What do you use to put your paint in when you are using a brush?
What do you use to paint out of?
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Nail holes in gallon can rims: One of my friends "invented" that in about '74. We thought it was the ballz. Turns out if you try to store paint in that can with the top on, the seal is compromised.
My father had a red plastic collar thing that snapped on a paint can. It had a spout thing to pour the paint, edges to scrape the brush, and a magnet to hold the brush. A real DIY'er thing. I thing he prolly got it at Sears. Like in the 60's.
My favorite practice was to put the paint in a 1 lb coffee can and then put that can in a paint pot. The smaller surface area of paint exposed to the air slowed down the thickening of the paint. The coffee can was expendable so no worries about sides being painty. And there was enough room in the pot around the coffee can to rest my brush. Don't you hate it when you rest a brush across a pail and it falls in - up to its ferrule ? :cursing:
This was only for cutting and small trim work. Worked for me.
Nail holes in gallon can rims: One of my friends "invented" that in about '74. We thought it was the ballz. Turns out if you try to store paint in that can with the top on, the seal is compromised.
My father had a red plastic collar thing that snapped on a paint can. It had a spout thing to pour the paint, edges to scrape the brush, and a magnet to hold the brush. A real DIY'er thing. I thing he prolly got it at Sears. Like in the 60's.
My favorite practice was to put the paint in a 1 lb coffee can and then put that can in a paint pot. The smaller surface area of paint exposed to the air slowed down the thickening of the paint. The coffee can was expendable so no worries about sides being painty. And there was enough room in the pot around the coffee can to rest my brush. Don't you hate it when you rest a brush across a pail and it falls in - up to its ferrule ? :cursing:
This was only for cutting and small trim work. Worked for me.
I personally use cut pots usually 5qt, paint cans and plastic paint cans that I have cleaned out and cut the top off of. I guess I like the 5 qt the best because they stack and don't take up a lot of room on the van. One of our painters uses a handy paint pail, but the rest use whatever is available.
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just use a 1 gallon plastic pail.
we call 'em cutting tins. basically to imitate an empty gallon can. the bonus is that after 5 or six coats of latex that you paint out at the end of each day, you get a nice peel in one piece. you never have to wash out the bucket. just fan it out after you pour back the excess. when the build up starts to come away from the sides on it's own, let it dry and pull it out.
'latex paint is just bags that aint been made yet!'
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we call 'em cutting tins. basically to imitate an empty gallon can. the bonus is that after 5 or six coats of latex that you paint out at the end of each day, you get a nice peel in one piece. you never have to wash out the bucket. just fan it out after you pour back the excess. when the build up starts to come away from the sides on it's own, let it dry and pull it out.
'latex paint is just bags that aint been made yet!'
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wide plastic buckets from crappy cheap bargain stores. lol.
just a normal bucket to pour the paint in, walk around and cut-in.
just a normal bucket to pour the paint in, walk around and cut-in.
I use coffee cans.
I wash them out with dish soap for the obvious reasons and bring them to work and put a piece of tape on the lid with either SG for semi-gloss , C for ceiling paint, or W for the Wall paint.
The plastic lid keeps crap out and the freshness in.
Also, when not in use even for a few minutes, a put the lid on and I don't have to worry about the dip****s I work with knocking it over and spilling paint all over the place.
They use empty,(we usually don't have running water)dirty old Dunkin Donuts coffee cups.
Not only is it lousy coffee, but these clowns are always knocking them over and running to me to borrow my rags to clean up the mess.
Slows us down and wastes time.
I wash them out with dish soap for the obvious reasons and bring them to work and put a piece of tape on the lid with either SG for semi-gloss , C for ceiling paint, or W for the Wall paint.
The plastic lid keeps crap out and the freshness in.
Also, when not in use even for a few minutes, a put the lid on and I don't have to worry about the dip****s I work with knocking it over and spilling paint all over the place.
They use empty,(we usually don't have running water)dirty old Dunkin Donuts coffee cups.
Not only is it lousy coffee, but these clowns are always knocking them over and running to me to borrow my rags to clean up the mess.
Slows us down and wastes time.
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LK,
"suggest" to them to put those freaking coffee cups in a regular paint pail. That way when they knock them over, there's a little extra time before the paint runs onto the drops./
Painting outa coffee CUPS ????. WOW! You do work with a crew of brainiacs, don't you ?
"suggest" to them to put those freaking coffee cups in a regular paint pail. That way when they knock them over, there's a little extra time before the paint runs onto the drops./
Painting outa coffee CUPS ????. WOW! You do work with a crew of brainiacs, don't you ?
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What about the Handy Painter Pal? Your brush doesn't get dirty and it allows you to not lose your thumbs holding a can? (the magnetic side works great as long as your brush is stainless steel and not fake)
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