Do it Yourself: Re: [DIY] RE: prolonging shelf life.

30 January 2012

Re: [DIY] RE: prolonging shelf life.

Thanks, Ray. Sounds like the artificial skin works like a charm. Time to buy a roll of saran specifically for the shop.

Carmen, there is a cool little pour spout that I discovered a few months ago. It's only $1. You basically insert this thing into the rim and pour your paint. Since it seats inside the rim, it keeps the paint from getting in there.

http://www.flexiproducts.com/images/Image232pour21_1PY7.gif

You can find a different brand at Home Depot. Same basic thing....98 cents.

FoamPRO Paint Can Pour Spout

Model # 61

On Sun, Jan 29, 2012 at 3:57 PM, carmen s. <mom2mini@bellsouth.net> wrote:

We all have our ways of trying to get milage out of our expensive
materials.
I take paper towels and dampen and roll into cords to push into the
receiving ring/edge of the paint can so the paint (or whatever)
doesn't collect into that rim basin.
When I am through I remove the paper cord and it leaves the rim clean
so the top fits well.
carmen s.
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On Jan 29, 2012, at 4:18 PM, ray wrote:

> I use kitchen plastic wrap material (Saran wrap) and lay it over the
> paint or poly. see that all the air is out and press the wrap
> material
> against the sides too. Cheap way to seal out air that does dry up the
> top surface of your material. To remove it pinch it in the middle of
> the material and lift it off and away from the sides. You will have
> some material hanging onto the plastic wrap and you can either toss it
> or wring it out. I usually have a pile of newspaper right next to the
> container and drop everything in it and wrap it for disposal.
> For 5 gallon buckets you have to use a couple of overlapping pieces of
> plastic wrap since (or at lest I haven't found) they stopped making
> the
> wider holiday sized plastic wrap. I have some good quality paint
> that I
> have protected this way for 7 years and its still usable today.
> Ray
>
> On 1/29/2012 12:31 PM, subprong wrote:
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