Prevent painted items from sticking while drying
by: Jo
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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
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.
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12 comments so far:
Thats a GREAT Idea! LOVE IT!!! Hugs BeCca
Perfect! I will have to remember this the next time I’m painting. Thanks for the tip.
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.
Genius!!!
Very nice! I just had this issue but now I know what to do in the future!
Used this yesterday and it was fantastic. Thanks for the great tip.
Perfect timing seeing this tip, I have painting to start tomorrow!! Thanks so much!! :)
ik vindt het een super goed idee
en dat zal zeker hier in huis gebruikt worden
want hier staat de verfpot wel centraal hihi
bedankt voor de tip
gr marian
Thanks, Marian! Glad you enjoyed this tip.
I am going to try using push pins on a shelf that will not stay level. nothing else I have tried has helped but when I saw this post a lightbulb went on!! I am going to but them on the back of the bracket toward the bottom to help raise it until it levels out. hoping this is the answer!
Great idea, Teresa! Let us know how it works out.
This is genius! Thank you for the tip!