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Keep Your Bulb Sockets Protected

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To protect light bulb sockets from paint overspray, especially when spray painting ceilings, use 9-inch paper and a hand-masker. Crumple a piece of the paper into a ball and stuff it into the light socket after removing the bulb. This simple and quick method prevents paint from getting into the socket, which could interfere with the light bulb's function or make it difficult to screw back in.

Goal: Protect light bulb sockets from paint overspray when painting ceilings.

Tools and materials

  • Hand-masker — Dispensing paper for masking
  • Light Bulb — The item to be removed and reinstalled
  • 9-inch Paper — Stuffing into light sockets for protection

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another simple hack for you using nine inch paper and one inch tape and i'm gonna be spraying some ceilings in here and i've got some can lights up there and we want the can lights to actually match the ceiling at the same time and we're gonna be spraying those two but i don't want overspray to get inside where the light bulb is and light socket otherwise when you screw the light socket back in it's probably not gonna work so this is a very simple and easy method instead of trying to stick some tape up there and getting zapoed you know with electricity on make sure the electricity is off anyways but i just take 9s paper i just take it and i wad it up and just a ball like this i'm going to remove the light bulb and i'm just gonna stuff my paper up inside there and that's gonna protect the socket outlet inside there from getting overspray on it and causing the bulb not to work a very simple and easy hack using nine inch paper and one inch tape

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