Bought a new FatMax... love it, but....

SuzySparkles wrote:It looks like a purple/yellow split in your wolfe container

Totally missed it

It's Purple/pink/light purple/white/yellow.
I copied these off of a familiar site that sells splits...

ahhh wish i could get a fatmax here

I just bought a Fatmax and it is super heavy when full with my supplies. I do love it. Just wish I had a second set of muscles when lifting it into my truck.

It IS heavy when filled. In fact, last night I finished so late that the dew was starting (I did not realize) and I was pulling my FatMax down the grassy hill behind me, and it pushed me downhill so fast with its weight, that I lost my footing (the dew!) and fell down plop. FatMax was fine though
Barbie

As promised, a pic of my setup in my FatMax last night. I am not happy with how I arranged it. And instead of doing 5 minute faces, I was doing 10 minute faces... ugh. FatMax setup is only partially responsible, though... I was trying out lots of new designs and chatting a lot with the kids



Barbie

Chatting with the kids is half the fun! Oh the look on little boy's faces when I finish a snake and tell them it is time for us to do the snake dance! I hold their hands and sit and do a crazy dance with them - they love it. Sometimes it is the process as much as the product that is important

Am really trying to decide rahter to buy a FatMax. It looks like it would be perfect, but I am a little afraid of using the top as a table......it looks like if a child bumped it, things would go everywhere.....is it really stable? I was wondering if a table like attachment could be made.....hmmm, might have to think about that one, without actually seeing one yet....I am so undecided!

Go to home depot & play w/ one. Before I got it I opened it & looked at it. So far I've not had any incidents except my paint brushes getting knocked over & if I'm not careful, the tray can fall into the bottom level(look at my set-up & this will make sense). I keep myself between my kit & the kids. It's the best I can do till force fields are invented

rosie, you are sooo right. My favorite thing to do is get a boy in my chair and stat naming off what I can do... princess, butterfly, tinkerbell.... & watch their faces go all screwy

Psalmbook,
Before 9/11, I had a Pringles can painted red with the letters TNT and a fake fuse on my table. When I finished with older kids I would point to the can and tell them that was how the face paint came off… or they could use something more frightening - soap and water! Sadly, I haven’t used that bit for many years.

BarbieSmith wrote:As promised, a pic of my setup in my FatMax last night. I am not happy with how I arranged it. And instead of doing 5 minute faces, I was doing 10 minute faces... ugh. FatMax setup is only partially responsible, though... I was trying out lots of new designs and chatting a lot with the kids



Barbie

Thanks for posting the photo. can i ask what you used for the split cakes you made? they look deep. do you have any problems getting the color onto sponges or do you just use brushes with them?

thanks

Ok, I am salivating after seeing this thread!!!!! I worked 2 festivals with a friend and it took me FOREVER to setup!!! The thought of getting it all out there in just a few, WOW!!! Guess where I'm headed tomorrow?! Shouldn't be to hard to get the hubster to a hardware store!

Thank you, thank you, thank you to everyone who shared their setups! So cool!!! Squeal!!

To answer your question about my splits - they are the usual Plano or Jambeau compartment boxes. I found them most expensive when they are marketed for "artists" and least expensive when for "fishing" - so I buy them at a fishing/camping store. I AM very happy with them because my 3/4" and 1" brushes fit in perfectly and having a very high lip - everything is less messy (less transfer to neighboring compartments).

BUT, I also use these (though waaaay bigger) for my DFX paints, and am NOT happy - they are too deep for sponging. The sponge fits in well, but the paint on the tall sides of the compartment gets all over my fingers and the *sides* of the sponge, and it makes for a messy painter. I need to rethink that.

So in short (ha ha) - they tall lips are wonderful if you are sure you will only be using brushes. Not great for sponges though

Regards,
Barbie

Oh, and the FatMax is extremely stable! I know it does not look like it. But you will see, once you play with one - it does not budge. The top part that hangs over only looks precarious - it is very strong and very stable and is not going anywhere no matter how much you load on it.

You really need to go and touch one and open it in order to really judge it is for you...

Thanks so much Barbie for the info on the FatMax. I actually went and looked at one at Home Depot this morning.......opened it and rolled it around..didn't but it today, wanted to come home and look at my supplies and see what would fit. Have to work in the am, might stop by and get it tomorrow. Looks like it would be easier to set up and tranport than a table and the container I use now. Will let you know LOL