Good idea. One always gets paint in the rim so what I do is ths: before you open the can mark a line across the top on the can and straight down the side. I use a marker of some kind or with quart and gallon cans I put a strip of masking tape across the top and continue it down the side. Open the can, the tape will tear. and remain. You will get paint in the rim but if you line up the tape, even after the paint dries you will always be able to line it up, the dried paint all around the rim will match where it breaks upon reopening.forming a good seal.
Heres a good tip - if you have an empty can like the one with the paints in it , run a can opener around the top rim and cut that inner lip off - you now have a very handy working container to work and paint with and you can wipe your brush on the rim without getting those messy spills - here's another tip better still tap your brush against the inside just below the rim before you wipe - you will use this tin for years.
As a sign maker constantly utilizing paint in my craft. I wished that I were smart enough to have come up with this simple and effective solution to such a universal problem 76 years ago. Thanks Ed...Nice video!
You spent 90% of the video describing how NOT to do it. And the other 10% could have been done in a fraction of the time. Do you get paid by the minute?
Another great hack is, after placing the lid back on your paint tin and making sure it is firmly on, turn the tin upside down for a few seconds allowing the paint to form a seal around the inside of the lid. Makes your paint last a lot longer and helps stop getting that hard skin forming on top of the paint...
Looks like it will work. Please, next time, have a helper hold your cell phone camera for you... almost needed a Sick-Sac from all the motion (commotion).
Great works when the can isn't full. How about when its brand new can of paint that just got shook up. No way you're getting a piece of tape to stick inside the rim
