How do you clean a paint palette with oil paint on it?

I have a wooden paint palette with currently wet oil paint on it and I have no idea how to get it off. I know oil paint can take months to dry and I really want to reuse the palette. Any ideas? ThanksHow do you clean a paint palette with oil paint on it?
My long-time artist pal says --





[1] scrape off excess with a palette knife





[2] put turpentine, mineral spirits, paint thinner whatever of those you have around on a rag - scrub off rest -- oils always leave a stain she says.





[3] let dry for a while - ready to useHow do you clean a paint palette with oil paint on it?
In order to get the paint off you need to use...a scrapper. Use something to scrap it off. Then use a heavy duty soap on it to clean it off. Hot water helps!
You can sort-of store the unused paint by scraping it off with your palette knife and layering it between parchment paper. Should use it up within a few days tho'.





This is a good little site, pretty well what I do:


http://www.zest-it.com/palettes.htm





Also, I've heard of some people soaking the top with paint thinner and setting small fires on the top of a palette to soften the paint. Obviously, closely supervised so as not to charcoal the entire thing! Put out the fire and scrap off the paint.





BTW, oils do not ';dry'; they oxidize. That's why they take so long to set up.


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I've been using a wooden palette for decades. I'm real bad about letting paint dry on it. (You always THINK that you will ';be right back'; but aren't. It is NOT a disaster however. Pour a little turpentine on the palette and let it sit for awhile - 20 minutes or so. Then scrape with your palette knife as much of the junk off as you can. Try to get it so that the color left is ';flat'; on the palette and no more chunks of paint are left. Wipe with paper towels or rags. Pour on more turpentine, Turpenoid, etc. let sit for a few minutes and use a fine sandpaper to scrub away the remaining paint and turpentine. Wipe again with rags or paper towels. Oil the board and you should be ready to go again. Try to be more diligent about cleaning your palette when you finish a painting session. It saves work.
mineral spirits