Nail Polish Meets House Paint
Sometimes a tool comes along that’s so ridiculously simple, but makes such a huge impact on how you go about your business. Qwikie Paint Pots are such a wonder-widget. Basically, they're like large nail polish jars that you use to store house paint in for hassle-free touch-ups. When you're finished painting a room, you put some of the leftover paint in one of the Qwikie pots. They have a brush built into their screw-on tops. When a scuff or a chip on a wall calls for a touch-up, it takes seconds to grab the jar and fix the boo-boo. This is a huge improvement over having to head to the basement, find the right can, pry it open, peel off the “skin,” mix, find a brush, use it, clean it, put the lid back on the can, etc. You can store all of the colors to your entire house in a shoebox in the hall closet! Maybe a little pricey at $5 each, but still worth it.
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The Qwikie didn't impress me. It only holds 13oz. and its built-in brush gets messy, since it soaks in the paint until you need it. No fine control.
My solution was to get Ziploc "Twist 'n Store", 32oz containers. Two in a pack costs around $4. With the money saved, I bought a couple of better brushes than the ones in the Qwikies.
I peeled the label from the Home Depot paint cans and stuck them on the Ziploc containers for reference. On the other side I added my own label, mentioning where to use this specific paint.
Here's more info on the Ziploc containers:
http://www.ziploc.com/?p=b7
And here's what I made with them:
Three ziploc paint containers
http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p194/psgomes/P1100775.jpg
Container top
http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p194/psgomes/P1100772.jpg
Home Depot label
http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p194/psgomes/P1100776.jpg
Custom label
http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p194/psgomes/P1100777.jpgPosted by patgomes on December 13, 2006 at 00:04:29 Pacific Time
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