HeyBub wrote:
Don wrote:

I've never been happy with the way paint stores over a period of
years.

Whenever I buy paint and store it, I'm always very meticulous about
sealing the can, as well as wiping the lid and the groove for the lid.
It seems like no matter what I do, paint always seems to eventually
rust in the can or just plain dry up. I guess there's nothing that
can be done about the "skin" that forms.

Does anyone have any new or different ideas or some creative ways to
store paint for the long term??



We used to use marbles to take up the volume in film developing chemical
bottles. Maybe they'll work for paint cans.

Get your marbles here. $1.50 (or less) per pound.

http://www.mcgillswarehouse.com/grou...5&selection=29



I've heard about putting marbles in partially used bottles of wine, but
never bothered to try it.

However, I did buy a Vacu Vin vacuum pump and several stoppers a couple
of years ago and it sure seems to work as advertised.

http://www.beveragefactory.com/wine/.../blister.shtml

I'm not certain that a paint can would hold up to a hard vacuum even if
you could figure out how to put some kind of valve in a punched hole to
suck the air out through. I'm remembering the high school physics demo
involving steam in a capped off rectangular gallon can collapsing the
can when it condensed. G

Jeff

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