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Recover Paint from Roller (Hand Squeeze)

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This hack just saved a TON of paint 🫣 #toolhack #paintingtips #homediy #paintlife #viral

What happens here

Begin by positioning the paint roller over the paint tray. Use your hand to firmly squeeze and push down on the roller, forcing any excess paint retained in the roller nap back into the paint tray. The goal is to extract as much paint as possible from the roller without needing a specialized 5-in-1 tool, as demonstrated by the presenter.

Goal: Retrieve excess paint from the paint roller

Tools and materials

  • Hand N/A — Used as a scraping/squeezing tool to remove paint from the roller
  • Paint Roller — The primary item from which paint is being recovered
  • Paint Tray — To collect the squeezed-out paint
  • Paint SUPER-FX — The material being conserved

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So, watch how much paint I can actually get out of this roller using my hand. Cuz I need this paint. So, without a five-in-one tool, I have a hand. Save. Now, I'm going to just scrape it that into my bucket, and I got enough to finish my cut-ins. Is this a good way to

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