Larry Jaques wrote:
On Tue, 5 Jul 2011 10:36:34 +0000 (UTC), "steve robinson"
wrote:

Huge wrote:

On 2011-07-05, Dave Plowman wrote:
In ,
steve wrote:
The reason paint goes off after being opened and used is the
large quantity of new air when you replace the lid.

Your better dropping a peace of plastic in the bottom

Or fill the space with some inert gas?

Store the tins upside down.

Makes no difference once the tin is opened and new air introduced.

Just make sure you use a paint strainer after opening a can the second
time.


This reminds of a question I did not quickly locate the answer to on the
web. I have never bought bought paint in greater than 1 gallon units.
They are easy to shake and pour into paint trays, etc. What is the
usual process for using a *5 gallon* container of paint? I assume it
has to be mixed really well (practical to do by hand?) and that a "paint
ladle" of some sort would be handy.

Bill