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About all that latex paint... C & E 04-08-2007
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Posted by mm on April 9, 2007, 8:05 pm



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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.

And it got rid of my slice.

Posted by Oren on April 9, 2007, 8:31 pm


wrote:

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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.
>
>And it got rid of my slice.

You mean rust? Balls are expensive............
--
Oren

"I don't have anything against work. I just figure, why deprive somebody who
really loves it."

Posted by Nate Nagel on April 9, 2007, 8:36 pm


Oren wrote:
> wrote:
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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.
>>
>>And it got rid of my slice.
>
>
> You mean rust? Balls are expensive............
> --
> Oren
>
> "I don't have anything against work. I just figure, why deprive somebody who
really loves it."

I suppose clean gravel would work just as well, and I have plenty of
that laying around...

nate

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Posted by Oren on April 9, 2007, 4:52 pm


wrote:

>Doh!! Cheesecloth - of course! Thanks for the slap upside the head, folks.

The box is a tight space, huh?

>
>
>>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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>
--
Oren

"I don't have anything against work. I just figure, why deprive somebody who
really loves it."

Posted by C & E on April 9, 2007, 11:04 pm



> wrote:
>
>>Doh!! Cheesecloth - of course! Thanks for the slap upside the head,
>>folks.
>
> The box is a tight space, huh?
>

Boy, you've got that right!!



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