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Strain and Mix Paint

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Painting a Home Exterior, DIY Tips From A PRO

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What happens here

Before loading paint into the sprayer, it is essential to strain it. The video shows pouring paint through a 5-gallon paint strainer into another bucket. The painter wears plastic gloves to squeeze out all the paint from the strainer, emphasizing that modern paints are often dirty and require straining to prevent clogs in the sprayer. Additionally, paint is mixed using a Hyde Stir Whip attached to a drill, ensuring consistent color and viscosity.

Goal: Prepare paint for application by removing impurities and ensuring thorough mixing.

Tools and materials

  • 5-gallon Paint Strainer — Removing impurities from paint
  • Electric Drill — Powering the stir whip for paint mixing
  • Hyde Stir Whip Hyde — Mixing paint thoroughly with a drill
  • Plastic Gloves — Protecting hands and aiding in squeezing paint from strainer
  • Paint Montage — Main paint for the project

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Something you need to do nowadays is always strain your paints and paints nowadays are just so dirty didn't used to do it like ten years ago never had a strain paints now you have to strain your paints every single time you use them so I just use five gallon strainers throw on a pair of plastic gloves this that way I can squeeze it out get all the paint out and then I just pull the gloves off. I like using this stir whip right here. This is probably the best one I've ever used for stirring the paint.

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