Unopened Set
Do unopened oil paints get too old to use?
I work mostly with acrylics and watercolor, but a long time ago (probably 11 or 12 years back), I received a gift set of oil paints from a relative for Christmas. I was pretty young back then, and mom was afraid our house didn’t have good ventilation and that I’d get it on her furniture or something, so I never did open them.
I found that same, unopened gift set again when we moved to a new house just recently. I’ve painted with oils before and really like them, but they’re so expensive. The gift set is Windor & Newton, so it’s obviously good quality, but very old. Could I still use these, or will they have deteriorated too much by now?
They should be fine but, if you need to, some linseed oil will re-generate the pigment. I love the smell of oil paint in the house, I haven’t used it in a long time. Like you, I prefer acrylics to oil.
What ever the condition of the paint, now is a good time to practice applying oil with a knife to a nice canvas, I’ll bet you will enjoy that. Good luck.
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