And disposing of chemicals
The kitchen cabinets are finished. A beautiful change from light walnut to a dark espresso stain. Now what to do about the paint brush and cleaning fluid? I read up on safe disposal and our city recycling rules. It's not easy to get rid of old paint, stain and cleaning liquids. I used a minimal amount of mineral spirits in an old glass jar to dilute the stain off the paint brush. That worked pretty well. But now...there is that 1/2 Cup of mineral spirit dark with stain. It actually didn't take me long to come up with a solution. I looked out the kitchen window at a number of terracotta pots that could use some help. I used the brush to give a stain bath to some terracotta pots. I really quite like the affect, even the drippy texture, so, decided to share this little trick with you. When I had used up all the liquid and the brush was no longer filled with stain, I washed the brush out with warm soapy water per instructions on the mineral spirit can. Now I'm wondering if I made a purposeful batch of this super thin stain and mopped it on my concrete patio, how would that look? And I wouldn't have to store the left over stain in the garage... hmmm.
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