Putting your safety first - Resene

Planning aheadIt’s a good idea to keep a container of ‘dirty turps’on hand for cleaning purposes. Kept in the originalcontainer and in a safe place, you will be able toreuse the solvent time and time again. Butremember not to shake it up as this will disturbthe paint solids which will have settled to thebottom of the container.Tips for dealing with spillsIf paint is accidentally spilt, clean it up as best asyou can with a cloth or newspaper. Then washdown with solvent. By cleaning up as much of thespilt paint as you can before washing down youwill save solvent and give yourself less work to do.When moving from one work site toanotherA plastic pail with a tight fitting lid is ideal for theshort term storage and transport of brushes androller sleeves. Fill this pail about half way withwater so that brushes etc. are covered. This willsave you from having to clean brushes and rollerswhenever work is interrupted.Wrapping a paint brush in cling wrap will preventthe paint drying on the brush for at least an houror so while you take a lunch break. Similarly putyour roller into a plastic bag and tape it aroundthe handle.24