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   Prevent painted items from sticking while drying Posted by Jo 
April 3, 2008 
Jo
 

I was repainting some large wooden letters for my daughter’s new “big girl room” the other night while Chica was over. I had finished the first coat on about four of the letters and was going back to do the second coat when I noticed they had kind of stuck to the cardboard I had placed them on to dry. It was a frustrating mess and I had to spend time peeling the paper off. I looked over at Chica smirking at me and asked her if she had any tips on preventing something like this from happening. And she replied, “As a matter of fact, I do!”

Well, of course she does! Chica had the same problem when she was repainting her small nightstand for the second time. She used some simple push pins inserted in the bottom of the drawers to act as feet.

push pin legs for painting small objectspush pin legs for painting small objects

This worked perfectly for me! A few of the push pins in the back elevated the letters of the paper so they could dry, also provided me a handle to hold onto when I was painting the edges of the letters.

push pin legs for painting small objects

7 comments so far:

  1. BecCa said: (May 2nd, 2008 at 1:48 pm)

    Thats a GREAT Idea! LOVE IT!!! Hugs BeCca

  2. Wooden Letters said: (October 9th, 2009 at 7:16 am)

    Perfect! I will have to remember this the next time I’m painting. Thanks for the tip.

  3. Diane said: (November 8th, 2011 at 2:55 pm)

    Great tip! Hopefully I can remember this the next time I need to paint. I just finished painting a frame and could have used this tip.

  4. Hadar said: (November 24th, 2011 at 2:48 pm)

    Genius!!!

  5. Rachelle said: (April 10th, 2012 at 9:21 pm)

    Very nice! I just had this issue but now I know what to do in the future!

  6. Sharon said: (August 24th, 2012 at 8:06 pm)

    Used this yesterday and it was fantastic. Thanks for the great tip.

  7. Angie said: (October 2nd, 2012 at 12:55 am)

    Perfect timing seeing this tip, I have painting to start tomorrow!! Thanks so much!! :)

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