Art in Bloom: Part Four
Sharing Student Work

Two Acrylic Painting Accessories I Love

I have a lot of paint in metal tubes.  The metal tubes can be a pain to work with sometimes.  They get stiff and can be difficult to open.  Recently I've discovered two tools that have made it so much easier:

PAINT KEY

This is a paint key:

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The paint tube inserts into the gap in the key.

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You then use the key to help roll the tube up and get all of the paint out! 

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It's simple and works really well.  And when you've completely used up a tube of paint, you can re-use the paint key!  (If you don't want to reuse them, that's okay, they're pretty inexpensive.)

GOLDEN GRIPR

This thing is genius. 

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No more pliers.  (No more teeth!)  I can open tubes so easily now.  I love it!  It has differently shaped openings...

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...for differently shaped caps.

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You match the cap to the correct opening in the Gripr...

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...and then screw it off like it's not glued shut with dried paint!

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Isn't that cool?!

So, there you have it!  Two simple plastic tools that have made my life so much better!

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