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When you decide to renovate your home, you might be tempted to head to the design showroom and pick out all of your favorite things. Unfortunately, that shade of green you adore now might not be your favorite six months from now. I have spent a lot of time and money designing my own home, and I know how easy it can be to make a few expensive mistakes. That is one of the reasons I decided to create a website dedicated to helping other people make smarter design decisions. By reading these articles, you might be able to create a beautiful, luxurious space.

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Leftover Paint That Is Not The Right Color For Your Interior Walls? Add Some Tint To It

If you have painted your home in the past, you may have a lot of leftover paint sitting around. If you want to paint interior walls in your home but do not have the right color, instead of purchasing new paint, change the color of your old paint by tinting it to the right shade of color. This is much less expensive than buying new paint, and you use up your old paint to make more room.

Buying the Tint

Visit a paint store to find small tubes of colorant to add to your paint. When purchasing the tint, it has to be compatible with the paint you are using. For example, do not add oil colorant tint to a can of latex based pigment paint. If you do this, the paint will not mix well with the tinted colorant, and you will end up with the wrong color. An employee at the paint store will help you choose the type of colorant that you need if you tell them the type of paint you are using.

Choosing the Color

When you visit the paint store, you will find a wide range of colors to choose from. This makes it difficult to find the right one, as you can become overwhelmed by all the choices. To help you choose the right tint color, bring a sample of the old paint you are adding the tint to, and then tell the paint store employee the color you want to change the old paint to. If you have something that is in the same shade of the color you want, this would be very helpful to show the employee to get the right shade.

Mixing the Tint

You do not want to start adding the tint to the whole gallon of paint, because you may not like the end result. Instead, pour a small amount of paint out, and mix a small amount of the tint into it. Make sure it is very well mixed, or you will not see the color it will be. If not mixed well, it will also have small blobs and lumps of colorant on your wall. The result of this will be a streaky blotched wall.

Let the paint and tint that you mixed completely dry. This is important, as you cannot see the true color of paint until it dries. You will likely not get the right shade the first time, so plan on mixing the tint and paint together a few times before you get to the right color.

If you are doing a large paint job, ask the paint store to add tint to your paint for you. This will ensure each gallon has the same exact tint color. If you'd rather have a professional help, visit Octavio's Painting, LLC.