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Every time I have to pour paint from a can I usually wind up cursing a lot and cleaning up the inevetable mess.

Not any more!

I found a plastic lid with a pour spout and air-tight cap that REALLY WORKS! Last summer I used these on my gallon can of high-fill and top coat and a year later the paint is still perfect.

These things fit TIGHT on the can, overlapping both the inside and outside of the lip and the screw-on cap seems to seal completely. Pouring is precise and a quick wiping with a solvent moistened rag will clean any paint in the threads.

If you are not going to mix that whole gallon (or quart) of paint you owe it to yourself to get some of THESE.

BTW, I have no financial or other interest in Eastwood, just passing along a tip that I hope will be useful.

Thanks for the information.I hate dripping paint all over the workbench.I saw your door stand in another post is there anyway you can send me the measurements

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You have a PM (:

I've always used a piece of 3" masking tape. Place it over the lip of the can and cut out the inside with a sharp knife. Pour out the paint and then peel off the tape and discard. With a little practice you can make it work as well as that $5.00 spout.

Harold, that's a great suggestion. Thanks for posting.

.... for gallon cans the local paint store (sherwin williams) has a plastic "duck bill" sort of thing that snaps over the edge and works well. I pick them up for a buck.

I tried this today and must agree that it's much simpler and cheaper than the Pour lids or anything else you can buy for the purpose. I used two pieces of 2-inch Duck tape and only dribbled a little down the side from a new gallon can of primer. Easy clean up!

Old dog learned new trick

another trick is to drive a nail thru the bottom of the groove the lid clicks in, any paint slopped in runs back into the can

Bill

Bill, Next time you get a new can of paint just try the tape trick... no paint in the lip, what doesn't go into the mixing cup stays inside the can.

Hopefully the Marketing people for paint Company's are reading this and would see this as a marketing opportunity to be the first for their Co. to correct their design problem in dispensing very expensive car paint. We pay a lot of money for their product and if they really care about us, the customers, they should be the ones to provide a solution that comes with the paint when we buy it. If they can do it for house paint why not do it for automotive? I have tried several methods and also bought a duck bill pouring lid from Sears house paint dept. that fits some automotive gallon cans but none for quarts.

I will fer sure, when I pour some, I do have one more new gallon of ZR to mix - the nail hole is what I've always done brush painting outta the can, which is mostly what daBus is getting

Bill