Make touch ups a cinch with this easy trick for How to Store Leftover Paint!
We’ve all got a few scuffs here and there on the walls, and I’ve got a fun little tip for you!
Rather than touch-up painting becoming a big ordeal, this simple little solution for How to Store Leftover Paint in Mason Jars makes touch up time a cinch!
Fido makes a mark? No problem! Little Junior makes a scuff? It can be gone in a minute! Here’s what you’ll do…
How to Store Leftover Paint
What You’ll Need:
- Mason Jars
- Leftover Interior and/or Exterior House Paint
What You’ll Do:
- Open up your paint cans, stir paint well with a stir stick, then carefully pour into Mason Jar.
- Label the lid’s jar with a Sharpie… like “Katie’s Bedroom”, “Master Bathroom”, “Interior House Paint – Living Room”, “Exterior House Color – Main”, and so on.
- Now… instead of having to find a screw driver to pry off the lid of a paint can, you can simply unscrew the lid of your mason jar and voila… with a little stir you’re ready for that next painting touch up! I LOVE how easy this little trick has made touch ups around my house! 🙂
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Lynn says
I’d label the jars instead of (or as well as) the lids. It’s one of the few things I remember from science lessons at school. The contents are in the jar. If you only label the lids, and you open more than one of the jars, you could easily put the wrong lid back on the wrong jar.
Heidi says
Definitely ~ that’s a great tip, Lynn! 😉
Brenda says
I also attach a paint chip sample to my “touch up” paint containers, so I can keep track of the paint name. In addition, I write where and when I purchased the paint on the paint chip so I have all of the information I need in case I need to buy more later. This has come in really handy when I used up all of the paint in my large paint can and discarded it.
On a separate note, the small plastic paint sample containers that Home Depot has work great as “touch up” paint containers. I have found that 1 of the paint samples can cover 1 side of a fiberglass exterior door (with 2 coats of paint!). They are also great for painting a contrasting color on a tray ceiling. Because I had a small amount of each paint left over, these became my “touch up” paint containers. And, if I use up all of the paint in the sample container, I keep it to store future “touch up” paint samples!!
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Heidi says
Those are some great tips, Brenda… thanks so much for sharing!