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Posted by Oren on April 9, 2007, 8:29 pm
On Mon, 09 Apr 2007 16:09:50 -0700, aspasia wrote:
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>>>> Doh!! Cheesecloth - of course! Thanks for the slap upside the head, folks.
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>>>> >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- Hide quoted text -
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>>>Trick of the trade (even though I'm not a painter).....store your
>>>paint cans upside down!!!! You will NEVER get the rust/crud forming
>>>around the rim! Its a trick I learned years ago and paint now lasts
>>>10x longer than before. The reason it works is because no matter how
>>>tight you reset the lid, air seeps in and out over time when your
>>>store cans right-side up. By turning the can upside down, no air can
>>>get into the can. Try it....it works!
>>>
>>>--Jeff
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>>One tip I've read was to place a few golf balls in the partially empty
>>can. This will raise the paint level, voiding space for moisture in
>>the can - hence preventing rust.
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>I used to put a double sheet of plastic wrap over the can before
>firmly closing lid on top of plastic.
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>It helps some, but I'm with OP who stores cans upside down; that's
>what I'm doing now. Just make damn sure can is firmly closed, or
>you'll have an icky-sticky pool of paint!
>
I follow you. Had one leak upside down. Mine are still up-right for
now.
--
Oren
"I don't have anything against work. I just figure, why deprive somebody who
really loves it."
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