I’ve recently seen some name brand touch up paint containers. They leave me wondering how tightly they seal and how long the paint lasts. I believe in handy to use touch up paint for the rooms you’ve painted in your house. No more trucking out to the garage, maybe having to let the paint warm up. No stirring cans, dealing with possible rusted cans. Just reach under the sink and dab a little paint where you just scraped the wall.
I started doing this when my son was little so when he hit the wall with one of his toys it was no big deal. I had the paint if I owned the home and I asked for the paint when I rented. People I rented from were thrilled to death when they did the final walk through because the walls always looked so good. An added bonus — it makes it easy to touch up the paint when you take pictures down and patch the holes.
I’ve talked about this in other posts. It was a life saver when I was preparing to move in January and I left them for the new owner.
If I empty a jar that has a rubber seal around the lid like peanut butter or pickle jars, I wash them thoroughly and save the jars for paint. Pictured above, I have a jar for touching up my newly painted kitchen cabinets, the kitchen walls, and the living area walls.
I tried hand written paper labels in the past, but over time the paint name gets wiped off and if you have close colors you’re not quite sure which one to use. If you use the wrong one, it evident as soon as it dries.
I keep the jars stashed under the kitchen sink in the back where they’re out of the way and I keep a handful of small foam brushes with them. When I need to touch up a spot I shake them really well, do the painting, wipe off the tip rim of the jar and put the lid back on. The rubber seals keep the paint fresh for a long, long time, are basically free, and beat the heck out of wrestling with rusty paint cans.
