USE ALL YOUR PAINT
Then after you've determined how much primer and paint to buy, make sure to buy only about ten percent (10%) more to cover the project.
Last, use up the paint you've purchased to reduce any leftover paint. You can always recycle the leftover at Re-Paints RecycleTM at your convenience.
Here below we have a few suggestions to help you reduce your amount of leftover paints.
You should use leftover light shades as primers any time you can for other paint projects. You can donate leftovers to a family member, a friend, a neighbor, or perhaps to local groups who will utilize it.
Perhaps you have enough leftover paint to Re-PaintsTM another room, such as a bathroom or even a closet, or maybe you can do the trim and accent walls, or a wall with lots of windows, or how about that wall flanking your stairs. Get creative, do you have any scuffed-up furniture that could use a clean finish? How about painting the brick or stone edging around your back patio or your garden areas, or you could use it to Re-PaintsTM an old fence from further weathering.
Turns out a quart of paint is just about perfect for a Re-PaintsTM of a window frame or maybe two. Also, use it to match up picture frames or brighten up an inside of a bookshelf, or creating a color “pop” by offsetting the color of the inside of a drawer in a piece of furniture.
Do you have a tray to make look new? How about using it to color a glass vase> Or perhaps you can dip the handles of a tool set? Think about updating a table lamp? Or make an interesting stool by dipping the legs in your leftover paint.
Look around, try trimming out a Bird House, color match door knobs, design a candle stick, touch up the trim edge of a mirror, create a stencil a tote bag, or dip some canvas shoes.