I brush out anything left in the can and on the lid into any remaining amount left over...then completely air dry the can/paint and then throw it away.

I have seen recently ads I think thru PPG that they will give back 40 cents for any fiver's cleaned out and bails(handle) removed.

 

We have a place in town that take all my cans for free to be recycled, at the same place they take the cans with left over paint and remake paint (how? I've no idea but they take'em out of my hands and I'm happy) Also I heard that they mix paint a bunch of left over paint and re-use them to make some art (Not sure about that but that's what I've heard)

 

Also I heard that they mix paint a bunch of left over paint and re-use them to make some art (Not sure about that but that's what I've heard)

We had a guy in Detroit that used to take all the liquid paints that we had, either mis-tints or paints that customers had left. He would mix them all together and paint the housing projects. Exterior latex with exterior latex, interior with interior. Strained and mixed into drums...it always comes out some kind of brown :thumbsup:

 

When empty, leave them open to dry, then chuck them on the client's trash.

 

Maybe ok for a can or two, I went and checked a job the other day and the guys had filled the HO's trash can with cans and plastic, I made them pull it all out and took it to the dump!

 

this thread will eventually come back to haunt us for we all know that one day they will no longer make the metal cans and thats all i use to cut in with as well as most of the painters that i know from the area ...............cant cut with any other type of pot esp that stupid plastic contraption with the hand strap and ''ramp'' for a wizz roller.............GARBAGE


btw..i clean some to use then toss the rest into the trash

 

this thread will eventually come back to haunt us for we all know that one day they will no longer make the metal cans and thats all i use to cut in with as well as most of the painters that i know from the area ...............cant cut with any other type of pot esp that stupid plastic

PPG has the best cut pots. Especially with the plastic cans with the metal lip & lid. Cut that lip off, they're sweet then. The all plastic can, with the plastic lid are junk. They're so bad they even ruin the new paint in the can before you've used it. :thumbdown:

 

I just use deuces to cut out of, got about 25 free from my supplier, I hand them out sparingly as the guys need them. All empty paint cans get tossed.

 

Ewingpainting,

deuces are not common in Seattle. But I learned last month that only deuces and 7 inch rollers were allowed on jobsites in NYC...no Fives..for years.

 

The PPG cans are where it's at for cutting pots. I usually have a stash of enough of those so that I throw out the empty metal one in the metal bin at the dump.

 

http://www.painttalk.com/f26/recycling-7000/

 

I have seen recently ads I think thru PPG that they will give back 40 cents for any fiver's cleaned out and bails(handle) removed.


Yup. PPG will give you $0.40 per fiver, clean, dry and no bails. Any brand, not just PPG.

 

WOW 40 CENTS!!
Maybe if there was an actual incentive for me then I'd return them.
They can't be serious thinking I'm going to clean it and return it to them for $.40 or even worse SW $.25.

 

Recycle paint cans

I take the empty cans home, leave them open to dry out and put them in the blue box for recycling. I never dispose of empties in the client's trash; personally I think it's disrespectful-just saying.

 

Our Recycle service takes all paint cans with less than an inch of dry paint in them. I utilize some of them for storing dry foods (rice, beans, flour etc...), just line the bucket with plastic. I always have a few on hand as friends and family always ask for a bucket now and again... (Specifically the 5'ers)

Like all my trash from a job, it goes back to the shop for disposal.

 

not sure about disrespectful to put cans in a clients trash. I am curteous not to pile it to hell and back..or I leave it dried out and put it back in four-can box it came from, or 50 gallon garbage bags..or in the work dumpster...if one is at a new construct project.

If I was throwing away huge increments in one day, I would probably ask...typically it is over a period of time like week, two, three, etc....so it is little by little.

I will take into consideration that it may irritate someone and keep tabs on that more closely. Never heard one complaint and get lots of referrals thru these same people..I must be doing something right.

I think you can't be TOO careful, though.

 

There is this place in my town, where I can take all my cans and give them for recycling. Some of the cans that I give them, they use it to make some art out of it and I am pretty impressed by their work!!!

 

My old apartment building I lived at for 6 yrs, the company ripped me off when I moved out. 6 yrs, theres going to be wear, not to mention there was water damage on the wall and ceiling that came in from the exterior because they had a main downspout missing.

This guys checks me out, looks over the place. Anyway, instead of getting my damage deposit back in the mail, I get a chart and shows all the deductions from it and it magically amounts to my deposit amount. Stuff like, "dirty ceiling", stupid stuff, considering they were going to have to do a full scale remodel in there to repair the water damage.

Anyways, that place has a huge dumpster. Ever since getting burned from them years ago, I've been dumping my major trash from projects there. I'm getting my deposit back one way or another. It might be passive aggressive, but I realized court would not have been worth the time.

 

Wash most out and use them for a work pot.

 

When I need them I use the gallons for cut pots. The 5's are used to roll or mix mud. If they are in good shape I have them cleaned tops and bottoms and I use them to store parts for my mopar projects. Put the NOS, clean or restored parts in them along with a couple of those moisture absorber packets and the are well protected. I have some that I put the parts in 20 years ago and they look like new. Never get damaged like cardboard.

 

I remove the labels, cut out the lip, clean them and use them for work pots. Same goes for oil based products I use in them except for I just brush them as clean as I can and allow them to dry out.

 

I use them to store all my money in, then bury them.

 

:thumbup:
Don`t forget to seal the lids with some premium caulk. Otherwise its a waste of money.:laughing:

 

I was thinking of building hanging lamps/lights with multiple cans, each connected with chain or something. Some sort of artistic hanging light with stencil cut-outs or something.
Look out!!

 

I leave the leftover paint for the customer...I wash the empty cans + lids out just like I'm doing dishes at the end of a job...I remove all labels because it's easier to spot your cutting pail in the middle of a job.

I find that washing them out completely takes about 45 seconds each...Lapping up the paint and letting them dry over-night takes just as much time...I'm always ticked off when I run out of cutting cans and have to buy them for $2.50 each at the paint store...It's nice to have clean ones especially if you need to strain paint for spraying.

The rest I toss in a garbage bag and let the city haul it away....They'll also haul away fivers if it's only a few....I fill them up with discarded poly and garbage.

 

I leave the leftover paint for the customer...I wash the empty cans + lids out just like I'm doing dishes at the end of a job...I remove all labels because it's easier to spot your cutting pail in the middle of a job.

I find that washing them out completely takes about 45 seconds each...Lapping up the paint and letting them dry over-night takes just as much time...I'm always ticked off when I run out of cutting cans and have to buy them for $2.50 each at the paint store...It's nice to have clean ones especially if you need to strain paint for spraying.

The rest I toss in a garbage bag and let the city haul it away....They'll also haul away fivers if it's only a few....I fill them up with discarded poly and garbage.

cut cans here are around $5.00 ea. if you want the handle (bail) it's an extra .38 and if you want the lid an extra .40

 

I agree with Tim that it's pretty disrespectful to throw away old cans in the home owner's trash. Imagine if all of the Los Angeles remodeling companies did that. California is improving their green practices all the time, and I think the rest of the country needs to follow suit in this endeavor. Go out of your way to recycle your old cans, and make this earth last us a little longer. Do it for our grandchildren's sake. :thumbup: Just a thought.

Sure lets recycle, that is a good idea. California as a role model? No thanks.

 

Old paint cans become plant holders and container,so you can plant various trees and decorate your garden, with a coat of paint on the outside.

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I brush-clean them, let them dry, and use them at least once more to;

Cut out of
Mix small amounts of patching materials in
Hold cabinet knobs, screws, hinges
Use as mini-trash cans on the job (kinda fun to see how much used masking they can be crammed with)
Strain other gallons into
Prolly some other stuff too that I can't think of right now.

After their re-use, I'll bring them home and put them in my dumpster along with any other trash I create on a job. That's 90% of why I have one (and what I'll tell the IRS too, should they ever ask)

I don't remember ever putting one in a HO's trash.
Back when I had a lawn company mow for me, had they put my grass clippings in my dumpster, Ida gotten rid of them just for that.

 

I loaded up this guys with our empties once ..His station wagon.Paint cans...google "mark campmire" We took this murderer fishing after work several times....

 

Hi Monkey!

What inna hell you rambling on about in here?

Ya say you loaded some guy's station wagon w/paint cans, took him to the lake, and then killed him?
This may not be the best place to be telling that kinda stuff.
The mods here are downright friendly, but I got a feeling some of 'em might be tattletales too.

didn't mean to step on yer toe there Cris...Monkey's an old friend :blink:*cough*

 

Anyone like all the new plastic cans? I wish all of them were still metal.