Redgrass Everlasting Wet Palette Review (2026): Worth It?

Everlasting Wet Palette Review — Redgrass Painter Lite 8.9 in

A 7.87 by 5.91 inch ABS tray with an integrated TPE seal, two foam pads and fifty hydration sheets, at $29.99, rated 4.8 by 2,807 owners. It is the only one of the five that treats the seal as a named component rather than a lid that happens to shut. We score this everlasting wet palette 8.8 out of 10.

This review is research-based. We did not physically test these products; specifications, ratings and prices are taken from the live listings on the date shown. This everlasting wet palette is one of five compared in our best wet palette guide.

Everlasting wet palette — Key Specifications

The Seal Is the Component That Does the Work

Every product on this shelf is the same three things in a stack: a watertight tray, a water-holding foam, and a sheet of semi-permeable paper that lets water up to the paint without letting the paint down into the foam. What separates one from another is how well the box stops that water leaving as vapour, and this is the only listing of the five that names the part responsible. Redgrass specifies a TPE seal moulded into the lid, plus an elastic strap to hold the two halves together.

That matters because the failure everyone complains about is not the palette drying in use, it is the palette drying overnight with the lid shut. A tray with a loose press-fit lid is a humid box with a slow leak; thermoplastic elastomer is the material used for door and appliance gaskets precisely because it stays compliant over thousands of closures.

None of this is quantified. There is no stated leak rate, no hours-to-dry figure, no temperature or humidity at which any of it was measured. What you get is a named material doing a named job, which is more than the other four offer, and the 4.8 average from 2,807 ratings suggests it holds in practice.

Fifty Sheets, Two Foams and What the Everlasting Wet Palette Does Not Count

The box contains fifty hydration paper sheets and two foam pads, and the structured data records Number of Items: 52. Fifty plus two is fifty-two, which means the palette itself — the ABS tray, the lid and the seal, the part you are actually buying — is not among the items counted. It is the kind of small thing that tells you the field was filled by whoever packed the carton, not by anyone describing the product.

The consumable arithmetic is the part worth doing before you buy. Fifty sheets is a season for most people and a month for someone painting an army. Refills are sold separately by every brand, sheet sizes are not interchangeable, and not one of the five listings publishes a price per sheet. The palette is the cheap part of the purchase; the paper is the subscription.

Two foams is the right number rather than a generous one. A foam wet for a fortnight wants washing and drying, and with only one pad you cannot paint on the day you wash it.

The Mould Claim, and Why Nobody Can Check It

Redgrass writes that the grey foam is “naturally mold resistant, you will never encounter any issue, or bad smell.” It is the boldest claim on the shelf, and it is made about the one part of a wet palette that sits wet and dark and warm for weeks at a time. The pads are also described as “anti-mold foam pads.”

Here is the problem a buyer cannot solve from the page: no active substance is named, no treatment is described, and no standard is cited. The US Environmental Protection Agency defines an antimicrobial pesticide as a product intended to “disinfect, sanitize, reduce, or mitigate growth or development of microbiological organisms,” and it keeps a category for materials preservatives, which it describes as “antimicrobial chemicals added during industrial processes to prevent the growth of microorganisms,” listing paints and textiles among the examples. A foam that resists mould by chemistry sits inside that framework; one that resists it by being open-celled and quick to dry does not.

The honest reading is that the claim is about the material’s structure rather than a biocide, and that the smell people report from cheap sponges comes from water sitting in closed cells. We would still wash and dry the pad weekly. The US Centers for Disease Control notes that mould “will grow where there is moisture” and lists paints among the things it grows in, which is a fair description of a tray you deliberately keep damp.

Everlasting wet palette — Limitations

The listing publishes no hydration duration. “Workable for days and even weeks” is the marketing copy on both this and the Masterson tray, and neither gives a temperature, a humidity or a method, so the figure is unusable for comparing one palette against another.

The Capacity field reads “8.9 inches,” which is a diagonal measurement standing in a volume field. The tray is also described twice, once as 7.87 by 5.91 inches and once with the 1.02 inch height attached. Neither is wrong; together they are the fifth consecutive shelf we have looked at where the specification table is used as scratch space.

At $29.99 this everlasting wet palette is the second most expensive of the five and it holds the least paint area of the three large trays. You are paying for the seal and the paper formulation, not for surface. Painters who mix large volumes for terrain or vehicles will find the 8.9 inch footprint tight.

No warranty term is stated anywhere on the listing. That is true of four of the five here, and the fifth states that there is none, so it is a shelf-wide absence rather than a mark against this product alone.

Setting Up This Everlasting wet palette

Soak the foam until it is saturated and then press it out until it no longer drips. A foam carrying free water floods the sheet from below, the paint beads and runs together, and the usual conclusion is that the paper is faulty. Lay the sheet flat, smooth it from the centre outwards, and wait a minute for it to darken evenly before putting paint on it.

Paint goes on in small beads with a gap between them, near the edge rather than the middle, so a brush can be loaded without dragging through a neighbour. Thin with water on the sheet, not in the pot, and fit the strap whenever you stop.

Between sessions, lift the sheet off, rinse the foam under a tap, squeeze it and let it dry fully before it goes back in a closed tray. That single habit is what decides whether this everlasting wet palette smells in six months, whatever the foam is made of.

Who Should Buy This Everlasting wet palette?

Buy this if you paint in sessions rather than sittings — if a mixed colour has to survive until tomorrow night, and the thing that has failed you before is a lid that lets the tray go dry. That is what the seal and strap are for, and it is the one engineering decision on this shelf that is described rather than implied.

Buy it if you are already using one of the generic trays and want the same workflow with a better close. The sheets differ in size from every rival’s, so switching commits you to the Redgrass refill.

Skip it if you mix large quantities, if you want a dry palette and a wet one in the same box — the Nicpro triple tray does that and this does not — or if $29.99 is the whole budget and you would rather put twenty of it into paint. The $9.99 Jucoci tray does the same three-layer job with a plainer lid.

The Verdict

Scored 8.8 out of 10, the highest of the five. It wins on the component the category refuses to discuss: the seal. The 4.8 average across 2,807 ratings is also the second-largest unpooled sample in the group.

The marks come off for an unqualified mould claim with no active substance behind it, for a capacity field quoting a diagonal, and for the same missing hydration figure that costs every product on this shelf. Nothing here is measured. But as the palette most likely to still be holding a usable mix on Thursday, this everlasting wet palette is the one we would buy first.

Everlasting wet palette — Frequently Asked Questions

Do the hydration sheets fit other palettes?

Not reliably. The Redgrass sheets are cut for a 7.87 by 5.91 inch tray, The Army Painter’s for a 13.8 by 19.8 cm one, and Nicpro supplies a different size again. Sheets trim down but not up, so the palette you buy decides the refill for as long as you own it.

How long will paint stay usable in it?

No figure is published, by this maker or any other on the shelf. The copy says days and even weeks. What decides it is the lid’s seal, how wet the foam is, and how warm and dry the room is — a sealed tray in a cool room behaves nothing like one under a desk lamp.

Is the foam really mould resistant?

No active substance or treatment is named, so treat it as a claim about the foam’s open structure rather than a biocide. Washing and fully drying the pad weekly does more for the smell than any material choice, and costs nothing.

Can I put it in the dishwasher?

The care instruction says hand wash or dishwasher, and to avoid harsh chemicals. The ABS tray tolerates a cool cycle, but the TPE seal is the part worth protecting, so hand washing is the safer habit.

Where to Buy

Check the current price on Amazon — Redgrassgames Everlasting Wet Palette Painter Lite 8.9 in, with lid, seal, 50 sheets and 2 foams, listed at $29.99 at the time of writing.

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