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sodium lignosulphonate

Hacks: Preventing mess while painting

Overview 

An unstructured substance derived from lignin, a light-yellow-brown substance that dissolves in water but not in organic solvents, is calcium lignosulphonate. Commercially, calcium and sodium salts of calcium lignosulphonate are offered. These salts have been put to use in a variety of applications resulting from their emulsifying, complexing, complexing, dispersing, and binding abilities. Although the usage of sodium lignosulphonate is significant in the food preparation industry, it is also commonly used in the production of paint and the dye that makes up paint. Although painting is a fun activity people don’t involve themselves in it because of the mess it causes. Here are a few hacks for you in preventing a mess and also producing a cleaner painting process.

 

Tackle paint odor 

One part that certainly doesn’t excite people when it comes to painting is the odour that comes together with it. If you are just painting a part of your house and that you are still residing in the same unit then you find it even hard to tolerate the smell as it is very strong and it stays there for at least a few days. You can certainly use air fresheners in this process but it gives you a temporary solution and you can smell the strong smell back again once the fragrance has worn off. You may mix lemon extract together with paint to eliminate the strong odor

Use tapes for corner 

There are high chances for the paint to leave residue in areas and corners that you wish to avoid. During situations like this, you can use tapes to secure it. This would prevent you from making a mess and make your whole painting project cleaner and neater. You may also stick taps in plug sockets to prevent the paint from getting in touch with it. Once you are done you can carry on in removing the tape. It will finish the whole look. 

Hair dryer hack 

Painter’s tape is intended to make painting simpler and less stressful. But you might feel as though your efforts were in vain if the tape simply refuses to come off at all or if patches of flawless paint peel off with the adhesive. You could use the help of a hair dryer to make a cleaner finish. All you have to do is turn on a hair dryer in the direction of your work. The heat would loosen up the glue thus making it easy for you to simply rip off the tape. As a result you don’t have to worry about the paint layer ripping off together with the tape. 

Petroleum jelly supremacy 

Petroleum jelly generally has a sticky property. Besides its moisturizing properties, it is also known to get rid of stains. Similar to the tape method, you may apply it to areas that you don’t want paint to get in contact with. If you find small spots of paint undeliberately splashed in areas and that you need quick fix, you can take tissue or a q-tip. Use it to take a small amount of the petroleum jelly to wipe the paint off. It is important that you do it while the paint is still wet otherwise you are not able to wipe it clean. This is a great trick for cleaning the paint residue faster.