This weekend I have been doing a couple of decoration works with acrylic paints and there are three things of common use that I never throw away because they are very good for this type of work. Although they are very simple tricks, we do not always fall for them, so I found it interesting to share them with you. I hope you find these useful three ideas with commonly used objects that can be recycled to paint.
Styrofoam trays as paint palettes
Currently many fresh products such as meat, fish or vegetables are sold packaged in polystyrene or polystyrene trays. I normally recycle them by taking them to the plastic container but I always keep some because they are perfect as a palette for acrylic paintsespecially when you work with several colors at the same time.
They are also practical when you are doing “major” jobs such as painting furniture or walls since brushes and brushes can rest on them. This way you will avoid staining any surface with traces of paint.
A foam brush with the nail saver sponge
Foam brushes are perfect for providing a uniform and homogeneous finish to our painting works. They are also useful for creating effects and applying textures.
On the other hand, in scourers with a sponge or nail saver as I usually call it, they always end up wearing out in the scourer area while the foam area remains intact.
Before throwing them away, it is advisable to separate both parts and reuse the foam from the scourer as a brush. To do this you must drain it and let it dry, then you can use it as is or stick a craft stick with white glue in case it is more comfortable for you to use it this way.
CD tubs for mixes
Sometimes you need to make a certain amount of paint either because you are going to make homemade chalkboard paint or because you are going to mix several colors and you do not want to fall short. I used to make this type of mixture in a plastic cup but I had the problem that, since it was not very wide, I could not fill it too much because the paint would overflow when I stirred it so that it was homogeneous. In addition, the size of the glass did not allow me to introduce brushes that were too large.
Until I discovered that I could use the lids of the CD tubs to make the paint mixtures. Normally, CD tubs have a base and a transparent lid, if we place this lid upside down (as if it were a glass) we will obtain a container about 12 centimeters wide. This slack is more than enough to be able to stir the mixture, also being transparent we can visually check if the result is homogeneous.
What do you think of these? three ideas with commonly used objects that you can recycle to paint? Have you used any of them? Is there any commonly used object that you take advantage of to do your painting work?
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