Another Painting Tip

When I was painting a garage, a well meaning helper put the paint brushes and the paint roller in water overnight to help clean them. It is important to rinse out your paint brushes to keep the paint from caking up on them.

The problem was, that in the morning, when I returned to start painting again, the paint brushes and paint roller were still sitting in water. Being in a hurry I took the paint brushes and the roller and simply shook out most of the water, but they were still very wet.

Now, when I went to dip them in paint, the paint did not adhere very well to the paint brushes or the roller. When I did paint, the paint was runny and thin. Paint is made to be put on just as it comes in the can, not with water added.

Even though there was very little water in the brushes and the roller it made a BIG difference. The paint did not stick well to the wood and the paint also ran down the wood rather easily.

Moral of the story? Clean your paint brushes and paint rollers, but be sure to give them plenty of time to THOROUGHLY dry before you try to start painting with them again.