Ooooops paint

[Vlad]

All I can say is thank God for the Ooops paint racks at the big home improvement stores. We got a gallon of exterior bluish gray latex paint for $5 last night. A 5 gallon bucket of gray for $15 (regularly $60) last week. A quart of blood red latex for a $1, and another quart of a sickly lime green Zombie skin color for a $1. If you don't already do it on a regular basis, you should head to the paint section of your Lowes or Home Depot everytime you're there to check for these returned paints that they sell off cheap.

[Blackwidow]

You're always so lucky...all I ever see is horrible shades of pink or purple or some other ugly color that I can't use :(

[ghostie]

Resurecting an old post here, but we just got a 5 gallon ooops bucket in tombstone gray at the Depot! (hubby asked the guy if he would darken it, he said no, hubby asked to talk to a manager, no problem! Yippee! Mausoleum stones, here I come!

[Wildomar]

Resurecting an old post here, but we just got a 5 gallon ooops bucket in tombstone gray at the Depot! (hubby asked the guy if he would darken it, he said no, hubby asked to talk to a manager, no problem! Yippee! Mausoleum stones, here I come!

Damn, I must have a defeatist attitude, last week I picked up a gallon can of off white so I asked the guy if he would darken it for me. But since it was on the Ooops rack he politely said no and I walked away shoulders hunched and head hung low. :(

**Saying to self*** "Must be more assertive, must be more assertive..."

[JohnnyL]

I have a whole wall of Oops! Paint! It's the best.:D

[Beepem]

wow you have good luck, all they ever have at mine is like blue and very very dark colors....and like pruples

[Hellrazor]

All my exterior latex is from the OOPs section. MY hubby works at the depot part time so when I need to get it changed I will get him to come over with me or I will ask a male assiociate - i hate to say it, but it works. Now guys, just ask a female associate and it should work. And it doesnt hurt to throw in "its for Guiding" or "its for the Humane Society"

But keep looking and you will find the colours you want, whne you dont need them, pick them up, you eventually will.... :)

[Lady Nyxie]

Scored monster green gallon for $5, originally $21 from Home Depot. Then found lighter grey for $5, originally $20 and 7 oz. of GID for $3, originally $7. Should be ok to spray paint a darker grey over the light grey base, right? Followed by polyurethane spray?

[madmax]

Look in the phone book and call paint contractors.......you'll get some cheap paint. I'm a contractor and I probably have 50 gallon cans of paint ranging from half to 3/4 full. And a few 5 gallon buckets with 2 to 4 gallons in it. If it wasn't for Halloween I would be giving it away.

Also contact your city, to see if there's a local recycling center for paint...if there's one in your city you can get all the paint you need.

Also, here's a tip most people don't realize....semi gloss paint will help keep MM from cracking. Flat paint wont. So if you're making a MM prop, use semi gloss in the mix and then flat wal mart spray paint to get the shine off the prop.

[wormyt]

Dang i need to look for that. A week ago I had to go get some black paint from Walmart. I asked the guy to tint it as dark to black as he could. Two costumers standing nearby. One says hummmmmmmm black. Not many folks ask for black. I said its for Halloween. Another says ...a little early for Halloween isnt it??? I picked up my newly shaken tinted paint and poiletly said....not to early for me. Actually Im way behind. 1722 Sanders Rd.....Halloween night 6 to 10 come see me. They just looked at me as I smiled and walked off LOL.

[JohnnyL]

lol wormy!

[mrklaw]

I've tried to get places to add some black to mistints and they claim that it isn't a mistint anymore if they add any more tint to it. I'll have to try talking to the manager in the future.

[Fangs]

SCORE!!!!!! I just got back from my Sherman W. .... and Got 4 gals of different colors for only $12 and change! Doing the happy dance! Introduced myself and said: "you'll be seeing a lot of me!" LOL He just smiled! :>

BTW, ROFLMAO Wormyt!!! You go girl! :>