The Painting Desk - Build Your Own Paint Station for Less $$$

[@bobrivett7645]

Very cool, i repurposed various makeup storage/display devices as well. I use a carousel three tier for tall spray cans or bottles of thinner, a couple of cheap plastic tool caddies from walmart each comes with full width segimented drawer. The bottles of paint im not using are all on the wall in clear acrylic shelfs designed for nail polish bottle i have two different widths the larger ones hold tamiya 23ml bottles the smaller ones hold the 10ml, my work brench is very similar to yours with 10" inch deep shelf 42" inchs wide, underneath are various colored acrylic boxes with drawers in them, these hold tools, tapes, papers, decal sheets, putties, tube glues, etc. Its nice to see somone repurposing cheap items. Mine come from amazon, the dollar store and another called the container store.

[@GoobertownHobbies]

Here I was admiring your tasteful efficiency... and then you blow me away with that makeup brush holder! I've never seen these before, thanks so much for the tip :-)

[@IshanDeston]

There is another type of holder they sell on amazon, which has membranes you can stick your brushes through. They are also great to hold them upside down.

[@gregmccormack5709]

Yuppers same here didn't know sonething like that existed.

[@maegn]

Happy New Year Dr. Faust and Viewers! ♥️ A year or two ago I was so sick I couldn’t even stand and my only goal for each day was just to survive to until I could fall asleep again. I couldn’t even watch TV. The ONLY THING I could tolerate was to watch your videos, which I kept watching in loops over and over until I finally got better. Tyvm for your wonderful videos! Ty for your positivity, your wonderful miniature painting, your clear and direct narration, and your kind voice! Have a great 2022!

[@the300poundleprechaun9]

Thx for showing that you can have a hobby desk set up that does not need or require X companys paint storage, etc .Have a Happy New Year.

[@crossbowhunter9118]

Neat set up I have a hobby zone set up and I love hobby zone so much little expensive but I love it so much

[@chrissteadman4614]

My painting desk set-up has evolved over 25 years, but watching vids like this always throws up an idea or two. Well worth watching, thanks 👍Happy New Year

[@reddragon4482]

The nail polish stands are a fantastic idea, I was looking for something to hold my pots off the desk. Perfect dude, thanks so much. If I could like this video twice I would ;-)

[@MustContainMinis]

Thanks for the tour of your paint area tour. I have been a fan of yours for years and enjoyed seeing how you store your work area supplies.

[@danielball1598]

I bought one of those nail varnish stands a week ago to store all my paints and it's great. Dropper bottles (Vallejo, MSP, Army painter) sit in there with wiggle room, and the GW pots also fit with a little around the sides. It also happily fits the 50ml pots of Vallejo primer etc, so i got everything in there nice and neat. Really cannot recommend them enough. Next on the list is something like your makeup storage for all the tools etc... Love that brush holder idea as well, i'll definitely have to look for something similar!

[@mikrogamis721]

Dollar store foam core board, balsa strip-wood (got for free), and E-6000 glue... A lot cheaper, ...and I need to make #'s 3- 6 of them...

[@someguy2441]

Blue tack on the edge of a shelf or on a wall can easily hold a brush tip down while it dries. Then you can store it tip up after it dries.

[@SvartElric9]

That brush holder looks super useful! Thanks for the suggestions!

[@stpduck6701]

The Makeup Brush Holder is exactly what i was looking for

[@TheNeoanomally]

Thanks for the awesome tour of your paint area. Have a happy new year

[@markgnepper5636]

Great stuff friend 👏 👍

[@tonyperez4791]

Great video, Thank you for posting. Lots of great ideas. Hope you and your loved ones have a Great and Healthy New Year ! Best wishes, Tony

[@charlesforbin6937]

HAPPY NEW YEAR DOC.........I enjoy your vids very much!

[@RichardEKranz]

Happy New Year to you, Hope you fare well with the new year.

[@Centurion3D]

Happy New Years Dr. Faust. Great Video, good idea. Thx Veldek

[@hangerbird]

Nice work station. Would be interested to see where you got that dual water/brush cleaning container.

[@jackbrownii]

Timing. I'm waiting for Amazon to deliver some CQ acrylic bottle racks already. Those drawers are very interesting. I'll have to get the tape measure out to see if they'll fit in slots in the Ikea Kallax/Expedit shelves that make up one side of my painting desk.

[@wellywanderer]

Awesome video. The best part is that nothing here is branded or custom made ($$$) - it’s a triumph of function over form.

[@andyhatton2889]

I already really liked this video and then it ended with one of my favorite MST3K soundbites so now I love it! But seriously, I really love when folks find great uses for hobby things using everyday easy to find (and affordable items) really great video thank you!

[@ThalmorIceTea]

Dear diary, today I watched a 13 minute video about shelving units instead of painting one of the frankly too many figures on my desk. Happy new year, people!

[@neilrock7386]

Handy video. Been looking for paint storage which is all pretty expensive and as you say, normally have pot sizes that make them inflexible. Thanks for this!

[@thelonepainter4760]

Cool!

[@cjanquart]

Ah, those Ral Partha paint pots...I loved their flesh tones and aged bronze and steel. So bummed when they dried out on me :(

[@Kojak0]

Not bad - very elegant I must say. I use a custom made paint rack made of 5mm foamcore with about 250 individual slots for my Vallejo paint bottles (and it's full - I might need to increase the size of it), but the slots are cut out quite shoddily I'm afraid and it's not that hot to look at. I have seen people mention makeup storage before, and maybe should look into that? Seems like a solution actually.

[@asaffin1]

When you think about it, you're just putting makeup on your figures, so makeup storage makes perfect sense.

[@IshanDeston]

The question about this new brushholder with the "teeth" would be, does it hold the brushes upside down for prolonged time or do you need to worry about them falling out after an hour or four?

[@marklinton4567]

I had the problem of bottles falling over too. Big ogre hands I guess. I took some 1/2" foam from something I ordered on amazon, cut strips the size of each ledge and then cut a bunch of 26mm holes in each strip. Now the bottles never fall over.

[@Haunting_Hyena]

Was gonna suggest this.

[@krzysztofmathews738]

Some good solutions there. Is the the wall shelf unit deep enough to store standard sized Tamiya Acrylics?

[@stuartfarrell6729]

i used a rool top desk as a start for my paint station

[@crossbowhunter9118]

Is that a full set of model color paints?

[@tubthumperloc3662]

Thank you for sharing your set up. Lots of great ideas. Where’s the Reaper Bleacher?

[@ThePaintingClinic]

Reaper Racker!

[@Michael_Gombos]

Awesome video, Doc. Let me buy you a pop filter for your mic ^_^ I'm reorganizing my space and this was very, very helpful.

[@Braven-j7m]

I have always wanted a painting area like this but I have a really hard time finding a place that does not get to hot or to cold throughout the year which often ruins my paints.

[@mikeellis4253]

Wow looks great I need to get a set up like this for my kit I just use a chocolate box for my paints and a shoe box for my minis it’s messy and you can’t see anything

[@deende79]

Great setup , where do you hold other things like glue, static grass etc... Also do you use this table for assemble models and where do you have bases, sprues and things like that and how do you fight with dust? Do you use paint shakers - like vortex ?

[@EarthGuaard]

oh, I had no idea to use plexiglass. I've always painted over a piece of paper ... is plexiglass better than a silicone mat?

[@ericbortega]

Great setup. Do you have any recommendations for a portable setup? Apartment living means I need to be able to pack up my paints and tools.

[@andrewamann2821]

A tackle box can be a handy investment for that sort of thing...

[@RandomHero796]

Is that a Gul'dan miniature I see near the yellow game color paint at 2:31?

[@ThePaintingClinic]

Those are Reaper. I don't know the names.

[@barlotardy]

You left out the 500 gallon storage tank you keep out back for you camo black-brown....

[@stevenkennedy4130]

Oi from Orygun!

[@lovemysi07]

Curious - what do you use the Golden gel medium for? Is it painting or basing?

[@ThePaintingClinic]

Basing. Better for gluing gravel because it's less runny and can be scrapped off if needed.

[@Haunting_Hyena]

What are the dimensions of your desk? Mine feels too small, but finding a larger desk is difficult.

[@ThePaintingClinic]

It's around a 5' corner desk. So two desks in one. Bush Furniture comes in lots of different sizes.

[@Haunting_Hyena]

@@ThePaintingClinic Sorry for not being specific enough. I was mostly wondering about the depth of the desk (the distance from the back edge to the front edge) as you have several thing at the back of your desk and still plenty of room to work.

[@ThePaintingClinic]

@@Haunting_Hyena 2 feet deep.

[@Haunting_Hyena]

@@ThePaintingClinic Thx. It looks much deeper. I must just have too big of storage items.

[@pete5795]

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[@TylerProvick]

Tip up being bad for brushes is a myth from people who don't understand capillary action. No brush should be stored with enough water in it to make gravity effect the water. It should be just damp, at which point the water will flow everywhere anyways