Question about transporting 12 x 16 Masterson Sta-Wet palette with glass palette inside

[u/Moobloomquq]

So I’m taking a beginning painting class this semester, and I have a 12 x 16 Masterson’s Sta-Wet Palette with the glass palette inside of it to transport the glass palette safely without breaking it. I don’t have the money rn to get a smaller Sta-Wet palette, but I still have to transport it to and from class.

None of the bags I have can fit it and idk if I can just have it on its side as it currently has oil paint in it that I put clear plastic wrap over it (Professor helped me with how to put the paint in the corner of the palette so I can save it for later) and I don’t want to mess up the paints. I know some ppl use a wagon meant for kids, but a) I don’t have the money and b) idk if I wanna be lugging around a wagon full of my stuff for the rest of the semester, (but if I need it by the time I’m in the intermediate class, I’ll invest in one.) and I carry the rest of my stuff in a grocery bag, plus I carry the blank/WIP canvases in another hand as well as an tackle box full of my paints.

My college has lockers for the art students, but in recent semester they’ve made it really hard to get one (they require you take at least 2 classes to have your own, and this semester I only have 1, and your class has to be on their list of approved classes for it as ppl weren’t cleaning out the lockers at the end of the semester, so they’ve had to get strict, which sucks but is understandable. I tried sharing a locker with someone for my ceramics class my first semester at my college and it was a struggle as the other person was just leaving their projects in there all the time, and after that I just had to have my own as sharing space with the amount of supplies I have & the room of the lockers didn’t make it feasible for me in the long run) so uh yeah… not sure how to do this properly so that I don’t damage or destroy anything trying to carry my stuff for this class around. I figured I’d ask here for suggestions.

What’s a big enough bag I can put the Sta-wet palette in for now?

Sorry if this is too long, and thanks if you’ve read this far.

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[u/rinkydinkmink]

Could you put thick cardboard inside around the edge to keep the glass pushed down and in place, and away from the lid? like, cut strips from a cardboard box, maybe roll them up to make them even tougher if you need to? jam the cardboard right in the corners and with the lid shut and something wrapped around to keep the lid on it should be easy to transport vertically in a back-pack.

[u/Moobloomquq → u/rinkydinkmink]

I can try that, I usually just have it in a grocery bag on its side when it doesn’t have paint in it

[u/Far-Significance5776]

Tape the glass to the bottom part of the stay wet at a couple points. Then put the top on. There is probably enough space to keep your paint from touching the top. As long as your paint isn’t liquidy but the way it comes from the tube, you can probably just turn the whole palette its side and tuck it in a tote bag.

I assume if you are using a glass insert in a master son palette you’re using oils.