How to REMOVE STUCK Oil Paint CAPS - the trick that will save your nerves and your paint tubes

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This is one of the most annoying things an oil painter can imagine : a paint tube completely stuck and impossible to remove. I tried many techniques and this one is the most effective. No need to get angry anymore, I got you covered.
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@carpenoctem90 Год назад

Thank you for posting this. I haven't painted in years due to depression and you just saved all my paints. I'm so grateful to be able both physically and mentally use them again.

@ursularita1689 5 лет назад

This is why I love RU-vid. I can search 'can't get my oil paint cap off' and here you are. Thank you!

@zis8885 3 года назад

you actually helped me save a whole box full of paint! thanks a lot!

@ubimelibiapes333 Год назад

Nice advice 🤗 One of the best advices I’ve got was from my old boss (he and his wife ran an artist’s materials shop): Use pliers and try to TIGHTEN the cap a little bit more - before you try to open it. Then you don’t ruin the threads since you are screwing in the “right” direction. I’ve often found this helpful - it cracks the paint and the cap becomes easier to open 😊

@neenakandwal6191 8 месяцев назад

It worked! Thank you!

@sadielyons5546 5 лет назад

The beginning is my mood 24/7

@devandestudios128 4 года назад

Also, don't tighten the cap completely. Snug it down all the way, then back it off a half twist. This helps to prevent a seal and from breaking the cap itself.

@rio7548 5 лет назад

I twisted the tube so much I saw paint and was like "finally!!!" Just to realize the tube broke at the end 😶

@B1ackDahlia767 5 лет назад

Lol, the struggle is real! Last year, I had 3 tubes burst at the bottom just like this, and paint got everywhere. It was, of course, pthalo blue. 😂

@normalwizard7645 4 года назад

i got my paint tube open while you were still doing the intro! this video really works!

@kathleenloverso5654 5 лет назад

Another tip might help that I do with my nail polish... is to put a light coat of Vaseline around the threads where you screw the cap on. It works great for nail polish 😊✌🏼🌺💫

@Adushka1976 5 лет назад

From now on you're God of caps 😂😂😂 saved me my huge tubes 150ml of Rembrandt's

@TheMcMeow 2 года назад

Running the tube cap under hot water also always works. I had a tube of cremnitz white I hadn't opened in nearly 6 years and it really helped

@huberthanks3007 Год назад

Good tips, Florent. I use thin pincer nose pliers to unlossen caps from side not from top. So far, no problem. Another tip is when I have cleaned thread from paint, just add a little poppyseed oil or linseed oil to thread before replacing cap final time at end of a painting session.

@scottkendall5655 Год назад

the opening "fight scene" was funny. good tips.

@AutomHatter 3 года назад

Thank you so much! I searched for this as my new tubes I just bought on clearance were sealed shut. The hot water worked like a charm!

@taffeta5436 4 года назад

Thank you for a pleasant and calming demonstration.

@crisalidathomassie1811 5 лет назад

Thanks so much for the tip. I have gone through this before and what works for me is just expose the tube of paint in hot running water from the faucet for a few seconds and it usually works with no trouble. The real problem is when the top breaks. Great video!

@riplavabit Год назад

Thanks, very encouraging… needed all three techniques 🎉

@thomask1437 11 месяцев назад

I tried this with the hot water and It worked. I had given up on it but the water in microwave for I minute and magic, opensessamee. I used a toothpick to clean the treads and cap. Perfect. 😊

@CindyBarillet 5 лет назад

Bonjour Florent, un gros merci pour cette vidéo ! J'ai de vieux tubes de peinture dans cet état et je suis bien contente de pouvoir les récupérer :) Ce qui est embêtant aussi c'est quand la peinture sèche entre les rainures du capuchon.. Je ne suis pas assez soigneuse avec mes peintures à l'huile 😥

@Raeburnsart 3 года назад

I did some serious damage to my hands once trying to open some pretty old tubes.... the lids which are somewhat serrated at the top for grip, literally tore through my skin and didn't realize until after the third tube that wouldn't open and I was bleeding lol. Dedicated.!

@karawalter7190 3 года назад

Thank you for your help kind sir ♥️

@amysbees6686 4 года назад

I put my tubes under hot running water, periodically checking to see if the cap loosens. If worse comes to worse (which it has!) where I'm utterly unable to reopen a tube, I finally bought a tube wrench. Works like a charm!

@amysbees6686 4 года назад

Btw been there done that with twisting the tube till it cracks. Not good.

@mavisseah2547 4 года назад

Omg!!! Scrapping off the top bit worked for me!!! 😍🥰 Thank you!

@MoniqueBourgeois 3 года назад

Great tip:) Will try this soon on a few of my stuck oil paints...thanks so much.

@catherinecervas3726 5 лет назад

Thank you Florent!

@shankares 3 года назад

It worked. Thank you.

@priyankaxart 3 года назад

I am saved thank you it really works I was following all steps with you and I was doing it on a gouache tube👍

@JP-jy5zd 10 месяцев назад

Thank you, it worked for me 😊

@tanyaroberson9629 9 месяцев назад

Thank you!

@tommygrip 3 года назад

Brilliant, Flores ;)

@carolineullrich7323 4 года назад

Thankyou I have multiple NEW 200 ml oil paint tubes, where caps will not come off. 🤯 trying this right now. Wish me luck!!!!

@jazminalvarado8433 9 месяцев назад

Thank you

@rlindzer 5 лет назад

Terrific advice, thank you! 😃

@Shandromeda1 2 года назад

Thank you so much!!!!! 💕

@patriziaelia1073 5 лет назад

Je n avais jamais pensé à l’astuce à l’eau chaude. Merci!!

@27skld 4 года назад

I REALLY THANK YOU! This just saved me a ton of time and money a

@janecourtenay3676 5 лет назад

Many, many thanks for this video. Someone gave me some very old tubes of paint - the paint is still soft inside but the caps are mucky and VERY stuck. I don’t want to throw them out so I will try this ... it’s my last chance, so hopefully it works! When I say the caps are mucky, I mean really mucky!

@MarinaLaine 5 лет назад

On ne prend pas assez souvent soin de nos tubes et voilà ce qui arrive ! Merci pour ces astuces !!

@minjujube 3 года назад

This helped! Thank you so much!!

@aliciasavino9809 2 года назад

WOW this is great..Thanks so much..... I did lose my temper, blame the poor husband🙂 I have like 40 tubes with same problem. Could the reason be leaving tubes inside enclosed porch each color in individual boxes with good covers still, temperatures in winter drop below -10 degrees.? well this year after i clean them all I will leave them inside the house until next May when i come back to the mountains.

@jimjeetv 3 года назад

Thank you! Thank you! THANK YOU! I wish I had seen this before I broke 2 caps of my large tubes of Winton oil paints (black and white), my blood pressure is rising now just thinking about that struggle 🤣

@shadowstarr7 5 лет назад

Love the video and a new-to-me way to get that cap off, but you also need to clean those threads too! ; )

@dreanki 5 лет назад

I always love your videos!

@dalebertdurando1496 4 года назад

If you get desperate after all the other tricks fail, you can grip the top of the tube (the harder metal part) with pliers then use the other pliers to twist the cap. Be careful to not puncture or smash the tube. Also I soak my caps in a paint stripper (or mineral spirits, etc) to get the paint out of the cap's threads - instead of the scraping with a sharp object.

@daphnemarais1540 5 лет назад

Fantastic

@jaylenesantini 5 лет назад

Cool. Any recommendations for how to get caps off of liquin or galkyd? Thanks

@devandestudios128 4 года назад

With liquin you can throw it away, blow up the bottle, shoot it. But no really, pry the outer, black cap off. There is a clear cap under it. Once you get the cap off the bottle clean the threads and cap as well as possible to help prevent it from cementing itself back on like super glued steel. Galkyd is just a matter of keeping the threads clean and the above measures in the video should help.