Once upon a time...
I had some Ral Partha acrylic paints (about 30 different colors) I boxed up, put in the attic & forgot about them...10 years (or so) later (ugh...I know) I find them after cleaning up the attic. Being the cheap ***** I am I tried to resurrect them using plenty of hot water, time, and feverish stirring. Here's what I found out:
- Dark colored paints survived better than light colored paints (don't know why that is)
- Depending on just how dry the paints are you may need to repeat the process (ie. add hot water, stir, leave overnight, drain excess water, & repeat the process)
- Putting a drop or two of olive oil in particularly dry paints softened up the dry paint enough to respond to hot water & stirring (this worked better on lighter colored paints like, white, yellow, and red...again, don't know why)
Out of those 30 or so paints I was able to revive about 22 of them. Hope this helps & let me know how it turns out...Good luck!
