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Paint
Thinner is reusable
When you use paint thinner to
clean your paint brushes. You can use the paint thinner
more than once saving yourself a few pennies. Allow the
container that you have used to clean your brushes in to
sit for a few days. After the paint has settled to the
bottom, carefully pour the thinner into a clean container.
More Paint Tips
To remove lumps from paint:
cut a piece of screen to fit the inside of the paint can.
Set it on top of the paint and let it float down to the
bottom of the can. It will take all the lumps with it,
trapping them at the bottom of the can.
When painting a room, dip a small card into the paint so
that you have the exact colour with you and can match
accessories in store.
When painting inside corners, trim the paint brush
bristles to a V to save strokes and spread paint more
easily.
When you poke a paint brush into corners or allow it to
rest on the bottom of the paint can, the bristles curl and
stray. To straighten natural bristles (not synthetics),
try wrapping the brush in a couple of thicknesses of damp
cloth and press gently with an iron. The steam and cloth
binding do the job. Only light pressure is needed. Let the
bristles cool before you unwrap the brush.
When painting old woodwork fill in the holes or cracks
with a mixture of flour and some of the paint you are
using. It hardens like cement and matches perfectly.
When painting stairs, paint every other step first. When
these are dry, paint the rest. |
