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How to Make FREE Paintbrushes

I have often used those little foam brushes from the hardware and craft sections of stores for little projects such as stenciling, scrappbooking, touch up painting, small areas I am painting, painted details, and staining. Not only does the price of those little buggers add up after awhile, but they don't last long either. Here's a way I found to make those same style paintbrushes for FREE!

Items Needed:

carpet scraps

OR

padding scraps

clothes pins

All you need to do is cut a piece of carpet or padding to the desired size and shape, fold it over, and secure with a clothes pin. YES it's that SIMPLE! Shag carpet is GREAT for painting textures. Loop pile carpet is excellent for anything, especially detailing. Carpet padding is ideal for any painting project.

Where can you get carpet and padding scraps? Why local carpet sotres of course! Last month I posted about asking for carpet samples to make FREE Door & Car Mats. These same suppliers are likely going ot be more than happy to have you take away some of their rubbish. They pay for rubbish removal. Anytime someone wants to help out with that, they will likely take them up on it. If a store wants to charge you for their scraps, say thank you politley and walk away. You should NEVER pay for someone else's rubbish! I have not yet had this happen to me, but I wouldn't be surprised to receive an email from a friend who did have that problem. There are too many places that sell and install carpet, so don't worry.

Keeping these small supplies on hand is a great FREE resource for you. My favorite activity to use them for is texture painting and touch-ups! I never feel guilty about using the carpet/padding for 5 minutes to touch up a few areas and then discarding that carpet/padding, because it didn't cost me a penny! It's that simple.

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