I have stored paint in my garage for the 7 years I have lived in my home. I have used it for touch ups and repainting and it has been fine.

The previous owner left several gallon cans of paint (partially used) and several quarts of touch up paint that they must have received when they bought the house. They left it in the HVAC closet. We also had several partial gallon cans left over when we repainted some of the house after we moved in.

I bought the paint at one of the Sherwin Williams stores (the one on 44) and they gave me a half dozen new quart size cans. I transferred everything to those, left a paint "smudge" on the top and wrote what rooms each one was used for, and the color name/code #.

The old paint was 5 years old and was fine... All of it is now resting comfortably, in a cabinet in my garage...

How Painters Store Paint Properly
ROOM TEMPERATURE IS JUST RIGHT
Temperature plays a major role in the success of a paint job -- most paints are best applied between 45 and 85 degrees Fahrenheit. Likewise, you must take temperature into account when storing your paints. If you store your products in an environment that experiences temperatures below freezing or that exceed 90 degrees, there’s a good chance your paint will get ruined. Ideally, you want to store your paint in a room that keeps a relatively consistent temperature between 50 and 75 degrees Fahrenheit, such as a heated garage, basement, crawl space, closet, etc.

Makes can completely air tight.
I always stored old paint that way.

I just think that modern paint without the lead content is crap.
Fades so quickly.

If you need motivation to store your touch up wall paint in an air tight container, here it is. I use this exclusively and it works great. Frozen ice cream section.

LOL!!! I use these for everything! They are terrific! :D

How is the gelato? The gelato we have had here does not come close to what we have had in Italy.

It's good, but **NOTHING** compares to Gelato in Italy - although the gelato bar at The Venetian in Las Vegas was close.

Figured that would be the case. When you have the good stuff hard to go back.

Way to copy and paste

I use chinese food soup containers.

We keep them in our Hall Closet

Storing paint?
 

Canning jars! My painter recommended them. Easy peasy to use for touchup. Make sure the top of the jar and the rubber ring on the disc/lid are paint free when you reseal them.

IMO it’s can paint stored in that will eventually do in the paint. And that can is metal. I get smaller quart plastic paint cans to store my left over paint in (if I have left over unopened gallon cans I take them back and get my money back).

Plastic IMO will not create the rust. I also shake and turn the can over every month or two. To help the separation. I have touch up paint for each room, outside wall. So far the paint still good after 4 or so years.

I don’t like glass jar’s, chance of them getting broke. Plastic paint cans don’t cost that much IMO and much safer for us that getting older and have grip and dropping problem :duck: