I don't enjoy painting, but my wife does, and she goes on a painting spree every few years. She has become a pretty skilled interior room painter. Her brush strokes used to be pretty short, and she'd work it until she left lots of bristle marks in the finished product. No more. She does a nice job. She even painted our brick fireplace (against my wishes, but that's the way it goes), and it looks good except that she says it's green and I say it's blue.
Anyway, when the job is finished I'm the one who has do deal with the partially filled paint cans. She said last night, "Get rid of those empty paint cans." Of course, there are about a dozen, and none are empty. Half are more than half full. The rest have a quart or less.
So here's the question. What do you do with that much old latex paint? Will it burn? Do I put it in my garbage and pretend I don't know there's paint in there? Do I let it harden and then put it in with my garbage?
Help, please.
Thanks.
Steve.
Here the city wants you to take off the lid, let it dry out, then throw it in the garbage (once dry). I normally use mine up, so haven't had to do that.
You can buy waste paint hardener, but I'm now sure how economically feasible that is if you're talking lots and lots of cans.
We have paint recycling here now and are able to take back unused portions of cans to suppliers. You didn't have to buy it there either.
Other than that, open and let dry and toss or if you can't wait fill it with kitty litter and toss.
Fill with cat litter with the top off, when hard throw out in the garbage. That is for Latex paint only.
Latex can just left open until it drys solid and thrown away. In my part of the country you can take paint to a recycling centre and they will take it off your hands for free.
I throw it in a trash can.
Preferably somebody else's as they consume a fair amount of space.
Dave
Our local transfer station accepts it for free.
I throw it in a trash can.
Dave
Thats how I roll too. What a concept.
Yes as above have said, just dry it to a solid and trash it.
This works for both water and oil based paints.
If you have a large amount, line a kiddy pool with some plastic sheeting, and pour in the paint. It will dry faster being in a thinner layer. When dry, wrap up the plastic and dispose.
Mix with diesel and use on your burn pile.
Yes as above have said, just dry it to a solid and trash it.
This works for both water and oil based paints.
If you have a large amount, line a kiddy pool with some plastic sheeting, and pour in the paint. It will dry faster being in a thinner layer. When dry, wrap up the plastic and dispose.
Or use newspaper. Cheaper, dries quicker and you are not adding plastic sheeting to the trash pile.
around here, the County has a depot you can take paint and other chemicals to for disposal.
You could use it up painting white man graffiti around the neighborhood.
"Molon labe"
"God made men, Col. Colt made them equal"
"Get a job"
stuff like that...
Our bottle depot takes it.
Cat litter makes quick work of drying out Latex paint.
Not sure what colors you have, but I have taken several different darker paints, mixed them together and came out with greyish-black paint that worked great for painting hunting blinds.
Thats how I roll too. What a concept.
Sometimes I put a can of tannerite in the bottom and seal it up careful like.
Put a little orange sticker on the can right in front of said tannerite.
Kinda fun.
Clark
Mix it with lead, let it dry into chips and ship it to Kotzebue.
Our local Sherman-Williams stores will take up to 5 gallons a day for recycle. No matter the paint brand. I just got rid of 15 gallons taking them to Sherman-Williams.
You can buy waste paint hardener, but I'm now sure how economically feasible that is if you're talking lots and lots of cans.
That sounds like a solution looking for a problem. It might speed up drying but I doubt the final product is any different than just leaving the lid off.
If you want to speed up drying, line a big cardboard box with plastic and dump it in. The more surface area, the faster it dries.
If you have several cans, donate it to Habitat for Humanity.
They will take about anything.
If not, let it dry and throw in in the trash.
Latex only.
Most cities have hazardous waste sites you can give it too
Send it off with the rest of the trash.
I just put mine in a plastic trash bag and toss it in the garbage can, let someone else worry about it.
Solidify it with cat litter. pour litter in and stir around. Leave lid off and it will be dry in a few hours.
I cannot fathom this being a dilemma.
I wait til dark and throw it in the neighbors garbage or dump it in the storm drain.
I cannot fathom this being a dilemma.
Eggzactly
i dump it in my neighbors well while they are sleeping, which is most of the time. they're a pale, sickly lot, much retardation.
Call whomever picks up your trash and see what they recommend.
Fill with cat litter with the top off, when hard throw out in the garbage. That is for Latex paint only.
Clear your cards, folks; we have a BINGO!
If you are on a municipal sewer system, why not dump a little at a time down the sanitary drain and flush with plenty of water ?
LATEX PAINT ONLY !
Myron
pour it down the drain
A shelter-dog and a beer-bong funnel.
JUST KIDDING.....grin
pour it down the drain
Don't want it in my septic tank.
Steve.
Local school might be able to use it to paint props for plays or musicals.
pour it down the drain
That's funny. Especially if you have a septic tank.
MissouriEd and Everyday Hunter,
I won't put in my septic system either, nut if you have city sewage, it wouldn't be a problem,
I don't recommend using a storm drain, though, as it doesn't go through a treatment plant.
Myron
4 four gallons in a 5gallon bucket once, left the job headed home about 12 miles away, bucket tipped over toward the tail gate, and apparently was sealed, left a road stripe for about 5 miles and mess in the bed of of my truck.
I pour mine onto the bike lanes in Portland.
make great interactive targets.
I don't enjoy painting, but my wife does, and she goes on a painting spree every few years. She has become a pretty skilled interior room painter. Her brush strokes used to be pretty short, and she'd work it until she left lots of bristle marks in the finished product. No more. She does a nice job. She even painted our brick fireplace (against my wishes, but that's the way it goes), and it looks good except that she says it's green and I say it's blue.
Anyway, when the job is finished I'm the one who has do deal with the partially filled paint cans. She said last night, "Get rid of those empty paint cans." Of course, there are about a dozen, and none are empty. Half are more than half full. The rest have a quart or less.
So here's the question. What do you do with that much old latex paint? Will it burn? Do I put it in my garbage and pretend I don't know there's paint in there? Do I let it harden and then put it in with my garbage?
Help, please.
Thanks.
Steve.
That's easy.
When people are putting their trash out for pick up the next day, take it and put it in the Trash Can of the Tree Hugger and hard core liberal democRAT up the street, in the middle of the night.
You may be surprised at what the Boys Club and Girls Club can do with it.
I donated a large stack of leftover ceramic tile a couple years ago to the Boys Club that I'd been accumulating in my garage, suggesting they could tile out an entire large room with it.
Director said Thanks. But, we'll be using it to teach the kids mosaics.
I usually dump all mine in the nearest handy salmon or trout stream
Mix them together by similar type and use as primer.
The leftovers can be donated to ghetto kids to help develop messaging and artistic skills.
You can also paint your wife's car frequently. Or the toilet seat?
Just thinking out loud.
I pour mine onto the bike lanes in Portland.
Lol
You could use it up painting white man graffiti around the neighborhood.
"Molon labe"
"God made men, Col. Colt made them equal"
"Get a job"
stuff like that...
White man graffiti!!!! LOL
Laughing HARD!
Get a job HIPPY
Whats with that stupid 45 caliber ear ring grommet in your ear lobe... hippy
Only tattoos from Subic Bay are real!...you hippy
George Wallace in 68!
Seal the tins tightly and put them away for the day when you need to fill a hole or cover a mark in that surface you've just painted, or just need a bit of paint for some random project.
If, eventually, the stuff has gone off, then take your pick of the above suggestions.
A second or third coat on whatever your painting?
I pour mine onto the bike lanes in Portland.
ROR!
Dispose of it the same way you would goldfish: flush it down the toilet.
L.W.