On 9 Apr 2007 06:40:56 -0700, "JB" wrote:

On Apr 8, 10:53 pm, "C & E" wrote:
Doh!! Cheesecloth - of course! Thanks for the slap upside the head, folks.

"C & E" wrote in . ..



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,
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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



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.
--
Oren

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