PAINTING HACK #4: MINIMIZE HASSLE FOR SMALL JOBS

This trick is brilliant! When you’re doing a little job or touch up, you don’t want to hassle with pouring paint in to a roller pan (at least I know I don’t). Put a large rubber band around the can so that you can easily wipe the excess off of your brush somewhere other than the edge of the paint can (the edge will get crusty with paint and you won’t be able to close the lid again tight enough to preserve the paint).