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Title: Anyone know of jewelry trays that I can store Vallejo paints in?
Post by: cram on 15 January 2017, 07:57:06 PM

I've got two sizable drawers to store away my sizable paint collection, the drawers are 13 inch by 29 inch. One drawer is going to hold my range of Foundry paints and I am going to get these trays to store them https://www.amazon.co.uk/d/1b3/White-Eighteen-Compartment-Heavy-Duty-Plastic-Stackable-Weight/B016V0AI1I/ref=sr_1_sc_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1484505682&sr=8-1-spell&keywords=plastic+jewellerycompartment+tray, I can fit two pots per compartment and because the drawer is over 5 inch deep I can stack the trays 3 high, thus giving me storage for 108 pots, cool!

My problem is with the Vallejo pots of which I have some 60+ so far. The compartments for the trays above aren't tall enough. Does anyone know of compartment tray tall enough for me to lay Vallejo pots into? I'm not having any luck in my search online  :-[

Many thanks,

Title: Re: Anyone know of jewelry trays that I can store Vallejo paints in?
Post by: joroas on 15 January 2017, 08:37:35 PM

I bought a lipstick stand for mine.

Title: Re: Anyone know of jewelry trays that I can store Vallejo paints in?
Post by: cram on 15 January 2017, 09:51:00 PM

That sounds like a really good idea. How can you tell which colour is which when their all stood up in a bunch like that though?

Title: Re: Anyone know of jewelry trays that I can store Vallejo paints in?
Post by: joroas on 15 January 2017, 10:00:11 PM

I put them in number order.

Title: Re: Anyone know of jewelry trays that I can store Vallejo paints in?
Post by: Vagabond on 15 January 2017, 11:38:35 PM

You could just paint a spot of the colour on the cap

Title: Re: Anyone know of jewelry trays that I can store Vallejo paints in?
Post by: Tom Reed on 17 January 2017, 04:58:24 PM

Or stick them in upside down...maybe.

Title: Re: Anyone know of jewelry trays that I can store Vallejo paints in?
Post by: Chuckaroobob on 17 January 2017, 06:52:51 PM

In the US I buy all my jewelry trays from Nile Jewelry. They have different depths, and assorted inserts. Since my google fu is weak, I doubt if a link would work for me.

Title: Re: Anyone know of jewelry trays that I can store Vallejo paints in?
Post by: vodkafan on 18 January 2017, 11:47:16 AM

I store my paints in two cheap plastic cutlery trays available everywhere.

Title: Re: Anyone know of jewelry trays that I can store Vallejo paints in?
Post by: SteveBurt on 19 January 2017, 04:15:51 PM

I keep all my paints upside down.
You can tell which colour is which at a glance
You don't need to mix like crazy every time you use them

Title: Re: Anyone know of jewelry trays that I can store Vallejo paints in?
Post by: Sardoo on 19 January 2017, 05:10:35 PM

I bought three nail varnish bottle stands for my paints from Amazon -

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Varnish-Display-Stand-approx-bottles/dp/B007D0QQ6M/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1484845631&sr=8-1&keywords=nail+varnish+stands+displays

They worked well and, as an added bonus, if you flip them up the other way they can be used as display stands for 28mm miniatures.

Title: Re: Anyone know of jewelry trays that I can store Vallejo paints in?
Post by: cram on 21 January 2017, 10:33:23 PM

Great ideas! Thank you everyone  :) :)

Title: Re: Anyone know of jewelry trays that I can store Vallejo paints in?
Post by: Mr Papafakis on 24 January 2017, 06:02:59 PM

I made mine out of some plastic plates, storage tubs and a turntable. It stores all of my paint's :D

I wrote a tutorial on my blog about it if your interested to know how I made it;

http://papafakis.blogspot.com/2015/06/making-bettercheaper-paint-rack.html

Cheers ;)

Title: Re: Anyone know of jewelry trays that I can store Vallejo paints in?
Post by: cram on 24 January 2017, 09:50:08 PM

Interesting and very cool! Thanks.