Renovation finally finished, where should you put the paint residue? How to dispose of wall paint.
The wall shines in a new color, but where should the paint residue go? You have different options – and they are all very easy to implement.
Dispose of wall paint – tips
If you are sure that you do not want to give away, exchange or use the color in any other way, you can of course dispose of it.
Wall paint should never be disposed of down the drainbecause it can damage the pipes on the one hand and water bodies through the chemicals they contain on the other. Your options are:
- let dry: Yes, you can actually dispose of dried paint in the household waste. Incidentally, this also applies to wallpaper scraps and paste! Empty and dried out paint buckets (with the green dot) go into the yellow sack or the yellow bin.
- Recycling center: Otherwise, paint and varnish residues must be taken to the recycling center or to a mobile collection point for problematic substances. Mobile pollutants usually take common household pollutants with them, this offer is available in many places. If you are interested, ask the responsible city cleaning office for dates and options.
You can find more information on how to properly separate waste here.
And what about brushes and the like?
You can clean paint rollers and brushes after use so that they can be reused (why buy more?). Here we show you how to clean brushes. If the paint has already dried, you can also dispose of it with household waste.
Store paint properly instead of throwing it away
Are you sure you want to dispose of the leftover paint? It could well happen that you do it again here and there Repair places have to – and if this color is no longer available or you have had a color mixed, it means for you: either live with the sight or repaint again …
So keep the bucket of paint airtight and cool on (but frost-free!), you can store them for about a year and use them again later. If the paint pail has been standing for a long time and the paint has already thickened the next time you use it, you can make it usable again either with water or a solvent (depending on the type of paint).
When is the color still good? If the paint smells bad (e.g. musty), if it clumps or crumbles, or if you discover deposits (such as mold), you should no longer use it. If you can't find anything like that in the color, it's still usable!
Dispose of wall paint? Better get creative!
Alternatively, you can give away leftover paint to friends or acquaintances, or you can use it creatively! Here you will find great inspiration on how you can still use the color in your home:
Paint accent wall
Give furniture a new coat of paint
Set patterns in a targeted manner
Instead of disposing of the rest of the paint, you can use it to decorate furniture, for example, or you can give a wall of your choice a striking pattern with the remaining paint! If the same color occurs in several rooms, a coherent overall concept is created in the house. If several colors have already accumulated, a conspicuously staged wall, e.g. B. with a graphic pattern, a nice eye-catcher.
You can find more ideas for painting the wall as well as for the wall design in the living room and the wall design in the bedroom here.
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