Easy House Paintng Cleanup
House painting sucks - I’d rather eat glass than pickup a roller or brush. My solution to avoiding cleanup is to let someone else do the painting in the first place. If you happen to be more inclined to paint, cleaning up the paint tray is just part of the process. The Future Steel Buildings blog offers a reader’s tip for using plastic wrap in the paint tray in order to eliminate the need actually clean the tray. Just wait for the paint to dry (doesn’t that sound like fun ;), peel the plastic wrap off and pitch it. What’s your favorite way to avoid painting cleanup?
house painting, paint tray, plastic wrap
I have found a great trick for between coats. Wrap up your brushes and/or rollers and put them in plastic grovery bags. About 40 minutes before your next coat, take the brushes out, and they will be good to go.
I have also found that using the sprayer (if you have one) works far better for cleaning brushes (latex, of course). When completed, I wrap the brushes in two paper towels. I have never had trouble with them afterwards.