[pman6]

I have a gallon of peach color paint I no longer use. Colorant has floated to the top of the white base, and I scooped some out, but the paint still has some peach in it.

is it possible to remove most of the colorant to get the paint back to a whiter color?

 

[FullSwing]

Lol sounds like a pain.......probably better off getting a new gallon of the color you want. If you are going for lighter you can add white but again better to just hit the nail on the head with a good ole paint chart!

 

[gregzoll]

That is not color floating to the top. Tint Base is exactly that. It is paint in itself that is poured into the container at a certain ratio, to get the proper color. If it is Latex, it is the chemical to allow it to dry properly and also to keep the paint from developing mold when it sits in the container. If it is Oil, it is the actual Linseed oil and same as Latex, a Fungicide to keep the paint from spoiling.

You do realize that you can get paint re-tinted. It is just that it cannot be any older than two years.

 

[pman6]

That is not color floating to the top.

it was a white high gloss paint base. I got some red pigment added to it.

it's 15 year old paint, but still good to use.

 

[pman6]

That is not color floating to the top. .

i added red pigment to a white high gloss latex paint base.

it's 15 years old at least, but still good to use. Almost a full gallon

 

[lenaitch]

I'm a great believer in not being a throw-away society, but I think I'd be taking 15-year old paint to the recycling centre. Chemicals break down, become inactive and evaporate. For the sake of the cost of a can of good quality paint it just doesn't seem worth trying to tinker with it to make it the colour you want then expect it to look nice on a wall.

 

[gregzoll]

15 year old paint is not good. It will end up not drying correct ans also can smell from the bacteria that also forms in stagnant paint.