After a painting job, you might have some leftover paint that you do not know what to do with. With the dangers that improper paint disposal poses, handling these products with proper care is critical.
Fortunately, by trusting College HUNKS & Moving to help you dispose of your leftover paint, you play a part in conserving the environment. We can safely remove and dispose of any leftover paint with our friendly, professionally trained, and reliable HUNKS. However, before taking your paint, you'll need to prepare it properly for disposal. Here are some best practices for preparing and disposing of old paint.
How to Prepare Different Paints for Disposal
Different paints have different chemical formulas; how you prepare each for disposal varies. Here are the steps for preparing some common types of paint for disposal:
How to Prepare Acrylic Paint for Disposal
Some of the most immediate methods of disposing of acrylic paint include recycling, donating, throwing away non-toxic acrylic paint, and taking your toxic acrylic to your area's hazardous products disposal facility.
The type of acrylic paint disposal method you use depends on the amount of your leftover paint and whether it's toxic. To dispose of non-toxic acrylic paint, consider the following tips:
- Dry the Paint
- Throwing out liquid acrylic paint is not recommended because it can leak and contaminate the environment and natural resources. Leave your canisters open in a safe and well-ventilated area to dry out the paint. If you have a lot of paint left, you can mix it with a paint hardener, available at most hardware stores and paint specialty stores.
- Do NOT pour it out
- Whether toxic or not, do not pour acrylic paint down your drains or wash its containers in a sink. Limit any direct exposure of your acrylic paint to your drainage system. Hardened paint can create unnecessary buildup in your drains and contaminate wastewater treatment
- Call College HUNKS Hauling Junk and Moving
- After hardening your paint, call College HUNKS Hauling and Moving to help you dispose of the leftovers.
How to Prepare Latex Paint for Disposal
Latex paint disposal is not as complicated as acrylic paint disposal because the former is not hazardous if it's completely dry.
- Dry the Paint
- Throwing out liquid latex paint is not recommended because it can leak and contaminate surrounding areas. Furthermore, harmful VOCs are released as the paint dries out naturally. Small amounts can be dried by leaving your canisters open in a safe and well-ventilated area.
- If you have a lot of paint left, you can mix it with a paint hardener, available at most hardware stores and paint specialty stores. You may also consider adding kitty litter to help dry and solidify latex paint
- Do NOT pour it out
- Do not pour latex paint down your drains or wash its containers in a sink. Hardened paint can create unnecessary buildup in your drains and cause drains to move slowly.
- Call College HUNKS Hauling Junk and Moving
- After hardening your paint, call College HUNKS Hauling and Moving to help you dispose of the leftover cans of hardened paint.
How to Prepare Oil-Based Paints for Disposal
Oil-based paints are the most difficult to prepare as the petroleum distillates in the paint will separate and not dry out. Kitty litter, newspaper, or store-bought paint hardeners must be used to properly dry and harden oil-based paint products before they can be disposed of.
Oil-based paints are considered household hazardous waste and should be disposed of through household hazardous waste collection events.
Why Trust College HUNKS Hauling Junk & Moving?
Trusting College HUNKS Hauling Junk & Moving® opens you to more than just paint removal services. We offer an extensive array of junk removal and moving services suitable for any of our clients. Some of the benefits of hiring our services include:
Saves You Time
The process of proper paint disposal usually takes a lot of time that you can use to attend to other things. By hiring College HUNKS, all you need to do is prepare the paint for disposal and you are done. From there, our professionals take care of the paint disposal for you.
You Are Assured of Proper Paint Disposal
If you care about and value the environment, you may want to know that your leftover paint is appropriately disposed of—fortunately, College HUNKS shares in the same spirit to properly handle and dispose of your leftover paint.
