint with my painting brushes either way ( I use a short size 2 old flat synthetic brush) so I don' t mind how large are its wells but they do hold a good amount of colour for local urban sketching and even for weekend sketching for such a compact and lightweight box. So IMHO this is very well made box judging always by how much I have use it all these years.
It is the only box that I have always with me because it fits in a tiny pouch along with my other painting tools a.k.a two brushes ( the one for mixing) a pen, the box, the porcelain round palette and a collapsible water container along with A5 or A6 sketchbooks or loose paper sheets.
P.S You ruin your travel brushes when you use them to pick colour from any kind of such tiny boxes. Cut the handle of any old paint brush and use this for mixing. It is not that it will add that much weight in your sketching kit.
Here is a little update. After more than four years of constant use and a lot of abuse, my box ( which was custom made to hold 16 colous) is still like new.
The wood is indeed waterproof and it doesn' t stain. The only thing that changed is the colour of the box overall that became slightly darker from the constant use and it looks now very smooth and shiny dark.
I've changed the circular mixing films with plastic thicker ones and when I want to mix larger quantities of colour I use the porcelain mixing tray that came with the etchr round porcelain palette which I own too. I don't mix paint with my painting brushes either way ( I use a short size 2 old flat synthetic brush) so I don' t mind how large are its wells but they do hold a good amount of colour for local urban sketching and even for weekend sketching for such a compact and lightweight box. So IMHO this is very well made box judging always by how much I have use it all these years.
It is the only box that I have always with me because it fits in a tiny pouch along with my other painting tools a.k.a two brushes ( the one for mixing) a pen, the box, the porcelain round palette and a collapsible water container along with A5 or A6 sketchbooks or loose paper sheets.
P.S You ruin your travel brushes when you use them to pick colour from any kind of such tiny boxes. Cut the handle of any old paint brush and use this for mixing. It is not that it will add that much weight in your sketching kit.