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Posted by C & E on April 8, 2007, 4:21 pm
I just opened a one year old can of latex paint with 2/3 of the galllon
still remaining and, just as had feared, the inner rim had rusted.
Opening the can had deposited a thousand little flakes of rust on the
surface. With a tip of a rag I dabbed the surface and was able to remove
the largest ones but the littlest of the devils sunk beneath the surface.
Can latex paint be strained or is it too thick to pass through a paint
strainer? Is there a better way to do this?
TIA,
Chuck
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Posted by Oren on April 8, 2007, 4:28 pm
wrote:
>I just opened a one year old can of latex paint with 2/3 of the galllon
>still remaining and, just as had feared, the inner rim had rusted.
>Opening the can had deposited a thousand little flakes of rust on the
>surface. With a tip of a rag I dabbed the surface and was able to remove
>the largest ones but the littlest of the devils sunk beneath the surface.
>Can latex paint be strained or is it too thick to pass through a paint
>strainer? Is there a better way to do this?
>TIA,
>Chuck
>
Panty hose, cheese cloth? Or get a cloth strainer (1 or 5 gallon size)
from HD. Strain away.
--
Oren
"The voices in my head may not be real, but they have some good ideas!"
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Posted by NickySantoro on April 8, 2007, 5:34 pm
wrote:
>I just opened a one year old can of latex paint with 2/3 of the galllon
>still remaining and, just as had feared, the inner rim had rusted.
>Opening the can had deposited a thousand little flakes of rust on the
>surface. With a tip of a rag I dabbed the surface and was able to remove
>the largest ones but the littlest of the devils sunk beneath the surface.
>Can latex paint be strained or is it too thick to pass through a paint
>strainer? Is there a better way to do this?
>TIA,
>Chuck
>
Either that or a piece of window screen and you should be OK.
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Posted by Art on April 8, 2007, 7:52 pm
Strain with cheesecloth or filter paper into a fresh can. All available at
HD or Lowes
>I just opened a one year old can of latex paint with 2/3 of the galllon
>still remaining and, just as had feared, the inner rim had rusted. Opening
>the can had deposited a thousand little flakes of rust on the surface.
>With a tip of a rag I dabbed the surface and was able to remove the largest
>ones but the littlest of the devils sunk beneath the surface. Can latex
>paint be strained or is it too thick to pass through a paint strainer? Is
>there a better way to do this?
> TIA,
> Chuck
>
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Posted by Steve B on April 9, 2007, 12:17 am
> Strain with cheesecloth or filter paper into a fresh can. All available
> at HD or Lowes
Both sell one gallon and five gallon size strainer nets. They have an
elastic around them, and look like a small pillow case. I use them with a
rubber band to siphon from a five gallon bucket when doing airless spray.
Cheap, cheap, cheap. Buy five of each next time, or if you're cheap, rinse
them out, and use them again. And while you are there, buy three or five of
each of the meshes of the paper filters, too. Saves a lot of time when
painting by not having to pick out the boogers, or try to get them off the
wall once deposited by a brush or roller. These are some of the simplest
cheapest tools in a painter's box.
And get some Floetrol, too. That will make that thickened paint run
smoothly again. Mix thoroughly. Be careful not to add too much. Makes
paint glide on like silk with no brush marks.
Steve
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