From the article: Painting Tips: What To Do If a Paint Tube Cap is Broken
What do you do if a cap on a paint tube breaks, leaving you with a tube of paint you can't close? Do you have any 'secrets' you wish you'd learned years ago? Share your tips and suggestions here. Share Your Broken Cap Tip
Tin Foil with Caps
- I have so many tube caps that had been broken, misplaced, too mucked up to fit on the tube that now I take a piece of tin foil, wrap it around the tube opening very snugly and put one of my toothpaste caps that I always save, over the the tin foil enclosure. It works fine for me and love that I've found a solution to my problem.
- —Guest papaya
Plastic Wrap Temporary Measure
- Until you can find a suitable replacement use a piece of plastic wrap and a rubber band. You just need to keep the air out.
- —RichNorth
Broken or Lost Tube Caps
- Buy some wiring nuts at your local hardware store. They fit oil paint tubes fine and come in all sizes.
- —GulfCoastArt
Throw Out Broken Caps
- Toss 'em. We use many products that come in tubes such as toothpaste, medications, ointments, wasabi, and even some small bottles. Save them. They might fit a paint tube. And, by all means, save the caps from empty paint tubes. A little blob of plasticine will make a good closure as well.
- —Guest Mickey Oberman
Prevent Cracking
- Tops won't crack if you put a bit of Vaseline on the tube's thread.
- —Guest Angela
Put it in a Jar
- I've not had it happen very often but when it has I've squeezed the paint out into a small airtight jar with a screw lid. Or a 35mm film canister if you can still get hold of one. Must be airtight though or the paint will dry too fast.
- —Josie
