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Sep 22, 2011

Quirky Tip of the Day~~prevent paint film

By Connie · 1 Comment

I also haven’t had a Quirky Tip of the Day in a while {slacking, I know}. Since I have been painting a lot recently, and will be doing even more painting when we move, I have a painting tip.

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Do you hate that skin of paint film that forms on your cans and makes it so you have to stir it all over again. Well this tip stops that.

Just lay down a thin sheet of plastic wrap over the top of the paint. You need to make sure it touches the paint or you will still get the film on top. But there you go voile!! No more yucky paint film. Hope this helps!!

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