Creative Mark Empty Paint Tubes - Box of 24 Empty Aluminum Paint Tubes & Caps, 170 ml, Easy-Open Caps, Easy to Crimp, Perfect for Storing Custom Mixed Acrylics, Gouaches, Watercolors, Oils

As expected

These little guys are pretty much as described. They are great for saving paint from larger tubes, especially if that tube has broken open and the paint starting to dry out. This size is good for en plein air use and I divide paint from larger tubes into the smaller for weight and space saving when lugging my plein air supplies. They are also good for containing viable palette scrapings (mix leftover paint puddles and keep in these tubes for next session - you can mix the leftovers into a grey).To seal the tubes, I use a paint tube crimper (the tool that allows you to get the most paint out of the tube by crimping it) to initially seal the bottom, then fold/roll the end using the crimp-indentations, and the flatten the fold with a set of pliers.Be careful not to crimp too tightly as the tubes may pop. They are not that strong. That's one thing that would improve the tubes, make them a little thicker. Another thing that needs improving is the cap. They are quite flimsy and several of them have broken others sit on the the tubes at an angle (they come that way). Otherwise a fairly good investment if you want to save your paint.

Too small would not be able to fill with paint even my finger was larger.

Last year I bought over $600 in oil paints as I go through a lot of paint and tube my own color to save money.The "Creative Mark" tubes pictured with the smaller black caps are NOT what you will receive from this order.What are shipped are tubes with big flimsy white caps of very thin plastic. Once you go through all the work of tubing your expensive paint, slowly but surely the caps will break off at the threads when you go to open them, exposing your expensive paint to dry out in the tube. I have even tried re-tubing the paint with the smaller sized tubes and THESE caps break as well!!!!!! I am sure these cost the manufacturer pennies to have made in China, then they sell you a box of 24 for $32.99. You can't leave a review without indicating at least one star. This product doesn't deserve one star.What a rip off. Sad.

Lids can break easy if you pack too roughly, but otherwise great for storing a nice amount of leftover paint. Also, these ship through Jerry's artarama, so check the price on their site before ordering. I got the 8 dollars cheaper through a sale not reflected on amazon.

The tubes came in a box which was in a bag. The box was crushed and open and leaked tubes. Most of the tubes are crushed and I can use them but it’s just annoying to have to deal with this.

Probably my mistake, but these tubes really are too small for my use.