10 Epitome Tips & Tricks You Lot Never Knew (Part Three)

It's that fourth dimension again! Welcome to 10 Paint Secrets Part Three! 
You tin select attain got of upwards on Part One in addition to Part Two if yous missed them before this year.

For utilisation three, I'm sharing a few of my ain trusty pigment tips equally good equally a few novel tips that were sent to me past times readers (that I eventually tested in addition to out loved). Enjoy!

#1. How to spray pigment glass

One of my favorite budget decorating ideas is to purchase drinking glass vases at the thrift shop in addition to spray pigment them to mimic ceramic. It's cheap, looks great, in addition to tin update merely almost whatever sort of thrift shop vase.

To pigment glassware, wipe the entire affair amongst isopropyl alcohol almost 10 minutes before yous spray pigment it. I use this high gloss white spray pigment (affiliate link) in addition to amongst merely a few low-cal coats, it turns out super shiny, almost similar white ceramic. I wouldn't recommend washing it inwards the dishwasher, but if handled carefully, it should lastly for awhile.

Here's an example...I spray painted a drinking glass vase I picked upwards for $1, in addition to used it on the bluish dresser.

#2. Use a dollar shop shower pall equally a dropcloth.
After ikon to a greater extent than than xx pieces of thrift shop furniture, I've gone through means besides many expensive drib cloths. And in addition to thence I figured out that dollar shop shower curtains brand a totally decent drib cloth. And they terms a dollar. 

Pick upwards a few in addition to tell goodbye to the days of spending $30 on a canvass drib textile that won't fifty-fifty check inwards the washer.

#3. Put your paintbrush inwards the fridge. 

This is a tip that a reader sent me. And it's genius. Basically, when yous are done ikon for the day, merely pose your paintbrush inwards a ziploc handbag in addition to shop it inwards the fridge. The pigment doesn't dry out on your brush for upwards to a week, in addition to yous salve tons of fourth dimension non having to launder the pigment out of your paintbrush.

 I painted an entire solid past times myself before learning this. 

WHY.

#4. The petroleum versus latex test

When ikon over existing paint, it's super of import to know if the sometime pigment is latex or oil. If yous don't know, yous tin figure it out amongst this uncomplicated test. Just rub a cotton fiber ball soaked inwards rubbing alcohol over the painted surface. If some of the pigment comes off onto the cotton fiber ball, the surface is latex. If not, the surface has been painted amongst an petroleum based paint. If it is petroleum based, brand certain to utilisation petroleum based primer before starting.

 See my tips on petroleum vs. latex pigment here.

#5. The cardboard box trick

Use a cardboard box to forestall overspray when spray ikon small-scale items. It's uncomplicated in addition to it works. 

And Jesse thank yous the reader who suggested this to me, since our yard no longer looks similar it's been graffitied. 

#6. Use tacks to rear small-scale objects when spray painting.

Use tacks to prop upwards small-scale items when spray ikon thence that the pigment tin fully embrace it. This plant particularly neat for frames, which is something I ofttimes spray paint. 

#7. Repair dents on sometime article of furniture amongst woods filler to attain a smoothen pigment finish.

Just attain amount inwards whatever dents amongst woods filler in addition to 1 time it's dry, sand it smoothen amongst some fine grit sand paper. It's tardily to do, in addition to volition brand your pigment project expect professional.

You tin encounter some woods filler inwards activeness here. 

#8. How to pigment the door in addition to NOT the hinges.

I've painted xv doors inwards this house, in addition to I swear past times this tip.

 Instead of removing the doors before I pigment them, I merely embrace upwards all of my hinges amongst painter's tape, in addition to thence utilisation an exacto knife to withdraw the excess. Then I tin pigment the doors acre they are yet attached to the frame, in addition to I don't acquire pigment all over the hinges. It's a amount timesaver.

#9. The easiest means to gilded leaf.

Remember when I silvery leafed that entire desk in addition to it was a amount nightmare (even though it turned out kinda awesome)? Well, since in addition to thence I've been searching for an easier choice in addition to I finally establish it...Liquid Leaf (affiliate link). It almost looks similar the existent thing. And although that jounce looks tiny, a piffling goes a actually long way.

You tin encounter an lawsuit of when I used some Liquid Leaf to brand fine art here.

#10. Get rid of brushstrokes forever.

This is my favorite tip in addition to totally changed the means I paint. To acquire rid of brushstrokes, merely add together a little Floetrol (affiliate link) to your latex paint. 

It's seriously equally tardily equally that.

CAN I GET AN AMEN.

That's all for today! 

Thanks for sharing all of your neat tips amongst me. And thank yous for existence here. To encounter utilisation 1 of this series, go here, or for utilisation two, go here.

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