It is no secret that painting is one of the easiest ways for your home to get a makeover. However, it has a huge tendency to be a very delicate, cumbersome process, requiring a lot of preparation, technique, and patience.
These little painting hacks are designed to make your next painting project relatively painless.
1. Plastic Bag Paint Trays
Putting a plastic bag over your paint tray keeps makes for an extremely easy cleanup. Once you're done with one color, just peel away the plastic and put another one in its place for another color, according to She Knows.
2. Keep Doors On the Hinge
When people paint doors, they usually take it off the hinges. Instead of taking on the immense task of taking the door off its hinge, just put tape over the hinges and paint over it. Once the paint dries, just peel the tape off and there you have it, a freshly painted door.
3. Vanilla Kills Odors
Not a lot of people are thrilled with the smell of paint. To make your paint a lot friendlier to your nostrils, put a few drops of pure vanilla extract in it and mix thoroughly. The extract effectively neutralizes the strong odors of the paint, reports Lighter Side of Real Estate.
4. Paint Brushes and Fabric Conditioners
Once you're done painting, soak your paintbrushes in fabric softener. This not only saves the pliability of the brush. It also helps neutralize the smell of the paint. If you do not have any fabric conditioners, vinegar works too.
5. Coat Concrete with White Vinegar
When you are painting concrete, make sure you apply a coat of white vinegar to the surface before your first coat of paint. Doing so helps the paint stick longer to the concrete. Also, it helps prevent paint cracking, which we all hate.
With these five useful hacks, your next painting project would surely be a lot more manageable!
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